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Helina major Curran, 1934 was described from 4 specimens from Witzieshork (=Witsieshoek, 28.82S 29.03E), South Africa.
Now I have 3 males from Park Gaint's Castle, SA, 29.27S 29.52E = 60km SE from type locality.
Collector - Roman Yakovlev

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#1 | Nikita Vikhrev on 25 August 2025 20:55:16
I was asked: Did I make a mistake thinking it is a male?
Not! It has an impressive genitalia: very hairy and with very modified sternite 5. Dichoptic eyes sometimes takes place in Helina, for example, see H. ciliatocosta.
To be honest, I was very impressed when I saw the three males that were sent to me. Setting aside false modesty, there are two experts on African Muscidae: both of them old: Adrian Pont and me. Looking at my specimens with modified fore-, mid- and hind legs and mid-leg modified very trickly, I prayed that it wasn't an undescribed species.Thanks to Charles Howard Curran it was described. Thanks to Diptera.info there is now a photo of this nice species.
#2 | Nikita Vikhrev on 25 August 2025 21:46:57
I resent my reply to Adrian Ponr and he immediately replied me:
1. Helina is really wonderful.
2. He has one more specimen from 2006, again from SA
#3 | Nikita Vikhrev on 25 August 2025 22:21:14
There is a Russian idiom, "the world is small." = "мир тесен" . We say so about about an unexpected meeting with someone you know, or about an unexpected discovery with someone you know. Helina major = мир тесен, doesn't it? Curran 1934; Pont 2006' Yakovlev-Tichboaeva-Vikhrev 2025. itt is a good example, doesn't it?
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