2373 Author Evenhuis, Neal L. Author O’Hara, James E. Author Pape, Thomas Author Pont, Adrian C. text Zootaxa 2010 2010-02-26 2373 1 265 journal article 1175­5334 31 . Araba Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830 : 127 . ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Tachina fastuosa Meigen, 1824 ; Araba philanthi Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Tachina argyrocephala Meigen, 1824 ; Araba minuta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Musca leucocephala Rossi, 1790 (as “ Tachina leucocephala . Meig.”); Araba obscura Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Araba assimilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Araba squamipallens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Araba grisea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Araba fulva Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 . TYPE SPECIES : Tachina argyrocephala Meigen, 1824 , automatic [by designation of the same species (by original designation of Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863b: 88 ) for Arabella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ]. CURRENT STATUS: Junior synonym of Metopia Meigen, 1803 [ teste Pape (1996: 97) ]. FAMILY: SARCOPHAGIDAE . REMARKS: To make the genus-group name orthography conform in a more euphonious manner with his French vernacular for the genus (“Arabette”), Robineau-Desvoidy (1863b: 88) changed the spelling of his 1830 Araba to Arabella (an unjustified emendation for Araba ) and designated a type species for Arabella (see also No. 32, Arabella below). EMENDATIONS: Arabella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863b: 88 (unjustified).