Redefinition of Cornexcisia Fan & Kano, 2000 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with the first description of the female of Sarcophaga kurahashii (Shinonaga & Tumrasvin, 1979) Author Wang, Chao Author Gao, Yunyun Author Pape, Thomas Author Zhang, Dong text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-11 4668 3 410 420 journal article 25475 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.6 5b78366e-1b6c-4154-ad68-bd9f7e70a536 1175-5326 3449676 0450AF47-ADB1-454B-AE86-C8E749931DB2 Genus Sarcophaga Meigen Sarcophaga Meigen, 1826: 14 . Type species: Musca carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 , by designation of Partington (1837: 607) . Cornexcisia Fan & Kano, 2000: 251 . Type species: Cornexcisia longicornuta Fan & Kano, 2000 , by original designation. Syn. nov. Fanzideia Xue, Verves & Du, 2011: 311 . Type species: Fanzideia cygnocerca Xue, Verves & Du, 2011 , by original designation. Syn. nov. [For other synonyms, see Pape (1996) .] Diagnosis. With all synapomorphies generally associated with the Sarcophaginae ( Pape 1996 ) , plus: male hind trochanter with medioproximal pad of short setae on posterior surface; postgonite with a strong seta distal to middle; paraphallus with a window; harpes elbowed in proximal part and with an apical process; median style of acrophallus absent; capitis present as a pair of recurving, parallel structures. Remarks. We follow Roback (1954) , Downes (1965) , Pape (1996) , Pape & Dahlem (2010) , Richet et al. (2011) , Whitmore et al. (2013) , Buenaventura et al. (2017) and Buenaventura & Pape (2018) in a broad definition of the genus Sarcophaga . The diagnostic features given above are the generic autapomorphies resulting from the phylogenetic analysis of Buenaventura & Pape (2018) . The autapomorphic configuration of the acrophallus was discussed by Whitmore et al. (2013) and Buenaventura & Pape (2015 , 2018 ). Synonymizing Cornexcisia under Sarcophaga —when the type species of the former is known from the female sex only and the definition of the latter is based on male-specific features—is considered justified because the Old World Sarcophaginae appear to stem from dispersal events from the New World and subsequent diversification into the only three native Old World genera: Blaesoxipha Loew , Ravinia Robineau-Desvoidy and Sarcophaga ( Pape 1996 ; Buenaventura & Pape 2018 ). The original description of Cornexcisia longicornuta ( Fan & Kano 2000: 251 ) fits the general appearance of a female Sarcophaga , while it does not fit any of the sarcophagine genera endemic to the New World ( Pape & Dahlem 2010 ), nor does the species possess any of the female features considered autapomorphic for Blaesoxipha and Ravinia ( Pape 1996 ; Buenaventura & Pape 2018 ).