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Author
O’Hara, James E.
Author
Cerretti, Pierfilippo
Author
Pape, Thomas
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-12-23
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Megachetum
Rondani
,
1856
:
123
.
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES:
Chyliza atriseta
Meigen, 1826
(as “
Chiliza Atriseta
Meig.
”).
TYPE
SPECIES
:
Chyliza atriseta
Meigen, 1826
(as “
Chiliza Atriseta
Meig.
”) [=
Musca extenuata
Rossi, 1790
], by original designation.
CURRENT STATUS: Junior synonym of the subgenus
Dasyna
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(of the genus
Chyliza
Fallén, 1820
).
New synonymy
.
FAMILY:
PSILIDAE
.
REMARKS:
Soós (1984a: 35)
treated
Megachetum
Rondani, 1856
as a junior synonym of
Chyliza
Fallén, 1820
. However, the valid name for the
type
species of
Megachetum
Rondani, 1856
(
Musca extenuata
Rossi, 1790
) is the same as the valid name for the
type
species of subgenus
Dasyna
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
, which makes
Megachetum
Rondani, 1856
a
junior synonym of
Dasyna
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
,
n
.
syn
.