Battling the un-dead: the status of the Diptera genus-group names originally proposed in Johann Wilhelm Meigen’s 1800 pamphlet
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
Author
Pape, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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54.
Statinia
[
Statinia
]
Meigen, 1800: 36
.
CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; work suppressed for the purposes of zoological nomenclature by action of I.C.Z.N. (1963: 339 [Opinion 678]); treated under
Coremacera
Rondani, 1856
[
teste
Rozkošný & Elberg (1984: 178)
].
Statinia
Latreille
,
1802
:
460
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES:
Musca marginata
Fabricius, 1775
.
TYPE SPECIES:
Musca marginata
Fabricius, 1775
, by monotypy.
CURRENT STATUS: Senior synonym of
Coremacera
Rondani, 1856
.
New Synonymy
.
FAMILY:
SCIOMYZIDAE
.
REMARKS:
Statinia
was originally proposed by
Meigen (1800: 36)
without included species and later made unavailable by the suppression of the entire work for the purposes of zoological nomenclature by action of the I.C.Z.N. (1963: 339 [Opinion 678]).
Latreille (1802: 460)
was the first subsequent usage of
Statinia
after
Meigen (1800)
where
Statinia
was placed in synonymy with
Musca
Linnaeus, 1758
,
sensu lato
[“
tetanocerae
”] and included the single species
Musca marginata
Fabricius, 1775
, which is the
type
species by monotypy.
Statinia
was made available by subsequent usage as a valid name in
Hendel (1908: 64)
. Hendel (1924: 211) designated
Musca marginata
Fabricius, 1775
as
type
species, but this was unnecessary since
Latreille’s (1802)
treatment of
Statinia
included only one species, thus
Musca marginata
Fabricius
is the
type
species by monotypy.
Musca marginata
Fabricius, 1775
is currently treated as a species of
Coremacera
Rondani, 1856
[
teste
Rozkošný & Elberg (1984: 178)
], which makes
Statinia
Latreille, 1802
a
senior synonym of
Coremacera
Rondani, 1856
,
n. syn
.
Melville (1960: 38–39)
, who considered
Statinia
synonymous with
Dictya
Meigen, 1803
, gave a detailed summary of the problems surrounding the identity of
Statinia
based on the belief that
Hendel (1908: 64)
was the first inclusion of species in this genus. Hendel listed
Musca cucularia
Linnaeus, 1767
[as “
M. cucullaria
... F.”] and
Musca umbrarum
Linnaeus, 1758
[as “
umbrarum
F.”], the concept of which caused
Statinia
to be treated in synonymy with
Dictya
Meigen, 1803
. Acceptance of
Statinia
Latreille, 1802
as senior to
Coremacera
Rondani, 1856
may threaten the stability and nomenclature of the younger name. If this is found to be true, an application to the ICZN Commission to suppress
Statinia
Latreille,
1802
in favor of
Coremacera
Rondani, 1856
may be warranted.