The status of Mesnil’s 1949 Die Fliegen genus-group names (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
Author
O’Hara, James E.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1827
65
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183130
e9f34109-3abf-434a-861c-4da23720ae25
1175-5326
183130
Pimelimyia
Pimelimyia
Mesnil, 1949a
: 104
.
Type
species:
Sturmia russata
Villeneuve, 1934
, by monotypy.
Pimelimyia
Mesnil, 1950
: 108
.
Type
species:
Sturmia semitestacea
Villeneuve, 1916
, by original designation.
Current status
: Available from
Mesnil (1949a)
[valid
teste
Crosskey (1980: 873)
, but at that time dated from
Mesnil (1950)
].
Remarks
.
Pimelimyia
was previously thought to be unavailable from its listing in the key in
Mesnil (1949a)
because it did not have an included species or a
type
species fixation (
Crosskey 1980
: 873;
O’Hara 1996
: 127). Although there is not an included species where the genus-group name is mentioned in the key (p. 104), there is a single species (
russata
Villeneuve
) mentioned in combination with the genus-group name on p. 103, and thus the
type
species is fixed in
Mesnil (1949a)
by monotypy. Even though the
type
species in
Mesnil (1949a;
russata
Villeneuve
)
is different than that in
Mesnil (1950;
semitestacea
Villeneuve
)
, both are currently considered members of
Pimelimyia
, so there is no change in taxonomy of the genus-group name.
Poujadea
Poujadea
Mesnil, 1949a
: 102. Unavailable; keyed out but no included species.
Poujadea
Mesnil, 1950
: 108.
Type
species:
Zenillia insolita
Curran, 1927
, by monotypy.
Current status
: Available from
Mesnil (1950)
; invalid, junior synonym of
Sisyropa
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
[
teste
Crosskey
(
1980
:
873
)].
Prosturmina
Prosturmina
Mesnil, 1949a
: 103 (as subgenus of
Drino
Robineau-Desvoidy
). Unavailable; keyed out but no included species.
Prosturmina
Mesnil, 1949b
: 8, 32 (as subgenus of
Drino
Robineau-Desvoidy
). Unavailable; genus-group name proposed after 1930 without
type
designation from three included species.
Prosturmina
Mesnil, 1951
: 161 (as subgenus of
Drino
Robineau-Desvoidy
). Unavailable; genus-group name proposed after 1930 without
type
designation or included species.
Prosturmina
Mesnil, 1970
: 111 (subgenus of
Drino
Robineau-Desvoidy
).
Type
species:
Sturmia vigilans
Villeneuve, 1933
, by original designation.
Current status
: Available from
Mesnil (1970)
; invalid, junior synonym of
Palexorista
Townsend, 1921
[
teste
Crosskey (1980: 871)
].
Tamaromyia
Tamaromyia
Mesnil, 1949a
: 104.
Type
species:
Exorista tamara
Portschinsky, 1884
(as “
Tamaromyia tamara
Portsch.
”), by monotypy.
Tamaromyia
Mesnil, 1952
: 226.
Type
species:
Exorista tamara
Portschinsky, 1884
, by original designation.
Current status
: Available from
Mesnil (1949a)
; invalid, junior synonym of
Calozenillia
Townsend, 1927
[
teste
Crosskey (1980: 869)
].
Remarks
.
Tamaromyia
was previously thought to be unavailable from its listing in the key in
Mesnil (1949a)
because it did not have an included species or a
type
species fixation (
Crosskey 1980
: 869;
O’Hara 1996
: 129). Although there is not an included species where the genus-group name is mentioned in the key (p. 104), there is a single species (
tamara
Portschinsky
) mentioned in combination with the genus-group name on p. 103, and thus the
type
species is fixed in
Mesnil (1949a)
by monotypy.