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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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Proboscina
Rondani
,
1856
:
88
.
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES:
Proboscina longipes
Rondani, 1856
.
TYPE
SPECIES
:
Proboscina longipes
Rondani, 1856
[
nomen oblitum
; =
Macquartia monticola
Egger, 1856
,
nomen protectum
], by original designation.
CURRENT STATUS: Preoccupied by Audouin, 1826; junior synonym of
Eriothrix
Meigen, 1803
[
teste
Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 371)
].
FAMILY:
TACHINIDAE
.
REMARKS: Although
Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 371)
gave the method of
type
fixation for
Proboscina
in
Rondani (1856: 88)
as by original designation, they listed the
type
species as dating from
Rondani (1862d: 163)
. This is incorrect. The characters in
Rondani (1856: 88)
that make the genus-group name available serve to also make available
Proboscina longipes
as the singly included species. This dating of
Proboscina longipes
from 1856 changes it from a junior to a senior synonym of
Macquartia monticola
Egger, 1856
.
Rondani’s 1856
Prodromus
volume was published on 10 September while
Egger’s 1856
paper was published no earlier than December [see References in this paper for dating of these works]. Acceptance of
Proboscina longipes
Rondani
as valid would upset stability as
Macquartia monticola
Egger
(as
Eriothrix monticola
) is in prevailing usage as the valid name for the taxon.
Proboscina longipes
has to our knowledge not been used as a valid species-group name since 1899, while
Macquartia monticola
has been used as a valid name in the genus
Eriothrix
in more than 25 works by at least 10 authors in the last 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years, including the following:
Campadelli & Gardenghi (1985)
; Cerretti (2010);
Cerretti & Tschorsnig (2003)
;
Dunk & Tschorsnig (1998)
;
Herting (1969
,
1974
,
1978
,
1984
);
Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)
;
Kofler & Tschorsnig (2006)
;
Kolomiets (1967)
; Mesnil (1975); Mihályi (1986);
Pape
et al
. (1995)
;
Tschorsnig (1985
, 1997, 2001);
Tschorsnig
et al
. (1997
, 2003);
Tschorsnig & Herting (1994
, 1998);
Tschorsnig & Ziegler (1999)
;
Ziegler (2000)
;
Ziegler & Lange (2001
,
2007
). In the interests of nomenclatural stability, we hereby invoke reversal of precedence (ICZN
Code
Article 23.9.2) and declare
Proboscina longipes
Rondani, 1856
a
nomen oblitum
and
Macquartia monticola
Egger, 1856
a
nomen protectum
.
[Proboscista]
Rondani
,
1861e
:
59
,
172
.
CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; name originally proposed in synonymy [with
Fischeria
Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830] and not subsequently made available before 1961 [
teste
Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 344)
].
FAMILY:
TACHINIDAE
.
REMARKS: The listings in
Marschall (1873: 343)
and
Scudder (1882: 277)
do not count as subsequent usage according to ICZN
Code
Article 23.9.1.
[Promacus]
Rondani
,
1873d
:
291
.
CURRENT STATUS: Incorrect subsequent spelling of
Promachus
Loew, 1848
.
FAMILY:
ASILIDAE
.
REMARKS: Criteria for making this name available as an emendation were not found to be fulfilled in this work.