3141 Author O’Hara, James E. Author Cerretti, Pierfilippo Author Pape, Thomas Author Evenhuis, Neal L. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-12-23 3141 1 268 journal article 1175­5334 311 . Megaglossa Rondani , 1869a : 9 , 32 . TYPE SPECIES : Musca seminationis Fabricius, 1775 , automatic [by designation of the same name (by monotypy) for Platystoma Meigen, 1803 ]. CURRENT STATUS: Unnecessary new replacement name for Platystoma Meigen, 1803 ; junior synonym of Platystoma Meigen, 1803 [ teste Soós (1984b: 40) ]. FAMILY: PLATYSTOMATIDAE . REMARKS: Rondani (1869a: 32) did not explicitly replace Platystoma Meigen, 1803 with Megaglossa . Instead, he proposed Megaglossa as the name for the generic concept of “ Platystoma Mgn . (1803) Macq . Wlk . etc. Trupanea p . Schr . — Dyctia p . Fabr . — Musca p . Rossi . Hesyquillia? Desv .” and provided a footnote explaining that Platystoma was also used by Klein, 1753 [which, being a pre- Linnaean name not used after 1758 as an available name, does not enter into nomenclature and cannot be a senior homonym]. The wording quoted above has been interpreted by subsequent catalogers as Rondani explicitly proposing Megaglossa Rondani, 1869 as a new replacement name for Platystoma Meigen, 1803 and we have chosen to follow this. The alternative interpretation, that Megaglossa Rondani, 1869 was proposed as a separate genus and not as a new replacement name, would render Platystoma umbrarum Meigen, 1826 as the type species for Megaglossa by original designation of Rondani (1869a: 9) . Platystoma umbrarum Meigen, 1826 is treated by Soós (1984b: 45) in “doubtful species” of Platystomatidae . EMENDATIONS: Megaloglossa Bezzi, 1907: 51 (unjustified), n . syn .