Acidiella Hendel

Han, Ho-Yeon, 2011, Acidiella longipennis Hendel, the type species of Acidiella Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetini), with recognition of two new allied species from Myanmar, Zootaxa 2810, pp. 15-25 : 16

Acidiella Hendel

Acidiella Hendel 1914: 83 , TS: Acidiella longipennis Hendel (original designation); Han 1992: 152 (suggested synonymy and phylogenetic definition); Han 1999: 277 (systematic status).

Machaomyia Hendel 1914: 83 , TS: Machaomyia caudata Hendel (original designation); Han 1999: 277 (new synonym of Acidiella ).

Tetramyiolia Shiraki 1933: 342 , TS: Tetramyiolia sapporensis Shiraki (original designation); Han 1992: 152 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella ).

Sineuleia Chen 1948: 105 , TS: Myiolia consobrina Zia (original designation); Han 1992: 152 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella ).

Matsumuracidia Ito 1949: 55 , TS: Matsumuracidia mira Ito (original designation) = kagoshimensis Miyake ; Han 1992: 152 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella ).

Ihekaze Ito 1984: 180 , TS: Acidiella diversa Ito (original designation); Han 1992: 153 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella ).

Longiusculala Ito 1984: 194 , TS: Acidia maculata Shiraki (original designation); Han 1992: 153 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella ).

Ihekaze Ito 1956: 25 , Nomen nudum.

I proposed the majority of the above synonymy in my Ph.D. dissertation ( Han, 1992), which was not an available publication for the purposes of zoological nomenclature. However, it has been adopted by several subsequent major tephritid publications (e.g., Wang, 1998; Norrbom et al., 1999). Han (1992) also listed Pseudacidia Shiraki and Pogonangelus Ito in the synonymy of Acidiella , but they do not possess the suggested generic synapomorphy (see the next section). A recent molecular study ( Han and Ro, 2002) also indicated that they were only distantly related to the selected species with that synapomorphy ( A. obscuripennis Chen ). A more detailed molecular and morphological study to elucidate their relationships is currently underway (Han and Ro, in prep.).