Diptera Genus-Group Names Incorrectly Attributed

Evenhuis, Neal L., O’Hara, James E., Pape, Thomas & Pont, Adrian C., 2010, 2373, Zootaxa 2373, pp. 1-265 : 167-168

Diptera Genus-Group Names Incorrectly Attributed to Robineau-Desvoidy

The following names have been found in two nomenclators and one article as attributed to Robineau- Desvoidy, but a thorough search has failed to find them among his publications. The ones listed by Brullé (1831) may have derived from manuscript names that Robineau-Desvoidy intended to use in his 1830 work but did not.

[Antidulina]

SOURCE: Brullé (1831: 267).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Chiomyza]

SOURCE: Agassiz (1846a: 8).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Corella]

SOURCE: Brullé (1831: 267).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Hypogaea]

SOURCE: Agassiz (1846a: 19).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Malacomyia]

SOURCE: Agassiz (1846a: 22).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[ Ocyptera ]

SOURCE: Robineau-Desvoidy (1830: 229).

CURRENT STATUS: Error for Ocyptera Latreille, 1804 .

FAMILY: TACHINIDAE .

REMARKS: Robineau-Desvoidy (1830: 229) wrote “ Ocyptera . R. D.” for the genus. This has been interpreted as an error for Ocyptera Latreille, 1804 by subsequent authors, and we concur.

[Phyllodromya] SOURCE: Verrall in Scudder (1882: 262). CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species. REMARKS: Stated by Scudder (1882) to date from Robineau-Desvoidy (1830) and to be an emendation of

Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 1837 [ Empididae ], which is clearly impossible from a chronological standpoint, but also because Robineau-Desvoidy did not work on Empididae .

[Phyllophaga]

SOURCE: Agassiz (1846a: 31). CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Plumosia]

SOURCE: Agassiz (1846a: 32).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Scintillia]

SOURCE: Brullé (1831: 267).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.

[Sphaera]

SOURCE: Agassiz (1846a: 36).

CURRENT STATUS: Unavailable name; proposed without description, indication, or included species.