Retellia Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 683

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465. Retellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 683 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Retellia claropunctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (as “ Retellia claropunctata . R. D.”).

TYPE SPECIES: Retellia claropunctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (as “ Retellia claro-punctata . R. D.”), by monotypy.

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste this work].

FAMILY: SCIOMYZIDAE .

REMARKS: Knutson et al. (1976: 7) preferred to recognize Dictyodes Malloch, 1933 over Retellia Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830, explaining that reversing this would upset stability. Retellia is not preoccupied and is a senior synonym of Dictyodes Malloch, 1933 . We do not agree that giving priority to Retellia would upset stability since neither genus-group name is pervasive in the literature. There seems to be about the same amount of usage (about ten published works each), with Dictyodes being used more recently. We also note that Retellia claropunctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 has priority over Tetanocera dictyodes Wiedemann, 1830 , which is a change from previous catalog listings [see References in this paper for dating of Robineau-Desvoidy (1830) and Evenhuis (1997: 822) for dating of Wiedemann (1830)]. Macquart (1844: 336) was the first to note the synonymy.