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ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Nyctia carceli Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Nyctia servillei Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830; Nyctia claripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Nyctia trifaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Nyctia nitida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Nyctia rubescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Nyctia pusilla Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Nyctia carceli Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Musca halterata Panzer, 1798 ], by subsequent designation ( Townsend, 1916: 8).

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Pape (1996: 165)].

FAMILY: SARCOPHAGIDAE .

REMARKS: Pape (1996: 165) noted that the oldest name for the type species is Musca nigrita Scopoli, 1763 , but in the interests of stability, he maintained Musca halterata Panzer, 1798 . To our knowledge, the former name has not been used as valid after 1899, and the latter name has been used (consistently as Nyctia halterata ) in more than 25 works by well over 10 authors published during the past 50 years: Č epelák & Č epelák (1988); Chandler (1988); Draber-Moṅko (1971); Dumčius & Pakalniškis (2004); Gosseries (1991); Kara & Pape (2002); Mihályi (1979, 1981); Pape (1987, 1996, 1998a); Pape et al. (1995, 2002); Petersen & Pape (2001); Povolný (1997); Povolný & Verves (1997); Rognes (2006); Irwin (2006); Velterop & Sijstermans (2002); Verves (1982, 1986, 2000, 2001); Whitmore et al. (2008); Wills (1968); and Ziegler & Lange (2001). In the interests of nomenclatural stability, we hereby invoke reversal of precedence (ICZN Code Article 23.9.2) and declare Musca nigrita Scopoli, 1763 a nomen oblitum and Musca halterata Panzer, 1798 a nomen protectum. Lehrer (2005: 56) erred when designating his Nyctia gilbochaeta Lehrer, 2005 [here interpreted as Nyctia lugubris Macquart, 1843 as revised by Pape (1996)] as a replacement type species of Nyctia . The designation of Townsend (1916: 8) stands, and Lehrer (2005: 56) was in error in invoking ICZN Code Article 70.3.2 as this relates exclusively to Townsend’s concept of Nyctia halterata .