Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 646

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321. Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 646 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Minettia luctuosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Minettia claripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Minettia nemorosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Minettia palustris Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830; Minettia testacea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Minettia flavipes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Minettia flava Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Minettia nemorosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Sapromyza rivosa Meigen, 1826 ], by subsequent designation ( Westwood, 1840: 150).

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Sabrosky (1999: 200)].

FAMILY: LAUXANIIDAE .

REMARKS: Westwood (1840: 150) designated Sapromyza rivosa Meigen, 1826 , which was not an originally included species; however, by placing Minettia nemorosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 in synonymy with Sapromyza rivosa on page 151, the designation is valid according to ICZN Code Article 69.2.2.

Hendel (1908: 28) designated Musca longipennis Fabricius, 1794 as the type species for Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , which was followed by Frey (1927: 22). However, this designation is invalid as the nominal species was not originally included. Noting the error, Collin (1948) erected the subgenus Frendelia (a combination of the surnames “Frey” and “Hendel”) to facetiously “honor” both authors for their respective mistakes and designated Musca longipennis Fabricius, 1794 as its type species.

Coquillett (1910: 570) designated Minettia luctuosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , but this was later. If this designation was accepted, it would change the accepted classification of the genus because M. luctuosa is currently treated within the subgenus Frendelia Collin, 1948 in Minettia .

Noting that a type species had been designated for Terenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 that would fall within the generic concept of Minettia, Sabrosky (1999: 200–201) placed Terenia as a synonym of Minettia . Acting as First Reviser, he chose Minettia as having priority over Terenia , thereby avoiding possible instability of nomenclature and taxonomy in having the lesser known name as having priority over a more common name.