Nomina Dubia, Eversmann, 1852

Macgowan, Iain, 2023, World Catalogue of the family Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 5307 (1), pp. 1-96 : 55-68

Nomina Dubia in Lonchaea aenea Meigen, 1826: 306 . Type ♀ NHMW? Type locality: Austria. ( Kovalev & Morge, 1984: 252). Note 30. aucklandica Hutton, 1902: 173 . ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: New Zealand. Type depository unknown. Note 33. fulvicornis Bigot, 1881: 370 (Lonchaea) . Type locality: Alpes inferiors ( France). Type Ô. Type locality unknown.

France. Note 45. ruficornis Becker,1905: 89 (Lonchaea) as L. ruficornis Bigot, 1881: 370 as ( Nomen nudum ) Mistake in catalogue. indistincta Walker, 1853: 378 . ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Brazil. Type ♀ /. Type depository BMNH? Note 47. leucostoma Meigen, 1838: 353 (Lonchaea) . Type locality: Germany. Type depository unknown. Note 49. melanaria ( Zetterstedt, 1845) : 1607 ( Aricia ). Type locality: Norway. Note 51. pumila Meigen, 1838: 353 . ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Germany. Type depository unknown. Note 52.

Unavailable name in Lonchaea flavitarsis MacGowan in MacGowan, Andrade & Gonçalves 2016: 179 ( Lonchaea contigua form). [proposed as a form after 1960].

Genus Neosilba Waddill & Weems (Note 61)

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Neosilba Waddill & Weems, 1978 . Entomology Circular 187, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 1. Type-species: Lonchaea perezi ( Romero & Ruppel, 1973) : The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 57 (2): 165, by monotypy.

Neosilba McAlpine, 1962: 138 . Type –species: Lonchaea batesi Curran, 1932: 10 . Unavailable name [proposed in an unpublished thesis].

amphora Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 368 ( Neosilba ). Type locality:

Santander, Provincia De Vélez, Chipata ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

angusta Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012 : Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 374 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima

( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

batesi ( Curran, 1932) : American Museum Novitates, 354: 10 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Escuintla ( Guatemala). HT Ô AMNH. Distribution: Neotropical: ( Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Florida ( USA), Peru, Costa Rica and El Salvador). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 107. Silba batesi in Korytkowski & Ojeda, 1971: 113. Neosilba batesi ( Curran, 1932) in McAlpine 1962: 138, 142. Invalid combination. Note 62. Lonchaea pendula authors, not Bezzi 1919, misidentification. bella Strikis & Prado, 2006 : Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, 188 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Caraguatatuba, São Paulo ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

bifida Strikis & Prado, 2005 : Zootaxa, 828: 2 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: S„o Bento do Sapucai, S„o Paulo ( Brazil).

HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil and Colombia).

certa ( Walker, 1853) : Insecta Saundersiana , 4 (1): 364 ( Anthomyia ). Type locality: ( Brazil). HT Ô BMNH 1458424. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil, Puerto Rico Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and El Salvador). Note 63. Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 198: 112. Lonchaea certa in Stein 1901: 192, 219. Silba certa (Walker) in Gaud & Martorell 1973: 249. Lonchaea pendula Bezzi, 1919: 249 , misidentification. Neosilba certa (Walker, 1852) McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 109 , incorrect date. Neosilba certa (Walker, 1850–1856) McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 112, ambiguous date. Neosilba certa (Walker, 1852) Urruttia, 2004: 19 & 42, incorrect date. Neosilba certa (Walker, 1850) Fernandez & Couri 2016: 569 , incorrect date.

concava Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012 : Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia , 52 (31): 371 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima, Espinal ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

convexa Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia , 52 (31): 370 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima, Ibagué ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia) .

cornuphallus Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology , 7: 69. ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Porto Grande, Amapá ( Brazil) .

HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

delvechioi Strikis, 2011 : Trends in Entomology, 7: 77 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Estaç „o Experimental do Institute Agronômico de Campinas, Monte Alegre do Sul, S„o Paulo ( Brazil) . Type depository – see notes. Distribution : Neotropical ( Brazil). Note 64 .

dimidiata ( Curran, 1932) : American Museum Novitates, 354: 11 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Barro Colorado Island , Canal Zone ( Panamá). HT Ô AMNH. Distribution : Neotropical ( Panamá, Trinidad). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 113 .

Silba dimidiata ( Curran, 1932) in Korytkowski & Ojeda 1971: 113.

Neosilb a dimidiata ( Curran, 1932) in McAlpine 1962: 142. Invalid combination. Note 62.

distospinosa Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 377 ( Neosilba ). Type locality:

Tolima, Cajamarca ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

fuscipennis ( Curran, 1932) : American Museum Novitates, 354: 11 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone ( Panama). HT Ô AMNH. Distribution: Neotropical ( Panamá). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 114. Neosilba fuscipennis ( Curran, 1932) in McAlpine 1962: 5, 139, 141. Invalid combination. Note 62.

glaberrima ( Wiedemann, 1830) : Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten, 2: 475 ( Lonchaea ): Type locality: (“West Indies”). HT ♀ ZMUC. Distribution: Neotropical: ( Trinidad, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panamá, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and El Salvador). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 114. Note 65. Neosilba glaberrima ( Wiedemann, 1830) in McAlpine 1962: 139, 142. Invalid combination. Note 62. pendula ( Bezzi, 1919: 249) (Lonchaea) , misidentification. Carpolonchaea pendula ( Bezzi, 1919) in Hennig 1949: 360, misidentification. Silba pendula ( Bezzi, 1919) in Korytkowski & Ojeda 1971: 112, misidentification.

ilheuense Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology , 7: 68 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Ilheús, Bahia ( Brazil). HT Ô

MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

inesperata Strikis & Prado, 2009: Arquivos do Instituto Biológico , São Paulo, 76 (1): 50 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Monte Alegre do Sul, Estação Experimental do Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, São Paulo ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil)

laura Strikis, 2011 : Trends in Entomology , 7: 76 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Itapetininga, São Paulo ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil). First Reviser action.

lauraea Strikis, 2011 : Trends in Entomology, 7: 77 ( Neosilba ; incorrect original spelling).

longicerata ( Hennig, 1949) : Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 6: 361 ( Carpolonchaea ). Type locality: Urubamafluss, Rosalina (Peru) . HT Ô SDEI. Distribution: Neotropical ( Peru). Combination by McAlpine 1962: 140 (in table).

Neosilba longicerata ( Hennig, 1949) in McAlpine 1962: 142. Invalid combination. Note 62.

Silba longicerata ( Hennig, 1949) in Korytkowski & Ojeda 1971: 115.

major (Malloch, 1920) : The Canadian Entomologist, 52: 246 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Chiapas ( Mexico). HT Ô BMNH 1458374. Distribution: Neotropical ( Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Mexico). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 117. Neosilba major (Malloch, 1920) in McAlpine 1962: 142. Invalid combination. Note 62. magna ( Hennig, 1949: 358) (Carpolonchaea) . Type locality: Pachiam̧ndung [= mouth of the river Pachitea] ( Peru). Lectotype Ô SDEI. Synonymy by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 106. Lectotype designated by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982. Neosilba magna ( Hennig, 1949) in McAlpine 1962: 142. Silba magna ( Hennig, 1949) in Korytkowski & Ojeda 1971: 111.

mcalpiniei Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology , 7: 67 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Janaúba, Minas Gerais ( Brazil) .

HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

nigrocaerulea (Malloch, 1920) : The Canadian Entomologist, 52: 246 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: ( Barbados). HT Ô BMNH 1458378. Distribution: Neotropical ( Barbados, Florida, Mexico, Peru). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 119. Neosilba nigrocae r ulea (Malloch, 1920) in McAlpine 1962: 142. Invalid combination. Note 62.

oaxacana McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982 : The Canadian Entomologist, 114: 120 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Oaxaca ( Mexico). HT Ô MCNM. Distribution : Neotropical ( Mexico).

Lonchaea pendula Bezzi, 1919: 249 , misidentification.

orbata Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 372 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima ,

Ibagué ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

pantanense Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology, 7: 72. ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Aquidauana , Mato Grosso do Sul

( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

paramerolatus Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology, 7: 75 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Reserva Ducke, Manaus,

Amazonas ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

parapeltae Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology, 7: 68. ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Janaúba, Minas Gerais ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil). parapeltae Urrutia and Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 91. Unavailable name [proposed in an unpublished thesis].

parva ( Hennig, 1949) : Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 6: 359 ( Carpolonchaea ). Type locality: Pachitea -M̧ndung [= Boca Pachieta], Huánuco ( Peru). Lectotype Ô SDEI. Distribution: Neotropical ( Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Honduras and Colombia). Lectotype designated by McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982: 121. Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 121. Neosilba parva (( Hennig, 1949) in McAlpine 1962: 143. Invalid combination. Note 62. Silba parva ( Hennig, 1949) in Korytkowski & Ojeda 1971: 111. Lonchaea pe n dula Bezzi, 1919: 249, misidentification.

peltae McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982 : The Canadian Entomologist, 114: 122 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Bochil , Chiapas ( Mexico). HT Ô CNC. Distribution: Neotropical ( Mexico).

pendula ( Bezzi, 1919) : Bulletin of Entomological Research, 9 (3): 249 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Campinas ( Brazil). Lectotype Ô MCNM. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia). Lectotype designated by McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982: 125. Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 125. Neosilba pendula ( Bezzi, 1919) in McAlpine 1962: 139. Invalid combination. Note 62.

perezi ( Romero & Ruppel, 1973) : The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 57 (2): 165 ( Silba ). Type locality: Mayagüez ( Puerto Rico). Lectotype Ô USMNH. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil, Guayana, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, USA - Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador). Combination by Waddill & Weems, 1978: 1. Lectotype designated by McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982: 126. Lonchaea pendula Bezzi, 1919 , 249, misidentification.

piracea Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 383 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima ,

Ibagué ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

plana Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012 : Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 365 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima ,

Ibagué ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

pradoi Strikis & Larena, 2009: Iheringia, Série Zoologica , 99 (3): 273 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Montenegro, Rio

Grande do Sul ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

pseudobifida Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology , 7: 74 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Reserva Ducke , Manaus, Amazonas ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil) .

pseudopendula ( Korytkowski & Ojeda, 1971) : Revista Peruana de Entomologia , 14 (1): 113 ( Silba ). Type locality: Chota, Cajamarca ( Peru). HT Ô, Ref. No.690.70 MEUNPRG. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 147.

pseudozadolicha Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology , 7: 73 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Cantá, Roraima ( Brazil) .

HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil).

s piculata Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia , 52 (31): 374 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Tolima, Cajamarca ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia) .

tolimensis Galeano-Olaya & Canal, 2012: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (31): 366 ( Neosilba ). Type locality:

Tolima, Cajamarca ( Colombia). HT Ô MENTUT. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia).

turgidiphallus Strikis, 2011: Trends in Entomology , 7: 71. ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Viana, Espírito Santo ( Brazil). HT Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil) .

zadolicha McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982 : The Canadian Entomologist, 114: 127 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Viota,

Cundinamarca ( Colombia). HT Ô USMNH. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Panamá).

Unavailable names in Neosilba allopeltae Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 48 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Bóca do Cuminá-Miri Municipio Oriximiná , Pará, Experimento Permanente Amazonas ( Brazil). Type Ô. MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil, Costa Rica). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

barbita Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 50 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Brillantes ( Guatemala) . Type # m LEUP. Distribution : Neotropical ( Guatemala) [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

bispendula Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 56 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Huanuco ( Peru). Type Ô UEV. Distribution : Neotropical ( Peru). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

brasiliensis Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 58 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Iracema em Ribeir „o Preto, San Paulo ( Brazil). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil). [proposed in an unpublished thesis].

chinchinaia Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 61 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Blonay , Norte de Santander ( Colombia). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Colombia). [proposed in an unpublished thesis].

colombiana Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 63 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Cundinamarca ( Colombia). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution : Neotropical ( Colombia, Panama). [proposed in an unpublished thesis].

corcovada Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 65 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Estación Sirena, Corcovado. Puntarenas ( Costa Rica). Type Ô INBio. Distribution : Neotropical ( Costa Rica, Panama). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

cryptocerta Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 67 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: La Elvira, Cali ( Colombia). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution : Neotropical ( Brazil, Colombia). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

hennigiata Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 74 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere, Epavel ( Costa Rica). Type Ô INBio. Distribution : Neotropical ( Costa Rica). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

inermis Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 76 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Altos de Pacora , Cerro Azul ( Panama). Type Ô LEUP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Panama). [published in a thesis].

longipennis Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 79 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Boca do Cuminá-Miri Mun , Oriximiná, Para ( Brazil). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil). [proposed in an unpublished thesis].

malinga Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 82 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Nova Teutônia ( Brazil) . Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution : Neotropical ( Brazil, Puerto Rico, Perú, Venezuela) [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

neopeltae Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 84 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Boca do Cuminá-Miri Mun , Oriximiná, Para ( Brazil). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Brazil). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

pacorensis Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 88 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Altos de Pacora , Cerro Azul ( Panama). Type Ô LEUP. Distribution: Neotropical ( Panama). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

panamensis Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 89 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Cerro Campana ( Panama). Type Ô LEUP. Distribution : Neotropical ( Panama). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

serranoi Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 101 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: no locality data ( El Salvador). Type Ô MAG. Distribution : Neotropical ( El Salvador). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

solanivora Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 102 ( Neosilba ). Type Locality: Barueri, S „o Paulo Brazil). Type Ô MZUSP. Distribution : Neotropical ( Brazil). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

zumbadoi Urrutia & Korytkowski in Urrutia 2004: 106 ( Neosilba ). Type locality: Las Pailas, Rincón de la Vieja, Guanacaste ( Costa Rica). Type Ô INBio. Distribution : Neotropical ( Costa Rica, Panama). [proposed in an unpublished thesis] .

Genus Silba Macquart

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Silba Macquart, 1851 : Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l’Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille: 1850: 277. Type-species: Silba virescens Macquart, 1851 : Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l’Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille: 1850: 277, by original designation.

Carpolonchaea Bezzi, 1920: 199 (as subgenus of Lonchaea Fallén ). Type-species: Lonchaea plumosissima Bezzi, 1919: 247 , by original designation. Synonymy by McAlpine 1956b: 521.

Setisquamalonchaea Morge, 1963a: 204 . Type-species: Lonchaea fumosa Egger, 1862: 777 , by original designation. Synonymy by MacGowan & Okamoto 2013: 201.

abstata McAlpine, 1956b : The Canadian Entomologist, 88: 522 ( Silba ). Type locality: Royal Botanic Gardens,

Paradeniya ( Sri Lanka). HT Ô BMNH 1458416. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India, Sri Lanka, Thailand).

adelosa McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 701 ( Silba ). Type locality: Minamurni Falls , New South Wales ( Australia). HT Ô ANIC 29-014826 . Distribution : Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia – New South Wales, Queensland) .

adipata McAlpine, 1956b : The Canadian Entomologist, 88: 524 ( Silba ). Type locality: Lasio, Terracina ( Italy). HT Ô. MZUR. Distribution : Palearctic ( southern Europe , Middle East , north Africa ), Afrotropical ( South Africa). Note 66.

admirabilis McAlpine, 1956b : The Canadian Entomologist, 88: 526 ( Silba ). Type locality: Kodaikanal, Pulney

Hills, Tamil Nadu ( India). HT Ô CNC909755. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India, Sri Lanka).

albisquama ( Kertész, 1901) : Természetrajzi Füzetek, 24 (1–2): 84 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Seleo Island, Berlinhafen [= Aitape] ( Papua New Guinea). Lectotype ♀ HNHM. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Papua New Guinea). Combination by McAlpine 1970: 445. Lectotype designated by McAlpine 1970: 445. Notes 27, 67. biroi ( Kertész, 1901: 85) (Lonchaea) . Type locality: Seleo Island, Berlinhafen [= Aitape] ( Papua New Guinea). HT Ô HNHM. Combination by McAlpine 1970: 448. Synonymy by McAlpine 1970: 448.

andasibe MacGowan, 2019: Israel Journal of Entomology, 49 (2): 228 ( Silba ). Type locality: Andasibe, Analama-

zaotra forest ( Madagascar). HT Ô SMNHTAU. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar).

apodesma McAlpine, 1960 : South African animal life. Results of the Lund University Expedition, 7: 368 ( Silba ). Type locality: Pretoria, Transvaal ( South Africa). HT Ô SANBI. Distribution: Afrotropical ( South Africa, Uganda). Note 68.

arcana McAlpine, 1960 : South African animal life. Results of the Lund University Expedition, 7: 369 ( Silba ). Type locality: Vumba Mountain , near Umtah ( Zimbabwe). HT ♀ NMSA-Dip 038137. Distribution : Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe). Note 69.

atratula ( Walker, 1860a) : Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 4: 146 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Makassar ( Indonesia) . HT Ô BMNH 1458421 . Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Java) . Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia, New Guinea). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 530. Note 70.

obscuripennis (de Meijere, 1910: 117) (Lonchaea) . Type locality: Tandjong Priok, Batavia [= Tanjumg Priok]

( Indonesia). Lectotype Ô NBCN. Type Locality: Batavia, Java. Combination by McAlpine 1975b: 996.

Synonymy by McAlpine 1975b: 996.

zopherosa McAlpine, 1964b: 704 (Silba) . Type locality: Lake Placid , near Cairns, Queensland ( Australia). HT

Ô AMS. Synonymy by McAlpine 1975b: 996.

bakongo MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 518 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic

Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

bambusae MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 15 ( Silba ). Type locality: Selangor ( Malaysia). HT Ô MHNG: ENTO-

0004723. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

bidenticulata McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 708 ( Silba ). Type locality: Luabo ( Mozambique). HT Ô NMSA-Dip 038138. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria).

bifurcata MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 183 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar,

Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia) . HT Ô SMNH. Distribution : Indomalayan ( Malaysia) . bisulcata ( Bezzi 1920): Bulletin of Entomological Research , 11: 208 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Trichinopoly [= Tiruchirappalli] , Tamil Nadu ( India) . HT ♀ MCNM. Distribution : Indomalayan (southern India) . Combination by McAlpine 1977: 227. Note 27 .

botanica MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 15 ( Silba ). Type locality: Thung Khai Botanic Gardens ( Thailand). HT

Ô HNHM. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand).

boulangi MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 518 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic

Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

bredoi MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 520 ( Silba ). Type locality: Lubumbashi ( Democratic Republic of the

Congo). HT Ô RBINS. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

breviplumosa MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 17 ( Silba ). Type locality: Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô

AMS. Distribution: Indomalayan: ( Malaysia).

budongo MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 9 ( Silba ). Type locality: Budongo Forest ( Uganda) . HT Ô ZMUC

00022179. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Uganda).

calceus MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 10 ( Silba ). Type locality: Opuwo District. Ruacana area ( Namibia). HT Ô NMNW. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Namibia, South Africa).

virescens ? of McAlpine, 1960 374, misidentification.

caliginosa McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 703 ( Silba ). Type locality: Luabo, Lower Zambezi

River ( Mozambique). HT Ô NMSA-Dip 038140. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Mozambique).

callida McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 706 ( Silba ). Type locality: Ngoye Forest , between Eshowe and Empangeni, Zululand [= Kwa-Zulu Natal] ( South Africa). HT Ô NMSA-Dip 038141. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda).

calva ( Bezzi, 1913) : The Philippine Journal of Science (D), 8: 320 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Los Baños , Laguna Province ( Philippines). HT ♀ MCNM. Distribution : Indomalayan ( India, Philippines). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 534. Notes 27, 71 .

cameronia MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 184 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar,

Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

candidala McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 705 ( Silba ). Type locality: Navana-Antongil,

Maroantsetra ( Madagascar). HT Ô MNHN. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar).

capsicarum McAlpine, 1956b : The Canadian Entomologist, 88: 534 ( Silba ). Type locality: Khumpur ( Malaysia).

HT Ô BMNH 1458423. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia, Java).

cascadens MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 18 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nan Provimce , Mae Charim waterfall ( Thailand). HT Ô HNHM. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand).

chalkei McAlpine, 1956b : The Canadian Entomologist, 88: 535 ( Silba ). Type locality: Oesong dong, Chipor ( Korea). HT Ô CNC 909756. Distribution: Palearctic ( People’s Republic of China, Korea). fragranti MacGowan, 2007: 21 (Silba) . Type locality: Fragrant Hill Park, West Mountains Nature Reserve, 40 km. west of Beijing ( People’s Republic of China). HT Ô HNHM. Synonymy by MacGowan 2015: 528.

citricola ( Bezzi, 1913) : The Philippine Journal of Science (D), 8: 319 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: ( Philippines). Lectotype Ô MCNM. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Philippines). Combination by McAlpine, 1977: 227. Note 72. combi MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 20 ( Silba ). Type locality: Chiang Mai Province, Doi Suthep-Pui National

Park ( Thailand). HT Ô MHNG. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand).

consentanea ( Walker, 1860a) : Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 5 (1861) (1): 146 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Gilolo [=Halmahera, North Maluku] ( Indonesia) HT ♀ BMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Indonesia). Combination by McAlpine, 1977: 227. Note 73 .

cucumeris McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 703 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nairobi ( Kenya). HT Ô

BMNH 1458428. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Kenya).

cupraria (de Meijere, 1910) : Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 53: 117 ( Lonchaea ). HT Ô NBCN. Type locality: Kraka-

toa [= Krakatau]. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Indonesia). Combination by McAlpine, 1975b: 1000.

denticulata MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 185 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung]

Jasar, Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

devians ( Hennig, 1949) : Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 6: 362 ( Carpolonchaea ). Type locality: Mapiri ( Bolivia). HT Ô SDEI. Distribution : Neotropical ( Bolivia). Combination by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 108. Note 74 .

Neosilba devians ( Hennig, 1949) in McAlpine 1962: 141.

emulata McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 707 ( Silba ). Type locality: Tenaru River, Guadalcanal.

( Solomon Islands). HT Ô No. 9034 CAS. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Solomon Islands).

erecta MacGowan & Arimoto in Arimoto et al., 2020: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 23: 365 ( Silba ). Type locality: Huandao Road, Lüdao Township , Green Island , Taitung County (Taiwan). HT Ô TW18-125A TARI. Distribution: Indomalayan (Taiwan).

erromango MacGowan, 2021: Zootaxa, 4926 (3): 355 ( Silba ). Type locality: Dillons Bay , Erromango Island ( Vanuatu). HT Ô BMNH. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Vanuatu) .

excisa ( Kertész, 1901) : Természetrajzi Füzetek, 24: 87 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: ( Singapore). Lectotype Ô HNHM. Lectotype designated by McAlpine 1970: 453. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia). Afrotropical ( Seychelles). Palearctic ( Japan), Australasian-Oceanian (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 537. plumata ( Lamb, 1912: 303) (Lonchaea) . Type locality: ( Seychelles). HT Ô BMNH 1458442. Synonymy by Bezzi 1920: 242.

eximia McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 706 ( Silba ). Type locality: Ambohitaniely, Ankazobe

( Madagascar). HT ♀ MNHN. Distribution : Afrotropical ( Madagascar). Notes 27, 75 .

ficiperda ( Bezzi, 1913) : The Philippine Journal of Science (D), 8: 320 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Los Baños ( Philippines). HT ♀ SDEI. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Philippines). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 538 .

figurata MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 12 ( Silba ). Type locality: Budongo Forest ( Uganda) . HT Ô

ZMUC00022180. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Uganda).

filamenta MacGowan & Barták, 2022: Far Eastern Entomologist, 447: 12 ( Silba ). Type locality: Jilin Province ,

Jiaohe env. 95 km NNE of Jilin ( China). HT Ô NMS-10005732 . Distribution: Palearctic ( NE China)

flavitarsis MacGowan, 2004b : Entomofauna Zeitschrift fur Entomologie, 25: 325. ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Hualien Co., Jungyang Mountains, Butterfly Valley, S. Kuangfu near Fuiuan (Taiwan). HT Ô NCHU. Distribution : Indomalayan (Taiwan). Combination by MacGowan 2015: 532.

foldvarii MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 21 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nan Province, Mae Charim waterfall ( Thailand). HT Ô HNHM. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand).

fumosa ( Egger, 1862) : Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-K̂niglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 12: 777 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: “ Austria ”. HT sex unknown NHMW. Distribution: Palearctic (Europe), Nearctic (western USA [introduced]). Combination by MacGowan & Okamoto 2013: 201 .

flavipennis ( Morge, 1959c: 938) (Lonchaea) ; as a new species based on specimens of Hennig (1949) and Collin (1953), published as Lonchaea flavidipennis Zetterstedt. Type locality: unknown. NHMW? Synonymy by Morge 1963a: 226.

Lonchaea flavidipennis authors, not Zetterstedt,1838, misidentification.

Neosilba flavidipennis Morge in McAlpine 1962: 5, 139, Nomen nudum .

setisquama Czerny, 1934: 19 (Lonchaea) . Type locality: Hoym [= Seeland], Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany) . Type Ô UHW. Synonymy by McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 108 .

Setisquamalonchaea fumosa ( Egger, 1862) in Morge 1963a: 226.

Neosilba fu m osa (Egger) in Morge 1974: 361 Fig. 17 & 362.

fungicola MacGowan, 2020b: Zootaxa, 4755 (1): 178 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nanao City , Ishikawa prefecture ( Japan). HT Ô NMS-10006514 . Distribution: Palearctic ( Japan) .

Lonchaea sylvatica Beling, 1873 in Tuno et al. 2019: 3, misidentification.

garamba MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 520 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic

Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

gibbosa ( de Meijere, 1910) : Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 53: 119 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Batavia [= Jakarta], Java ( Indonesia). Lectotype Ô NBCN. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India, Indonesia). Combination by McAlpine 1976: 1005.

gongeti MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 13 ( Silba ). Type locality: Budongo Forest ( Uganda) . HT Ô

ZMUC00022181. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Uganda).

hambai MacGowan, 2015: Zootax a, 4032 (5): 522 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic

Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

hebridensis MacGowan, 2021: Zootaxa, 4926 (3): 358 ( Silba ). Type locality: Malekula ( Vanuatu). HT Ô BMNH .

Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Vanuatu).

hilli ( Malloch, 1928) : Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 53 (3): 306 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Darwin, Northern Australia ( Australia). HT ♀ (with allotype Ô) USMNH. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands). Combination by MacGowan 2015: 532. dispalata McAlpine,1964b . 705 ( Silba ). Type locality: Tenaru River, Guadalcanal ( Solomon Islands). HT Ô No. 9033 CAS. Synonymy by MacGowan 2015: 532.

hirticeps MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 185 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar,

Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

horridomedea McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 711 ( Silba ). Type locality: Daintree , Queensland ( Australia). HT Ô K.359062 AMS. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia).

imitata McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 708 ( Silba ). Type locality: Pal Mountains , Queensland

( Australia). HT Ô ANIC 29-014825. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia).

inimvua MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 522 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic

Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). inubiwa MacGowan & Okamoto, 2013 : Entomological Science, 16: 197 ( Silba ). Type locality: Kii-Oshima Island, Wakayama prefecture ( Japan). HT Ô NSMT-I-Dip-6830 NSMT. Distribution: Palearctic ( Japan – Wakayama prefecture). Indomalayan ( Japan – Ryukyu islands, Taiwan).

Silba sp. of Okamoto et al. 2012: 289.

ischnopoda MacGowan & Compton, 2018: Zootaxa, 4455 (1): 197 ( Silba ). Type locality: Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary , Songkla Province ( Thailand). HT Ô NMS-10000315 . Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand, Cambodia) .

ishigaki MacGowan & Okamoto, 2013: Entomological Science, 16: 198 ( Silba ). Type locality: Ishigaki Island ( Japan). HT Ô NSMT-I-Dip-6831 NSMT. Distribution : Indomalayan ( Japan – Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan) .

isla MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 186 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung Jasar], Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

israel MacGowan & Freidberg, 2008 : Israel Journal of Entomology , 38: 86 ( Silba ). Type locality: Ne’ot haKikkar ( Israel). 331599 SMNHTAU. Distribution : Palearctic ( Israel), Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

japonica MacGowan & Okamoto, 2013 : Entomological Science, 16: 199 ( Silba ). Type locality: Ishigaki Island

( Japan). HT Ô NSMT-I-Dip-6832 NSMT. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Japan - Yaeyama Islands).

kadavu MacGowan, 2014c: Zootaxa , 3814 (4): 542. ( Silba ). Type locality: Kadavu Island, 0.25 km SW Solodamu Village, Moanakaka bird sanctuary ( Fiji). HT Ô BPBM ENT 2008035021 . Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Fiji) .

kuantani MacGowan , New replacement name for Silba malaysia MacGowan, 2007 . Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia). malaysia MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 25 ( Silba ). Type locality: 8 km from Kuala Terengganu on road from Kuantan ( Malaysia). HT Ô K.232380 AMS. Junior homonym, preoccupied by Silba malaysia ( MacGowan, 2005a) . New synonym.

laevis ( Bezzi, 1920) : Bulletin of Entomological Research, 11: 203 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Zanzibar ( Tanzania). HT Ô BMNH 1458433. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania). Combination by McAlpine 1956: 526. amita McAlpine, 1960: 366 (Silba) . Type locality: Barberton, Transvaal ( South Africa). HT Ô SANBI. Synonymy by McAlpine 1981: 632.

lashker MacGowan, 2012: Zootaxa, 3242: 48 ( Silba ). Type locality: Srinagar , Hazratbal. Jammu and Kashmir ( India). HT Ô IARA. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India) .

longidentata MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 23 ( Silba ). Type locality: Chiang Mai Province, Chiangmai , Suan-

dok ( Thailand). HT Ô MHNG: ENTO-0004719. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Thailand).

longigonite MacGowan, 2019: Israel Journal of Entomology, 49 (2): 228 ( Silba ). Type locality:Andasibe, Analama-

zaotra forest ( Madagascar). HT Ô SMNHTAU. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar).

longistylus MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 187 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar,

Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

lubumbashi MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 523 ( Silba ). Type locality: Lubumbashi ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RBINS. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa). lucens (de Meijere, 1910) : Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 53: 118 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Samarang, Batavia [= Jakarta], Java ( Indonesia). Lectotype Ô NBCN. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India, Indonesia). Combination by McAlpine 1975: 1002.

macrogonite MacGowan, 2019: Israel Journal of Entomology, 49 (2): 230 ( Silba ). Type locality: 35 km E.

Ranomafana ( Madagascar). HT Ô SMNHTAU. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar)

malaysia ( MacGowan, 2005a) : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 181 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar , Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution : Indomalayan ( Malaysia). New Combination .

mbuti MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 523 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

microcercosa MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 26 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nui Ba Den [Black Virgin Mountains]

Tay Ninh Province ( Vietnam). HT Ô. K.232389 AMS. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Vietnam).

mitis ( Curran, 1927) : American Museum Novitates, 246: 18 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Stanleyville [= Kisangani] ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). HT Ô AMNH. Distribution : Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). Combination by McAlpine 1962: 132 (in table) .

mitsuii MacGowan, 2020b: Zootaxa, 4755 (1): 180 ( Silba ). Type locality: Hachioji , Tokyo ( Japan). HT Ô NMS-10006515 . Distribution: Palearctic ( Japan)

Dasiops sp. of Mitsui & Kimura 2019: Entomological Science, 22 (1): 3.

montana ( Brunetti, 1913) : Records of the Indian Museum, 8: 178 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Rotung [Arunachal Pradesh] & Sadiya, Assam ( India). HT Ô Type depository unknown. Distribution : Indomalayan ( India). Combination by McAlpine 1962:132 (in table) .

namibia MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 14 ( Silba ). Type locality: Salambala camp site, Katima Mulilo District

( Namibia). HT Ô NHNW. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Namibia).

neozopherosa McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 704 ( Silba ). Type locality: Tenaru River , Guadalcanal. ( Solomon Islands). HT Ô No. 9035 CAS. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Solomon Islands).

nepalensis MacGowan, 2006 : Studia Dipterologica, 12(2): 15 ( Silba ). Type locality: Taplejung district, between

Sangu and Tamrang ( Nepal). HT Ô BMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Nepal).

nigrispicata MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 28 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nantou Hsien, Shuili (Taiwan). HT Ô

HMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan (Taiwan).

nigritella ( Malloch, 1930) : Insects of Samoa, 6: 241 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Apia, Mt. Vaea, 1200 feet [= Mauga Ve’a] ( Samoa). HT Ô NHMUK013444843 (specimen) and NHMUK014316354 (genitalia mount) BMNH. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Samoa). Combination by Pitkin 1989: 478. Note 76.

nudoscutella McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 702 ( Silba ). Type locality: Broadwater, New

South Wales ( Australia). HT Ô ANIC 29-014828. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia).

ophyroides ( Bezzi, 1920) : Bulletin of Entomological Research, 11: 203 ( Lonchaea ( Carpolonchaea )). Type locality: Kabete ( Kenya). HT Ô 1458432 BMNH. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 541. fraterna McAlpine, 1956b: 540 (Silba) . Type locality: Port Elizabeth, Cape Province ( South Africa). HT Ô BMNH 1458432. Synonymy by McAlpine 1981: 632. pallicarpa ( Bezzi, 1920) : Bulletin of Entomological Research, 11: 208 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Baguio, Benguet [Luzon] ( Philippines). HT ♀ MCNM. Distribution: Indomalayan. ( Philippines). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 526. Notes 27, 77.

papei MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 188 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung Jasar], Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

pappi Soós, 1976 : Folia Entomologica Hungarica , 30 (1): 137 ( Silba ). Type locality: Tangi Garoo, 20 km W. from

Sarobi, Kabul Province ( Afghanistan). HT Ô HMNH. Distribution: Palearctic ( Afghanistan).

parasita ( Séguy, 1933) : Memórias e Estudos Museu Zoológico da Universidade Coimbra, 67: 7 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: ( Mozambique) . Type location unknown. Combination by McAlpine,1980: 632 .

parasitica in McAlpine, 1980: 632, misspelling.

perplexa ( Walker, 1860b) : Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London , 5: 161 ( Lauxania ). Type locality: Amboyna [= Ambon Island], Seram ( Philippines). HT ♀ BMNH 1458441 . Distribution: Indomalayan ( Sri Lanka,

Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines), Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Tonga,

Vanuatu). Combination by McAlpine 1977: 228. Note 79.

filifera ( Bezzi, 1913: 320) (Lonchaea) . Type locality: Los Baños, Luzon ( Philippines). HT Ô Synonymy by McAlpine 1977: 228 .

Carpolonchaea setifera de Meijere, 1910 in Hennig, 1941: 19, misidentification.

plumosissima ( Bezzi, 1919) : Bulletin of Entomological Research, 9 (3): 247 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Aburi ( Ghana). Lectotype Ô BMNH 1458443. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 542.

pollinosa ( Kertész, 1901) : Természetrajzi Füzetek, 24: 86 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Seleo, Berlinhafen [= Aitape] ( Papua New Guinea). Lectotype Ô HMNH. Lectotype designated by McAlpine 1970: 450. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Papua New Guinea). Combination by McAlpine 1970: 450 .

quadridentata MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 18 ( Silba ). Type locality: Budongo Forest ( Uganda) . HTÔ

ZMUC00022182. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Uganda).

ramuscula McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 710 ( Silba ). Type locality: Mulgrave River , 4 miles W. of Gordonvale , Queensland ( Australia). HT Ô K.359063 AMS. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia).

rastellifera McAlpine, 1964b: The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 710 ( Silba ). Type locality: Luabo , Lower Zambesi River ( Mozambique). HT Ô NMSA-DIP 150404. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique) .

retalionis McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 755 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Montauban de Luchon, Haute-Garonne ( France). HT Ô CNC909757. Distribution: Palearctic ( France). Combination by MacGowan & Okamoto 2013: 201. Setisquamalonchaea retalionis of McAlpine & Steyskal 1982: 108.

rotherayi MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 189 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar,

Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

saegeri MacGowan, 2015 : Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 525 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic

Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). schachti MacGowan, 2004b : Entomofauna Zeitschrift fur Entomologie, 25: 26 ( Silba ). Type locality: Taiwan, S-

Nantou Co., Road No. 21, Hosher (Taiwan). HT Ô NCHU. Distribution: Indomalayan (Taiwan).

septuosa McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 702 ( Silba ). Type locality: Eidsvold , Queensland ( Australia). HT Ô ANIC 29-014816 . Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia).

Lonchaea (Carpolonchaea) citricola ( Bezzi, 1913) in Bezzi 1920: 207, misidentification.

setifera (de Meijere, 1910) : Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 53: 119 ( Lonchaea ). Type localities Batavia [= Jakarta] & Paugerango ( Indonesia). Lectotype Ô NBCN. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka), Australasian-Oceanian ( Papua New Guinea, Australia?). Combination by McAlpine 1956b: 543. Note 80.

setigonite MacGowan, 2019: Israel Journal of Entomology, 49 (2): 232 ( Silba ). Type locality: Mandraka, Rt. 2, 75

km E. Antananarivo ( Madagascar). HT Ô SMNHTAU. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar).

setiphallus MacGowan, 2014c : Zootaxa, 3814 (4): 545. ( Silba ). Type locality: Kadavu , 0.25 km SW Solodamu village, Moanakaka bird sanctuary ( Fiji). HT Ô BPBM ENT 2008035022 . Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Fiji).

silbacola ( MacGowan, 2006) : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (2): 316 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: ( Afghanistan). HT Ô

BMNH. Distribution: Palearctic ( Afghanistan). Combination by MacGowan & Okamoto 2013: 201.

spatulata MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 20 ( Silba ). Type locality: East Usambara , Amani , at Sigi River ( Tanzania). HT Ô ZMUC00022183 . Distribution: Afrotropical ( Tanzania).

spiculata MacGowan, 2015 : Zootax a, 4032 (5): 525 ( Silba ). Type locality: 30 km W. Sambavana ( Madagascar). HT

Ô SMNHTAU. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar).

spinosa MacGowan, 2005a : Studia Dipterologica, 12 (1): 190 ( Silba ). Type locality: Gunning [= Gunung] Jasar,

Pahang, Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô SMNH. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia, Taiwan).

srilanka McAlpine, 1975a : Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement, 4: 232 ( Silba ). Type locality: Beauvais Estate , 5 miles WNW of Haputale ( Sri Lanka). HT Ô MZLU. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam).

taciturna ( Walker, 1859) : The Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 3: 127 ( Ephydra ). Type locality: Aru Islands [Maluku] ( Indonesia). HT Ô BMNH 1458446 . Distribution : Australasian-Oceanian (eastern Philippines). Combination by McAlpine 1975b: 1000, 1003. Note 81 .

taiwanica ( Hennig, 1949) : Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 6: 364 ( Carpolonchaea ). Type locality: (Taiwan). HT Ô SDEI.

Distribution: Indomalayan (Taiwan). Combination by McAlpine, 1977: 228.

tekei MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 527 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

tenuipennis MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 28 ( Silba ). Type locality: Nan Prov. Mae Charim waterfall ( Thailand). HT Ô HNHM. Distribution: Indomalayan ( India, Thailand).

thunbergii MacGowan & Arimoto in Arimoto et al., 2020: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 23: 365 ( Silba ). Type locality: Prefectural Route 79, Shinokawa, Setouchi Town (Amami-Ôshima Island), Ôshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture ( Japan). HT Ô NSMT. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Japan – Ryukyu islands). translucens MacGowan, 2007 : Zootaxa, 1631: 30 ( Silba ). Type locality: Pahang, Bukit Charas ( Malaysia). HT Ô

MHNG: ENTO-0004720. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Malaysia).

trigena MacGowan, 2004b : Entomofauna Zeitschrift fur Entomologie, 25: 328. ( Silba ). Type locality: Sun Moon

Lake, Eastside, Youth Centre (Taiwan). HT Ô NCHU Distribution: Indomalayan (Taiwan).

uganda MacGowan, 2005b : Zootaxa, 967: 21 ( Silba ). Type locality: Budongo Forest ( Uganda) . HT Ô

ZMUC00022184. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Uganda).

ungulifera McAlpine, 1964b : The Canadian Entomologist, 96: 709 ( Silba ). Type locality: Navana-Antongil,

Maroantsetra ( Madagascar). HT Ô CNC909758. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Madagascar). Note 82.

uniformis ( Malloch, 1930) : Insects of Samoa, 6: 242 ( Lonchaea ). Type locality: Safune, Savai‘i ( Samoa). HT Ô

BPBM ENT 0000000538. Distribution: Australasian-Oceanian ( Samoa). Combination by Pitkin 1989: 478.

upemba MacGowan, 2015: Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 527 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Upemba , Lac Upemba ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo) .

vanemdeni McAlpine, 1975b : The Canadian Entomologist, 107: 998 ( Silba ). Type locality: Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia). HT Ô BMNH 1458447. Distribution: Indomalayan ( Indonesia, Malaysia), Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia, Papua New Guinea). Silba atratula Walker, 1860a : McAlpine 1956b: 530, misidentification.

virescens Macquart, 1851 : Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences, de l’Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille, 6: 277 ( Silba ). Type locality: Isle Bourbon [= Réunion]. Syntypes 1 Ô, 1 ♀ OUMNH. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Oman, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanganyika, Malawi, South Africa, Réunion), Palearctic ( Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Jordan). [southern European records require to be verified due to past confusion with S. adipata .] aristella ( Becker, 1902: 129) (Lonchaea) . Type localities: Cairo, Assiut [= Asyut] and Luxor ( Egypt). Lectotype Ô NHMB? Lectotype designated by Morge 1963a: 286 (without specimen details) and synonymy by Morge 1963a: 225. pectita McAlpine, 1960: 372 (Silba) . Type locality: Barberton, Transvaal ( South Africa). HT Ô SANBI. Synonymy by McAlpine 1975b: 1005.

wittei MacGowan, 2015 : Zootaxa, 4032 (5): 528 ( Silba ). Type locality: Park Nationale Garamba , Kamitungulu ( Democratic Republic of the Congo). HT Ô RMCA. Distribution: Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Neosilba sp. Female. Tucumán, Argentina. Photo by S.M. Dasso.

FIGURE 11. Silba sp. Female. Karnataka, India. Photo by S. Karthik.