Hydrophoria Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 503

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252. Hydrophoria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 503 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Hydrophoria potamogeti Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria nymphaeae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria trapae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria fuliginosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria tibialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria sagittariae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria nymphaeicola Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria testacea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrophoria littoralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Musca lancifer Harris, 1780 , by subsequent designation (I.C.Z. N., 1996: 62 [Opinion 1827]) .

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Sabrosky (1999: 162)].

FAMILY: ANTHOMYIIDAE .

REMARKS: Coquillett (1910: 554) stated “ Type, Musca vespertina FALLEN (as littoralis , new species), the last species, by designation of WESTWOOD, Intr., vol. 2, Synops., 1840, p. 142 (as nigrita Fallén )”. Westwood (1840) did not designate the species Hydrophoria littoralis . He stated (1840: 142) “ HYDROPHORIA Mcq. ARICINAE LITTORALES R. D. 31 sp. M. nigrita Fall. ”. Coquillett confused Robineau-Desvoidy’s group “ Aricines littorales ” with the species Hydrophoria littoralis . By using an originally included species, Coquillett (1910: 554) is a valid type species designation for Hydrophoria , but its acceptance would place the genus-group name in Muscidae and upset common usage of it in the Anthomyiidae (and of the name Hebecnema Schnabl, 1889 in the Muscidae ). Therefore, Griffiths (1994) applied to the ICZN Commission to set aside all previous designations for Hydrophoria and designate Musca lancifer Harris, 1780 as the type species. Thus, Dely-Draskovits (1993: 60) is in error when stating that the type species of Hydrophoria is “ Hydrophoria littoralis ROBINEAU- DESVOIDY, 1830 ... [= lancifer (HARRIS [1780]) ]”.