Aulacigaster Macquart, 1835

Rung, Alessandra, 2016, FAMILY AULACIGASTRIDAE, Zootaxa 4122 (1), pp. 681-684 : 682

Genus Aulacigaster Macquart, 1835

Aulacigaster Macquart, 1835: 579 . Type species, Aulacigaster rufitarsis Macquart, 1835 (= Diastata leucopeza Meigen ) (mon.). Refs.: Schiner, 1863: 269 –270 (rev., synonymy); Duda, 1934: 1 –5 (rev., Palearctic fauna); Wirth, 1965: 823 (Nearctic cat.); Papavero, 1967: 91 (Neotropical cat.); Teskey, 1976: 12 ( Diptera associated with trees), 1987: 891–894 (Manual of Nearctic Diptera ); Sabrosky, 1977: 230 (Oriental cat.); Papp, 1984: 61 (Palearctic cat.), 1998a: 225–234 (rev., Palearctic species), 1998b: 279–284 (Manual of Palearctic Diptera ); Barraclough, 1993: 331 –42 (rev., Afrotropical species); Mathis and Freidberg, 1994: 586 –591 (Nearctic species); Bächli, 1998: 288 (checklist, Switzerland), 1999: 119–122 (checklist, Greece, Italy, Switzerland); Hilger and Kassebeer, 2000: 167 –172 (new species, Réunion); Kassebeer, 2001: 23 –32 (rev., new species, western Palearctic Region); Rung and Mathis, 2010: 1083 –1085 (Manual of Central American Diptera ), 2011: 1–132 (rev.).

Apotomella Dufour, 1846: 455 . Type species, Apotomella impressifrons Dufour, 1846 [= Diastata leucopeza ( Meigen 1830) ], (mon.)., Schiner, 1863: 269 (synonymy with Aulacigaster ).

Ampycophora Wahlberg, 1847: 261 . Type species, Ampycophora tarsata Wahlberg, 1847 [= Diastata leucopeza ( Meigen, 1830) ], (mon.). Schiner, 1863: 269 (synonymy with Aulacigaster ).

Sephanilla Rondani, 1874: 276 . Type species, Sephanilla sertulata Rondani, 1874 [= Diastata leucopeza Meigen )], (orig. des.), (p. 246). Mathis and Freidberg, 1994: 585 (synonymy with Aulacigaster ).

Aulacogaster Oldenberg, 1914: 30 [unjustified emendation for Aulacigaster ].

Schizochroa Hennig, 1956: 151 –152. Type species, Schizochroa melanoleuca Hennig, 1956 , (orig. des.). McAlpine, 1983: 58 (synonymy with Aulacigaster ).