
TACHINIDAE OF AUSTRALIA 115 
Genus PROSENA Le Peletier & Serville 
Calivrhoe Meigen, 1800 : 39. [Name suppressed by I.C.Z.N. Opinion 678 (1963 : 339)] 
Prosena Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 : 499, 500. Type-species: Stomoxys siberita Fabricius, 
1775, by original designation. (DENMARK). 
arcuata Malloch, 1932a: 129. Holotype g, NEw Soutu Wa tEs: Killara, Allowrie (SPHTM 
Sydney) [examined]. — N.S.W. 
argentata Curran, 1927) : 348. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Kuranda (DEI, Eberswalde). — 
QLD. 
P. argentata Curran is a junior primary homonym of P. argentata Walker, 1859. No 
new name is proposed at the present time. 
bella Curran, 1927) : 349. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Cairns (DEI, Eberswalde).— QLp. 
bisetosa Malloch, 1932a : 130. Holotype J, QUEENSLAND: Cairns district (SPHTM, Sydney) 
[examined]. — QuD., N.S.W. (?). 
conica Guérin-Méneville, 1831 : Plate 21, fig. 7, 7A; 1838: 298. Holotype gj, NEw Soutu 
WateEs: Port Jackson (=Sydney) (MNHN, Paris) [examined]. —N.S.W., Orb. 
albifrons Malloch, 1932a : 132. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Eidsvold (not located). Syn. n. 
{argentata Curran sensu Malloch, 1930 (misidentification) ] 
dimidiata Curran, 1938 : 188. Holotype 9, QuEENSLAND: Kuranda (SPHTM, Sydney) 
[examined]. — OLD. 
dispar Macquart, 1851 : 203 (230). Lectotype 9 (by designation of Crosskey, 1971 : 284), 
‘Tasmania’ (MNHN, Paris) [examined]. — N.S.W., Taso. (?). 
doddi Curran, 1927) : 347. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Herberton (DEI, Eberswalde).—N.T., 
Otp. (=siberita Fabricius according to Malloch, 1932a : 131). 
dorsalis Macquart, 1847 : 97 (81). Holotype g, Tasmania (BMNH, London) [examined]. — 
N.S.W., TasM. 
parva Malloch, 1930a: 115. Holotype 9, New SoutH WatEs: Sydney (SPHTM, Sydney) 
[examined]. Syn. n. 
jactans Walker, 1858: 210 (Pachymyia). Holotype 2 [? AustTratia] (BMNH, London) 
[examined]. —N.S.W., QLD. 
macropus Thomson, 1869 : 531. Holotype g, NEw SoutH WaLEs: Sydney (NR, Stockholm) 
[examined]. — N.S.W., Tas. 
indecisa Malloch, 1930a: 116. Holotype g, NEw SoutH Wa Es: Barrington Tops (not 
located). Syn. n. 
Paratypes undoubtedly conspecific with missing holotype are in USNM, Washington, 
and SPHTM, Sydney [examined]. 
malayana Townsend, 1926a: 25 (Calirrhoe). Lectotype g (by designation of Crosskey, 
1969 : 91), SUMATRA: Fort de Kock (ZM, Amsterdam) [examined].—QtLp.; widespread 
S.E. Asta. (Possibly = siberita). 
P. malayana was considered by Curran (1938 : 189) to be a senior synonym of P. doddi. 
Evidence is inconclusive. 
marginalis Curran, 1938: 189. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Brisbane (SPHTM, Sydney) 
[examined]. — QLD. 
nigripes Curran, 1927) : 347. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Palmerston (DEI, Eberswalde). — 
N.T., Qtp. (Probably = malayana). 
rufiventris Macquart, 1847 : 96 (80). Holotype 9, ‘Tasmania’ (BMNH, London) [examined]. 
— QOtp., Tasm. (?). 
siberita Fabricius, 1775 : 798 (Stomoxys). Type(s), DENMARK: Copenhagen (lost). — N.S.W., 
Qup.; widespread EuropE and Asia. (Possibly misidentified from Australia) 
sibivita. Incorrect subsequent spelling of sibevita Fabricius. 
confusa Malloch, 1930a@: 115 (as var. of sibevita). Holotype 3, QUEENSLAND: Eidsvold 
(SPHTM, Sydney) [examined]. 
surda Curran, 1938: 190. Holotype g, QUEENSLAND: Kuranda (BMNH, London, ex coll. 
Wainwright) [examined]. — N.S.W., Qip., W.A. 
