
TACHINIDAE OF AUSTRALIA 135 
Genus ERISTALIOMYIA Townsend 
Evistalhomyia Townsend, 1926a : 37. Type-species: Evistaliomyia nitidifrons Townsend, 1926 
[=Echinomyia brevipennis Walker, 1857], by original designation. (SUMATRA). 
[? Peleteria Robineau-Desvoidy sensu Hardy, 1938 : 66 (misidentification) | 
Undescribed sp. — OLD. 
Genus MICROTROPESA Macquart 
Microtropesa Macquart, 1846 : 313 (185). Type-species: Musca sinuata Donovan, 1805, by 
monotypy. 
Gerotachina Townsend, 1916c : 152. Type-species: Tachina obtusa Walker, 1852, by original 
designation. 
Microtropeza. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Microtropesa Macquart. 
[Tasmaniomyia Townsend sensu Hardy, 1939 : 33 (misidentification) ] 
campbelli Paramonoy, 1951 : 768. Holotype 9, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: Blundell’s 
(ANIC, Canberra) [examined]. — A.C.T. 
canberrae Paramonov, 1951 : 771. Holotype 9, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: Canberra, 
Black Mt. (ANIC, Canberra) [examined]. — A.C.T. 
flavitarsis Malloch, 1929b : 288. Holotype g, Tasmania (AM, Sydney) [examined]. — W.A., 
SA. (?). 
flaviventris Malloch, 1930a: 101. Holotype 9, New SoutH Waters: Narromine (ANIC, 
Canberra) [examined]. — A.C.T., N.S.W., OLp. 
intermedia Malloch, 1930a: 100. Holotype 3, QUEENSLAND: Eidsvold (ANIC, Canberra) 
[examined]. — A.C.T., N.S.W., OLp. 
latigena Paramonov, 1951 : 769. Holotype 9, WESTERN AusTRALIA: Kalgoorlie (WADA, 
Perth).—S.A., W.A. 
nigricornis Macquart, 1851 : 199 (226). Lectotype ¢ (by designation of Crosskey, 1971 : 278), 
TaAsMANIA (MNHN, Paris) [examined]. — Tasm. 
obtusa Walker, 1852 : 274 (Tachina). Lectotype 9 (by fixation of Townsend, 1932 : 40, as 
‘Ht’), NEw SoutH Wares (BMNH, London) [examined]. — N.S.W. 
stohida Walker, 1858 : 195 (Echinomyia). Holotype gj, New SoutH WaLEs (BMNH, London) 
[examined]. 
ochriventris Malloch, 1929b : 287. Holotype 9, New SoutH Wa tes: Barrington Tops 
(ANIC, Canberra) [examined]. —N.S.W., Tasm., Vict. 
sinuata Donovan, 1805: plate fig. (unnumbered) & description (unpaginated) (Musca). 
Type(s) [3g], AusTRALIA (lost). — A.C.T., N.S.W., QLp, Tasm., Vict., W.A. 
Publication date of this name has usually been cited as 1798 in error. Type-material 
of sinuata has never been located and is presumed lost (Townsend’s, 1932 : 40, statement 
of 2 holotype in London is in error). The identity is certain from Donovan’s coloured 
figure, painted it appears from a ¢ specimen. 
bura Walker, 1849: 760 (Tachina). Lectotype ¢ (by present designation), TASMANIA 
(BMNH, London) [examined]. 
ignipennis Brauer, 1899 : 510. [Unavailable name first published as a synonym of sinuata 
and no later validation; see Crosskey, 1971 : 278.] 
latimana Malloch, 1929b : 287. Holotype 9, QUEENSLAND (AM, Sydney) [examined]. 
skusei Bergroth, 1894: 73. Type(s) 2, QUEENSLAND: Duaringa, Coomooboolaroo (not 
located). QLD. 
The type-material of this species has not been found in the Zoological Museum, Helsinki 
(the most likely depository) and is possibly lost. 
violacescens Enderlein, 1937 : 441 (Microtopeza, sic, lapsus). Lectotype ¢ (by present 
designation), QUEENSLAND: Herberton (DEI, Eberswalde).—N.S.W., N.T., Qip, W.A., 
Taso. (?). 
