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nitens Macquart, 1851 : 189 (216). Holotype $, India (MNHN, Paris) [examined]. 

 formosina Curran, 1930 : 2. Holotype o", Australia (AMNH, New York) [examined]. 

 angustigena Enderlein, 1936a : 403 (Chrysorutilia). Lectotype <$ (by designation of Crosskey, 



1973a : 117), Australia: Queensland, Herberton (MNHU, Berlin] [examined]. 

 townsendi Crosskey, 1973a : 59, 139 (replacement name for splendida Townsend, junior 



secondary homonym in Rutilia of splendida Donovan, 1805). - Philippines. 

 splendida Townsend, 1927c : 282 (Philippoformosia). Holotype $, Philippines: Nueva 



Viscaya, Imugin (USNM, Washington) [examined]. 

 Undetermined sp. (nr rubriceps but with yellow pleural hair). -India (Assam, Himachal 



Pradesh, Madras). 



Tribe DOLESCHALLINI Brauer & Bergenstamm 



DOLESCHALLIDAE Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 : 80, 128. Type-genus: Doleschalla 

 Walker, 1861. 



Genus DOLESCHALLA Walker 



Doleschalla Walker, 1861a : 242. Type-species: Doleschalla cylindrica Walker, 1861, by 



monotypy. (New Guinea). 

 Rhaphis Wulp, 1885 : 199. Type-species: Rhaphis elongata Wulp, 1885, by monotypy. 

 Doleschallopsis Townsend, 1933 : 459. Type-species: Doleschalla makilingensis Townsend, 



1928, by original designation. Syn. n. 

 Macrosophia Townsend, 1933 : 459. Type-species: Macrosophia papua Townsend, 1933, 



by original designation. 

 [Torocca Walker sensu authors (misidentification)]. 

 Raphis. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Rhaphis Wulp. 

 cylindrica Walker, 18616 : 260 (Dexia). Holotype 9 [ n °t c£], Indonesia: Celebes, Manado 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. - Indonesia (Celebes). 



Malloch (19326 : 327) assigned Dexia cylindrica Walker to Doleschalla and pointed out 



that the specific name then became a homonym of Doleschalla cylindrica Walker. No 



new name is here proposed for the secondary homonym pending revision of the genus. 

 elongata Wulp, 1885 : 200 (Rhaphis). Holotype o*. Ceylon (ZM, Amsterdam) [examined] - 



Ceylon, India (Madras, Mysore), Philippines. 

 makilingensis Townsend, 1928 : 381. Lectotype $ (by present designation), Philippines: 



Luzon, Mt Makiling (USNM, Washington) [examined]. - Philippines (Biliran, Luzon, 



Negros) . 

 parallela Walker, 1861a* : 19 (Dexia). Holotype $ [not <£], Indonesia: Moluccas, Ternate 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. - Indonesia (Celebes, Moluccas), Malaysia (Sarawak), 



Philippines (Luzon). 

 costatus Rondani, 1875 : 423 (Megistogaster) [examined by A. C. Pont for R.W.C.]. Holotype 



$, Malaysia: Sarawak (MCSN, Genoa). Syn. n. 



The holotype of this nominal species was examined for me by Mr Adrian Pont in April, 



1966, and I am satisfied that the synonymy indicated is correct. 

 tenuis Malloch, 19326 : 326. Holotype $, Malaysia: Sabah, nr Sandakan, Bettotan (BMNH, 



London) [examined]. - Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak). 



Subfamily TACHININAE Robineau-Desvoidy 

 TACHINARIAE Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 185. Type-genus: Tachina Meigen, 1803. 



