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Tribe PALPOSTOMATINI Townsend 



PALPOSTOMATINI Townsend, 1925 : 250. Type-genus: Palpostoma Robineau-Desvoidy, 

 1830. 



Genus EUTRIXOPSIS Townsend 



Eutrixopsis Townsend, igigb : 166. Type-species: Eutrixopsis javana Townsend, 1919, 



by original designation. 

 Palpostomotrixa Townsend, 19276 : 277. Type-species: Palpostomotrixa paradoxa Townsend, 



1927, by original designation. 

 javana Townsend, 19196 : 166. Holotype 6*. Indonesia: Java, Ratoe, Pelaboean (USNM, 



Washington) [examined]. - Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Labuan, Sabah) ; Korea, 



Japan. Introduced U.S.A. (not established). 

 paradoxa Townsend, 19276 : 277 (Palpostomotrixa). Holotype ?, Ceylon: Colombo (DEI, 



Eberswalde). - Ceylon. 



Genus HAMAXIELLA Mesnil 



Hamaxiella Mesnil, 1967 : 51. Type-species: Hamaxiella brunnescens Mesnil, 1967, by original 



designation. 

 brunnescens Mesnil, 1967 : 52. Holotype (J, China: nr Shanghai, Zi-ka-wei (coll. Mesnil). - 



China. 



Genus PALPOSTOMA Robineau-Desvoidy 



Palpostoma Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 429. Type-species: Palpostoma testaceum Robineau- 

 Desvoidy (as testacea), by monotypy. (Australia). 

 Hamaxia Walker, 18606 : 153. Type-species: Hamaxia incongvua Walker, i860, by monotypy. 



(Moluccas). Syn. n. 

 Opsophasiops Townsend, 19156 : 22. Type-species: Myiophasia flava Coquillett, 1900, by 



original designation. (Australia). 

 Ochromeigenia Townsend, 1919a : 578. Type-species: Ochvomeigenia ormioides Townsend, 



1919 [= Hamaxia incongvua Walker, i860], by original designation. Syn. n. 

 Pseudopalpostoma Townsend, 1926c : 533. Type-species: Palpostoma desvoidyi Aldrich, 



1922, by original designation. (Australia). 

 Hammaxia. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Hamaxia Walker (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 



1891 : 407 & 1893 : 231). 

 incongruum Walker, 18606 : 153 (Hamaxia incongvua). Holotype? [no abdomen], Indonesia: 



Moluccas, Ambon ( = Amboyna) (BMNH, London) [examined]. Comb. n. -China (Fukien, 



Shantung), Indonesia (Java, Moluccas, Sumatra), Malaysia (Malaya, ? Sabah), ? India; 



Japan, Korea; ? E. Africa. Introduced U.S.A. (not established). 

 ovmioides Townsend, 1919a : 578. (Ochvomeigenia). Holotype o", Indonesia: Java, Mt 



Salak (USNM, Washington) [examined]. 



The synonymy of ovmioides with incongvuumhas been accepted for many years (Townsend, 



1938 : 216 and earlier references) but may not be correct. It appears likely that incongvuum 



is a species-complex, as Malloch (19326 : 319) has suggested. 



Genus XANTHOOESTRUS Villeneuve 



Xanthooestvus Villeneuve, 1914 : 438. Type-species: Xanthooestvus fastuosus Villeneuve, 

 1914, by monotypy. 



