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Anaperistommyia Townsend, 1926a : 15. Type-species: Anaperistommyia optica Townsend, 

 1926 [= Gymnostylia luteicornis Walker, 1861], by original designation. 



Macropia Malloch, 1930a : 322. Type-species: Macropia rufiventris Malloch, 1930, by original 

 designation. (Australia). 



Halidaya. ■ Incorrect subsequent spelling of Halydaia Egger, 1856 (under current Articles 

 of ICZN Code). [Not Halidaya Rondani, 1856 (Sepsidae).] 



luteicornis Walker, 1861^ : 10 {Gymnostylia). Holotype o* [ n °t ?], Indonesia: Moluccas, 

 Halmahera ( = Gilolo) (BMNH, London) [examined]. - Ceylon, China (Fukien), India 

 (Madras, Mysore, West Bengal), Indonesia (Java, Moluccas, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia 

 (Malaya), Nepal, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand; New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, 

 Solomon Islands. 

 optica Townsend, 1926a : 16 {Anaperistommyia). Holotype o*. Indonesia: Sumatra, Fort 

 de Kock (ZM, Amsterdam) [examined]. Syn. n. 



Crosskey (1969) inadvertently omitted A naperistommyia optica from his list of Townsend 's 

 types of Indonesian Tachinidae in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. 



Genus POLYGASTROPTERYX Mesnil 



Polygastropteryx Mesnil, 1953c : 161. Type-species: Polygastropteryx bicoloripes Mesnil, 1953, 



by monotypy. 

 bicoloripes Mesnil, 1953c : 161. Holotype <J, Burma: Kachin, Kambaiti (ZMU, Helsinki) 



[examined]. - Burma, India (West Bengal). 

 setinervis Mesnil, 1957 : 7 1 {Zambesa). Holotype o". Burma: Kachin, Kambaiti (ZMU, 



Helsinki). Syn. n. 



Genus PROSHELIOMYIA Brauer & Bergenstamm 



Prosheliomyia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 : 375 (71). Type-species: Prosheliomyia nietneri 



Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Halidayopsis Townsend, 19276 : 282. Type-species: Halidayopsis formosensis Townsend, 



1927, by original designation. Syn. n. 



Medinacemyia Townsend, 1928 : 377. Type-species: Medinacemyia sibnyana Townsend, 



1928, by original designation. 



brevinervis Malloch, 1935c : 594 {Medinacemyia). Holotype q", Malaysia: Malaya, Selangor, 

 Bukit Kutu (BMNH, London) [examined]. - Malaysia (Malaya). (Probably = nietneri). 



formosensis Townsend, 19276 : 282 {Halidayopsis). Lectotype $ (by fixation of Townsend, 

 19396 : 260), Formosa: Kankau (DEI, Eberswalde) [paralectotypes examined]. Comb. n. - 

 Formosa. 



This species was described from 10 <$ and 9 $ syntypes, all from Kankau. Townsend 

 (19396 : 260) cited the single $ syntype in DEI as 'Ht' and this is accepted as valid lectotype 

 fixation, although it is a very borderline case. BMNH collection contains 1 9 paralectotype, 

 USNM contains 1 <J, i ? syntypes, and other syntypes are in CNC (ex coll. Mesnil). Not 

 all the syntypes have been located. 



nietneri Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 : 375 (71). Lectotype o* (by present designation), 

 Ceylon: Rambodde (NM, Vienna) [examined]. -Ceylon. 



sibuyana Townsend, 1928 : 377 {Medinacemyia). Holotype <$, Philippines: Sibuyan Island 

 (USNM, Washington) [examined]. - Philippines (Sibuyan). 



Genus THELAIRA Robineau-Desvoidy 



Thelaira Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 214. Type-species: Thelaira abdominalis Robineau- 

 Desvoidy, 1830 [= Musca solivagus Harris, 1776], by subsequent designation of Townsend 



