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ursinoidea Tothill, 1918 : 50. Lectotype S (by present designation), India: Uttar Pradesh, 

 Kumaun, Airadeo (BMNH, London) [examined]. - Burma, China (Chekiang, Fukien, 

 Kiangsi, Kwangsi, Szechwan, Yunnan), Formosa, India (Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West 

 Bengal), Indonesia (Java), Nepal, Thailand. 

 fulva Walker, 1852 : 276 (Tachina). Holotype o". India [publ. as 'East Indies' in error] 

 [BMNH, London) [examined]. [Junior primary homonym of Tachina fulva Fallen, 1820.] 

 ruja Chao, 19626 : 57 (as subsp. of stackelbergi Zimin, 1929). Holotype q\ China: Yunnan, 



Yungkinghung-Mengai (ZICA, Peking). Syn. n. 

 formosensis Mesnil, 1966 : 923 (attrib. Townsend). Unavailable name first published as a 

 synonym. 

 zimini Chao, 19626 : 55. Holotype q\ China: Chekiang, Tienmushan (ZICA, Peking). - China 



(Chekiang, Liaoning, Yunnan). 

 Undescribed & undetermined spp. - Various localities (BMNH coll.). 



Genus TACHINA Meigen 



Larvaevora Meigen, 1800 : 38. Name suppressed by ICZN (Opinion 678). 



Echinomye Dumeril, 1800 : 439 & Table. Vernacular name unavailable in nomenclature. 



Tachina Meigen, 1803 : 280. Type-species: Musca grossa Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent 



designation of Brauer (1893 : 4^9) • (Europe). 

 Echinomya Latreille, 1805 : 377. Type-species: Musca grossa Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent 



designation of Westwood (1840 : 138). 

 sacontala Walker, 1849 : 728. Holotype o* [head lost], Nepal (BMNH, London) [examined]. - 



India (Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal. 



Genus TOTHILLIA Crosskey gen. n. 



Tothillia Crosskey, 1976 (present work) : 104. Type-species: Chaetoplagia asiatica Tothill, 



1918, by original designation. 

 asiatica Tothill, 1918 : 55 (Chaetoplagia). Lectotype o" (by present designation) [wings lost], 



India: Uttar Pradesh, Kumaun ( = Kumaon), Khati (BMNH, London) [examined]. 



Comb. n. - India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh). 



Unplaced genera of Tachininae 



Genus MALAYIA Malloch 



Malayia Malloch, 1926 : 510. Type-species: Malayia fuscinervis Malloch, 1926, by original 



designation. 

 fuscinervis Malloch, 1926 : 511. Holotype $, Malaysia: Malaya, Pahang, Cameron Highlands 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. - Malaysia (Malaya). 

 nigripennis Malloch, 19276 : 416. Holotype 9. Malaysia: Malaya, Selangor, Bukit Kutu 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. - Malaysia (Malaya). 



Genus TRISCHIDOCERA Villeneuve 



Trischidocera Villeneuve, 1915a : 93. Type-species: Trischidocera sauteri Villeneuve, 1915, 

 by monotypy. 



Orectocerina Malloch, 19246 : 521. Type-species: Orectocerina atratula Malloch, 1924 [= Tris- 

 chidocera sauteri Villeneuve, 1915], by original designation. 



sauteri Villeneuve, 1915 : 94. Syntypes o", Formosa: Mt Hoozan (none located, possibly all 

 destroyed: formerly at least one syntype in Budapest Mus.). - Formosa, Malaysia (Malaya). 



