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Crosskey, 1969:42), Formosa: Chipun (DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. - Formosa, 



Vietnam (North); Japan. 

 japonica Townsend, 1909 : 247 (Tachina). Holotype <^, Japan: Tokyo vicinity (USNM, 



Washington). - China (Shantung, Szechwan), Formosa, India (Mysore, West Bengal), 



Nepal, Vietnam (North); Japan. Introduced U.S.A. (not established). 

 tenuiforceps Baranov, 1932a : 87 (Eutackina). Holotype q". Formosa: Koshun, Kankau 



(DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. 

 javana Macquart, 1851 : 177 (204) (Tachina). Holotype^, Indonesia: Java (BMNH, London) 



[examined]. Comb. n. - Burma, Indonesia (Celebes, Java). 



Tachina javana Macquart probably ought to be considered a junior primary homonym 



of Tachina iavana Wiedemann, 1819, but the '»' and '/' difference in spelling is not a 



situation covered by Article 53 of the Code. 

 ladelli Baranov, 1936 : 108 (Eutachina). Holotype $, Thailand: Hua Hin (BMNH, London) 



[examined]. - Thailand. 

 larvarum Linnaeus, 1758 : 596 (Musca). - India (Kashmir); widespread Europe (including 



Britain), U.S.S.R., Japan. Introduced U.S.A. (established). 

 laterosetosa Chao, 1964a : 370, 375. Holotype q\ China: Kwangsi (ZICA, Peking). - China 



(Kwangsi). 

 lepis Chao, 19640:367, 373. Holotype <$, China: Szechwan (ZICA, Peking). - China 



(Szechwan). 

 psamathe Walker, 1849 : 765 (Tachina). Holotype <£, India: Madras (BMNH, London) 



[examined]. Comb. n. - India (Madras). 



This nominal species belongs to the sorbillans complex and may be synonymous with 



sorbillans Wiedemann s.str. 

 pseudorustica Chao, 1964a : 364, 372. Holotype $, China: Kwangsi (ZICA, Peking). - China 



(Kwangsi). 

 quadriseta Baranov, 1932a : 91 (Eutachina). Holotype <J, Formosa: Sokutsu (DEI, Ebers- 

 walde) [examined]. - Formosa; ? Solomon Islands. 

 quadrisetosa. Incorrect subsequent spelling of quadriseta Baranov. 

 rossica Mesnil, 1960a : 593. Holotype <J, U.S.S.R.: Tadzhikistan, Kondara (ZI, Leningrad). - 



India (Kashmir); U.S.S.R. 

 rusticella Baranov, 1936 : 108 (Eutachina). Lectotype o" (by designation of Sabrosky & 



Crosskey, 1969:43), Formosa: Takao (IZPAN, Warsaw) [examined]. - Formosa, 



Indonesia (Sumatra). 

 sinica Chao, 19640:369, 374. Holotype (J. China: Szechwan (ZICA, Peking). - China 



(Chekiang, Szechwan). 

 sorbillans Wiedemann, 1830 : 311 (Tachina). Lectotype^ (by fixation of Townsend, 1932 : 45), 



Canary Islands: Teneriffe (NM, Vienna). - Widespread Oriental Region; widespread 



S. Palaearctic & Ethiopian Regions, Japan; New Guinea & Queensland. 

 bombycis Louis, 1880 : 16 (Oestrus). Type(s) [? sex], India: Bengal (lost). The name 



bombycis has always until now been attributed to Becher (1889 : 77) who provided a 



formal description under the name Trycolyga bombycis (later emended by authors to 



bombycum) . Under the ICZN Code the name is, however, available from the work of 



Louis. 

 bombycum. Incorrect subsequent spelling of bombycis Louis. 

 subnigra Wulp, 1894 : *4 (Masicera). Holotype $, India (ZSI, Calcutta). Comb. n. - India 



(Possibly = japonica). 

 sumatrensis Townsend, 1927a : 60 (Biomyopsis). Holotype $, Indonesia: Sumatra, Baso 



(ZM, Amsterdam) [examined]. Comb. n. - Indonesia (Sumatra). 

 velutina Mesnil, 19536 : 101. Holotype o*. India: Madras, Coimbatore (BMNH, London) 



[examined] - India (Madras), Malaysia (Malaya); New Guinea. 

 xanthaspis Wiedemann, 1830 : 314 (Tachina). Syntypes <J 9. 'Nubien' (not located, possibly 



lost) .- Widespread Oriental Region; southern Europe, Middle East, Africa, 



Madagascar, Seychelles. 



