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indica Villeneuve, 19376 : 407 (Alsomyia). Syntypes <$ [$], Vietnam (North): Tonkin, Cho 

 ganh (not located). 

 rufipes Villeneuve, 19376 : 407 (Alsomyia). Lectotype $ (by present designation), India: 

 Madras, Coimbatore (CNC, Ottawa) [examined]. - Ceylon, India (Gujarat, Madras, 

 Mysore, Punjab), Pakistan. 



Genus PHEBELLIA Robineau-Desvoidy 



Phebellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1846 : 37. Type-species: Phebellia aestivalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 



1846, by monotypy. (Europe). 

 agnatella Mesnil, 1955 : 455, 458. Holotype <$, China: Kiangsu, Su-chou ( = Soochow) (CNC, 



Ottawa, ex coll. Mesnil) [examined]. - China; Japan. 



Mesnil, in the original description, incorrectly cited Sooehow (as Suchow) as near Hanoi 



(North Vietnam). 



Genus PHRYXE Robineau-Desvoidy 



Phryxe Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 158. Type-species: Phryxe athaliae Robineau-Desvoidy, 

 1830 [= Tachina vulgaris Fallen, 1810], by subsequent designation of Robineau-Desvoidy 

 (1863 (1) : 329 & 358)- (Europe). 



patruelis Mesnil, 19536 : 98. Holotype q*. India: West Bengal, Kurseong (MNHN, Paris: 

 currently in CNC, Ottawa) [examined]. -Burma, India (West Bengal). 



Genus PROSOPODOPSIS Townsend 



Prosopodopsis Townsend, 1926c : 542. Type-species: Tachina fasciata Wiedemann, 1830 



[preocc. = Prosopaea appendiculata dc Meijere, 1910], by original designation. 

 Orienlodoria Townsend, 1933 : 477- Type-species: Tachina orientalis Wiedemann, 1830, 



by original designation. Syn. n. 

 appendiculata de Meijere, 1910 : 110 (Prosopaea). Holotype ?, Indonesia: Krakatau, Lang 



Eiland (ZM, Amsterdam) [examined]. - Formosa, India (Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), 



Indonesia (Krakatau), Macao, Malaysia (Malaya), Singapore. 

 fasciata Wiedemann, 1830 : 337 (Tachina). Lectotype $ (by fixation of Townsend, 1932 : 54), 



Macao (UZM, Copenhagen) [examined]. [Junior primary homonym of Tachina fasciata 



Fallen, 1820.] 



This nominal species was described from at least two specimens. The single extant 



syntype was cited as 'Female Ht' [ = holotype] by Townsend, and this action (though 



borderline for acceptable fixation) is treated as fixing the lectotype. 

 orbitalis Baranov, 19386 : 406 (Dolichocolon). Lectotype <$ (by designation of Sabrosky & 



Crosskey, 1969 : 40), India: Madhya Pradesh, Rahatgaon, Hoshangabad (BMNH, London) 



[examined]. Comb. n. - India (Kerala, Madhya Pradesh). 

 orientalis Wiedemann, 1830 : 333 (Tachina). Lectotype $ (by designation of Crosskey, 



1966a : 676), Eastern India ('Ostindien') (UZM, Copenhagen) [examined]. Comb. n. - 



India (Punjab, West Bengal). 

 quadrisetosa Baranov, 1935a : 555 (Dolichocolon). Lectotype $ (by designation of Sabrosky 



& Crosskey, 1969 : 40), Formosa: Koshun, Kankau (DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. 



Comb. n. -China (Fukien), Formosa. 

 Undetermined sp. (? orbitalis variant). - Ceylon. 



Genus PSEUDALSOMYIA Mesnil 



Pseudalsomyia Mesnil, 1968a : 178. Type-species: Pseudalsomia piligena Mesnil, 1968, by 



original designation. 

 piligena Mesnil, 1968a : 178. Holotype $, Pakistan: Rawalpindi (CNC, Ottawa, ex coll. 



Mesnil). - Pakistan. 



