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Genus SCAPHIMYIA Mesnil 



Scaphimyia Mesnil, 1953a : 298. [Unavailable: no designation of a type-species.] 



Scaphimyia Mesnil, 1955 : 422. Type-species: Scaphimyia castanea Mesnil, 1955, by original 



designation. [No generic characters cited but accepted as available: characters cited in 



1953 key.] 

 castanea Mesnil, 1955 : 422. Holotype <$, Vietnam (North): Tonkin (CNC, Ottawa, ex 



coll. Mesnil) [examined]. -Vietnam (North). 



Genus SIMOMA Aldrich 



Simoma Aldrich, 19266 : 20. Type-species: Simoma grahami Aldrich, 1926, by original designa- 

 tion. 



grahami Aldrich, 19266 : 21. Holotype $, China: Szechwan, Suifu (USNM, Washington) 

 [examined]. - China (Szechwan), India (Bihar), Malaysia (Malaya), Vietnam (North); 

 Israel, Japan. 



Genus SUENSONOMYIA Mesnil 



Suensonomyia Mesnil, 19536 : 99. Type-species: Suensonomyia setinerva Mesnil, 1953, by 



monotypy. 

 setinerva Mesnil, 19536 : 99. Holotype $, China: Fukien, Yenpingfu (ZMU, Helsinki) 



[examined]. -China (Fukien), India (Madhya Pradesh). 



Genus XYLOTACHINA Brauer & Bergenstamm 



Xylotachina Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 : 342 (38). Type-species: Xylotachina ligniperdae 



Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 [= Tachina dilida Meigen, 1824], by original designation 



and monotypy. (Germany). 

 vulnerans Mesnil, 1953a : 304 (part), 1954c : 305 (part). Holotype $, China: nr Shanghai, 



Kou-ling (CNC, Ottawa, ex coll. Mesnil) [examined]. -China (Shanghai). 



The description of this species has split publication dates but the name is available 



from 1953. 



Genus ZENILLIA Robineau-Desvoidy 



Zenillia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 152. Type-species: Musca libatrix Panzer, 1798, by 

 subsequent designation of Robineau-Desvoidy (1863 (1) : 471). 



grisellina Gardner, 19406 : 177 (Exorista grisellina Baranov MS). Type(s) puparium(a), 

 India: Uttar Pradesh, Dehra Dun (? FRI, Dehra Dun). Comb. n. - India (Bombay, 

 Uttar Pradesh). 

 terrosa Mesnil, 19536 : 97. Holotype <J, India: Bombay, N. Thana, Palghar Range (BMNH, 

 London) [examined]. Syn. n. 



One <J and three $ specimens in the BMNH collection each labelled 'Exorista grisellina 

 sp. n. N. Baranoff' in Baranov's writing confirm that grisellina is a senior synonym of 

 Zenillia terrosa Mesnil (<J genitalia compared). For a note on the nomenclatural avail- 

 ability of the name grisellina from Gardner's work see Sabrosky & Crosskey (1969 : 56). 



Unplaced species of Eryciini 



anomala Villeneuve, 1929 : 65 (Alsomyia) . Holotype q", Formosa: Tainan (DEI, Eberswalde) 

 [examined]. - Ceylon, Formosa, India (Gujarat, Orissa), Thailand. 



