DESIGNATION OF A TYPE-SPECIES FOR 
CYCLOGASTER MACQUART, 1834, AND THE 
RESULTING SYNONYMY (DIPTERA: STRATIOMYIDAE)* 
By Norman E. Woodley 
Museum of Comparative Zoology 
Harvard University 
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 
The generic name Cyclogaster Macquart (1834) has been used in 
combination with specific names for taxa of Stratiomyidae from 
diverse regions of the world. It has remained more or less in synony- 
my with Lasiopa Brulle (1832) since the time of Brauer (1882), 
although Pleske (1901: 336) described Cyclogaster caucasica (Palae- 
arctic) and Hutton (1901: 10) described C. peregrinus from New 
Zealand after Brauer’s work appeared. Kertesz (1908) also consid- 
ered the two names synonymous, and placed 15 species in Lasiopa. 
These species are placed in at least five genera at the present time. 
The purpose of this paper is to designate a type-species for Cyclo- 
gaster, which to my knowledge has never been done, in order to 
stabilize the generic synonymy as it is presently used by workers in 
the Stratiomyidae. A brief review of the history of the name Cyclo- 
gaster and generic names associated with it is necessary to under- 
stand the situation fully. 
Macquart (1834: 256) first proposed the name Cyclogaster in the 
Diptera, and included in that taxon two species, Nemotelus villosus 
Fabricius (1794: 270; Palaearctic) and Stratiomys at rata Fabricius 
(1805: 83; Neotropical). No single type-species was designated. 
The generic name Inermyia Bigot (1856: 82, 63) was proposed for 
the South African species Stratiomys edentula Wiedemann (1824: 
29). Gerstaecker (1857: 322) and Loew (1860: 7) both considered 
Stratiomys edentula a member of Cyclogaster Macquart and Ker- 
tesz (1908: 30) listed Inermyia as a synonym with a query. Lindner 
(1972: 32) considered the species to be congeneric with the true, 
Palaearctic Lasiopa, and it is listed as such by James (1980: 260). 
Kirkaldy (1910: 8) noted that the name Cyclogaster was preoccu- 
pied in zoology by Cyclogaster Gronovius, in the fishes (this name 
will be discussed in more detail below). He proposed a replacement 
name for the name in the Diptera, Neotropicalias. No reference was 
made to any specific names, although one might infer he was think- 
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