Strauzia Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 718

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512. Strauzia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 718 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Strauzia inermis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Strauzia armata Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830.

TYPE SPECIES: Strauzia inermis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , by subsequent designation ( Foote, 1965: 676).

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Norrbom et al. (1999: 211)].

FAMILY: TEPHRITIDAE .

REMARKS: Robineau-Desvoidy’s 1830 paper came out on 6 June while Wiedemann’s 1830 paper came out less than three months later in September [see References in this paper for dating of the former and

Evenhuis (1997: 822) for dating of the latter]. The type species is therefore a senior synonym of Trypeta longipennis Wiedemann, 1830 , but as we have found no use of the name Strauzia inermis Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830 as valid after 1899, it appears to fulfill the requirements for a nomen oblitum. Trypeta longipennis Wiedemann, 1830 is in prevailing usage and has appeared as a valid name in the genus Strauzia in at least 25 publications by more than 10 authors during the past 50 years including the following: Arnett (1985), Bisby et al. (2008), Bridges (1972), Charlet et al. (1987), Charlet et al. (1992), Denoroy (1996), Eaton & Kaufman (2007), Fast (1966), Foote (1964, 1965), Foote & Steyskal (1987), Foote et al. (1993), Frost (1964), Hilgendorf & Goeden (1981), Hill (1987), Hoes & Huang (1975), Kays & Nottingham (2008), Marshall (2006), Norrbom et al. (1999), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2006), Steck & Sutton (2001), Steyskal (1972, 1986), Stoltzfus (1988), Sutton & Steck (2005), Westdal & Barrett (1960, 1962), Williams et al. (1998). In the interests of nomenclatural stability, we hereby invoke reversal of precedence (ICZN Code Article 23.9.2) and declare Strauzia inermis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 a nomen oblitum and Trypeta longipennis Wiedemann, 1830 a nomen protectum. Norrbom et al. (1999: 211) alleged that the emendation by Loew (1873: 243) to Straussia was justified, but they rejected it in the interests of stability. The same emendation by Agassiz (1846b: 354) is earlier, but the dedication by Robineau-Desvoidy (1830: 718) stating for whom the genus-group Strauzia is being named is “M. Straus”, not “Strauss”, thus the emendations listed below are all unjustified (and would be so in any case as Robineau-Desvoidy’s repeated use of “ Strauzia ” is a clear indication that this was the intended spelling). Loew (1873: 17) remarked that Strauzia was named for Hercule “Strauss- Dürkheim” [also spelled as “Straus-Dürkheim”] (an anatomy professor at the Collège de Paris ). Loew may have been correct but there is no etymology of this name in Robineau-Desvoidy (1830) other than the aforementioned dedication to “ M. Straus, anatomiste ”.

EMENDATIONS: Straussia Agassiz, 1846b: 354 (unjustified); Straussia Loew, 1873: 17 , 243 (unjustified); Straxissia Verrall in Scudder, 1882: 319 (unjustified), n. syn.