Kirbya Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 267

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266. Kirbya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 267 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Kirbya vernalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Kirbya hiemalis Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830.

TYPE SPECIES: Kirbya vernalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , [nomen oblitum; = Tachina moerens Meigen, 1830 , nomen protectum], by subsequent designation ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 817).

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 381)].

FAMILY: TACHINIDAE .

REMARKS: Previous listings of the type species have it as a junior synonym of Tachina moerens Meigen, 1830 , but this is incorrect. Robineau-Desvoidy’s 1830 paper came out 6 June while Meigen’s 1830 paper came out six months later on 1 December [see References in this paper for dating of the former and Evenhuis (1997: 533) for dating of the latter]. However, Kirbya vernalis has not been used as a valid name after 1899, whereas T. moerens is in prevailing usage as the valid name for the taxon. Tachina moerens has appeared as a valid name in the genus Kirbya in at least 25 publications by more than 10 authors during the past 50 years including the following: Cerretti (2001, 2004); Cerretti & Ziegler (2004); Draber-Moṅko (1982); Herting (1974, 1984); Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993); Herting & Tschorsnig (1997); Hubenov (2008); Mesnil (1974); O’Hara & Wood (2004); Pape et al. (1995); Richter (1987); Sabrosky (1999); Tschorsnig (1983, 1985, 1992); Tschorsnig & Brechtel (1999); Tschorsnig & Herting (1994a, 1994b, 1998, 2000); Tschorsnig & Schmid-Egger (1993); Tschorsnig & Ziegler (1999); Zangheri (1969). In the interests of nomenclatural stability, we hereby invoke reversal of precedence (ICZN Code Article 23.9.2) and declare Kirbya vernalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 a nomen oblitum and Tachina moerens Meigen, 1830 a nomen protectum.