Staegeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 972

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506. Staegeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 972 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Staegeria lateralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria chrysella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria boscorum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria camporum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria muscidea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria elongata Robineau- Desvoidy, 1863; Staegeria egena Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria servula Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria floralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria flavida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria aestivalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria schistella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Tachina pratensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Staegeria cinerea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria villana Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria canescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria ardelio Robineau- Desvoidy, 1863; Staegeria occlusa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria rusticana Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria nigrita Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria atrata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Staegeria faedata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 .

TYPE SPECIES: Tachina pratensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [probably = Tachina mimula Meigen, 1824 ], by original designation.

CURRENT STATUS: Preoccupied by Rondani, 1856; junior synonym of Adenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (subgenus of Exorista Meigen, 1803 ) [teste Herting (1984: 228)].

FAMILY: TACHINIDAE .

REMARKS: Herting (1974: 28) wrote that the type species Tachina pratensis “ gehört wahrscheinlich zur Exorista rustica -Gruppe ”. Herting (1984: 228) was more specific and suggested that T. pratensis “Probably = Exorista (Adenia) mimula Meigen ”, and we follow this interpretation. Herting & Dely- Draskovits (1993: 133) were essentially in agreement in placing T. pratensis in “Doubtful species” of Exorista (Adenia) , but erred in placing Staegeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 in “Doubtful taxa in Tachinidae ” and contradicted this placement by citing T. pratensis as a synonym of “ Exorista (Adenia) mimula Meigen ” (page 438).