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5. Actia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 85 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Actia cingulata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Actia pilipennis Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830.

TYPE SPECIES: Roeselia lamia Meigen, 1838 , by subsequent designation (I.C.Z. N., 1987: 71 [Opinion 1432]) .

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 328)].

FAMILY: TACHINIDAE .

REMARKS: The history leading to the action by the I.C.Z.N. (1987: 71 [Opinion 1432]) to fix the type designation of Actia is complex and was laid out clearly by O’Hara (1985) in his application to the ICZN Commission. In summary, the Commission was requested to designate Roeselia lamia Meigen, 1838 as the type species for Actia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 and Actia cingulata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 as type species for Elfia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1850 . By doing this, Elfia was essentially removed from objective synonymy with Actia since the earliest respective subsequent type designations for Actia ( Coquillett, 1910: 503) and Elfia ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 672) were both of Actia cingulata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .