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38. Aricia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 486 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Aricia impunctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Aricia rustica Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830; Aricia claripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Aricia luteipes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Aricia biguttata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Aricia nigricans Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Aricia bisbinotata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (as “ Aricia bis-binotata . R. D.”); Aricia quatuorpunctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (as “ Aricia quatuor-punctata . R. D.”); Aricia vittata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Aricia impunctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Musca impuncta Fallén, 1825 ], by subsequent designation ( Coquillett, 1901: 144).

CURRENT STATUS: Preoccupied by Reichenbach, 1817; Savigny, 1822; junior synonym of Helina Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830 [teste Pont (1986b: 136)].

FAMILY: MUSCIDAE .

REMARKS: Earlier type-species designations by Westwood (1840: 141) of Musca lardaria Fabricius, 1781 and by Rondani (1856: 95) of Musca erratica Fallén, 1825 are not valid as these were not originally included species.