Nemorhina Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 389

Evenhuis, Neal L., O’Hara, James E., Pape, Thomas & Pont, Adrian C., 2010, 2373, Zootaxa 2373, pp. 1-265 : 117

354. Nemorhina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 389

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Nemorhina palpalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Nemorhina palpalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , by monotypy .

CURRENT STATUS: Treated under Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 [teste Pont (1980a: 764)].

FAMILY: GLOSSINIDAE .

REMARKS: Nemorhina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 is occasionally used as a valid subgenus, e.g., Sutton & Carlson (1997) or included species are referred to as the Glossina palpalis group, e.g., Mohamed-Ahmed & Mihok (1999). Robineau-Desvoidy (1830) 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], which means Nemorhina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 predates Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 . However, acceptance of this priority would upset the nomenclature of the medically important Glossina , for which there is an extensive literature. Thus, application to the ICZN Commission for reverse priority between Nemorhina and Glossina when treated in synonymy is in preparation.

EMENDATIONS: Nematorhina Agassiz, 1846b: 247 (unjustified).