Lilaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863b: 160

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280. Lilaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863b: 160 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Lilaea aurozonata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (as “ Lilaea auro-zonata , R.- D.”); Phorinia macquarti Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (with “ Tachina Tenthredinum: Hartig ” in synonymy); Lilaea hilarella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Lilaea trepida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Lilaea amaena Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Lilaea cognata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 ; Phorinia gracilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Phorinia borealis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Lilaea aurozonata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Tachina selecta Meigen, 1824 ], by subsequent designation ( Townsend, 1916: 7).

CURRENT STATUS: Preoccupied by Walker, 1850; junior synonym of Bessa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 [teste Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 142)].

FAMILY: TACHINIDAE .

REMARKS: Previous catalogs have indicated the type species fixation for Lilaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 as Phorinia macquarti Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , by original designation. This is incorrect. Robineau- Desvoidy (1863b: 160) designated two species “ Phorinia Macquarti et Ph. gracilis , R.-D.”, thereby invaliding both. The first valid type-species designation is of Lilaea aurozonata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 , by Townsend (1916: 7). With this designation there is no change in the taxonomy of the genus as Lilaea aurozonata is currently placed in Bessa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 .