Melieria Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 715

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314. Melieria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 715 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Musca gangraenosa Panzer, 1798 (as “ Otites gangraenosa . Latr.”); Melieria rubrella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Melieria obscura Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Melieria pallipes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Melieria pulicaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Musca gangraenosa Panzer, 1798 [= Musca crassipennis Fabricius, 1794 ], by subsequent designation (Rondani, 1869: 8).

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Soós (1984c: 51)].

FAMILY: ULIDIIDAE .

REMARKS: Rondani (1869: 8) designated “ Scatophaga crassipennis Fabr. ”, which was not an originally included species, but he placed “ gangraenosa Robineau-Desvoidy ” in synonymy with it (page 9) and thus the designation is valid according to ICZN Code Article 69.2.2. Robineau-Desvoidy (1830: 716) described gangraenosa and stated in a note below the description that he had seen it in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris under the label “ Otites gangraenosa ” by Latreille. Latreille was clearly using gangraenosa of Panzer as it was the only ulidiid with that name at the time.