Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830: 790

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249. Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 790 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Hydrellia communis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia aurifacies Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia nitida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia chrysina Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830; Hydrellia chrysella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia viridula Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia brunifacies Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia fuliginosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia nigripes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia viridescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ; Hydrellia argyria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Hydrellia communis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Notiphila griseola Fallén, 1813 ], by subsequent designation (Duponchel in d’Orbigny, 1845b: 743).

CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Sabrosky (1999: 161)].

FAMILY: EPHYDRIDAE .

REMARKS: The I.C.Z.N. (1985: 177 [Opinion 1321]), in dealing with the nomenclatural precedence of two family-group names in Ephydridae , placed Hydrellia on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology and at the time thought that the earliest type-species designation was Hydrellia aurifacies Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830 by Coquillett (1910: 553). The earlier designation of Hydrellia communis Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830 by Duponchel in d’Orbigny (1845: 743) does not change the nomenclature or taxonomy of the genus-group name and is accepted here.