Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Chinese species of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae).

ABSTRACT: New taxonomic and nomenclatural data are provided for Chinese species of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824. Eight new synonyms are proposed: two at the genus level, Magnicauda Wei, 2005 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824 and Leigongshanophaga Lehrer & Wei, 2010 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824, two at the subgenus level, Magnicauda Wei, 2005 syn. nov. = Pterosarcophaga Ye, 1981 and Leigongshanophaga Lehrer & Wei, 2010 syn. nov. = Cornexcisia Fan & Kano, 2000, and four at the species level, Sarcophagacatoptosa Wei & Yang, 2007 syn. nov. = Sarcophagasuthep Pape & Bänziger, 2003, Pierretiadaozhenensis Wei, 2005 syn. nov. = Sarcophagasichotealini (Rohdendorf, 1938), Pierre

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848799 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature