The world woodlouse flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae)

Abstract

The world Rhinophoridae are catalogued, recognising 33 genera and 177 species. Nomenclatural information is provided for all genus-group and species-group names, including lists of synonyms and name-bearing type data. Species distributions are recorded by country. A key to the world genera is presented. Four new genera are erected to accommodate five new species, which do not fit within any of the current generic concepts in Rhinophoridae, according to the results of a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis: <i>Marshallicona</i> Cerretti & Pape with type species <i>Marshallicona quitu</i> Cerretti & Pape, <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> (Ecuador); <i>Maurhinophora</i> Cerretti & Pape with type species <i>Maurhinophora indoceanica</i> Cerretti & Pape, <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> (Mauritius); <i>Neotarsina</i> Cerretti & Pape with type species <i>Neotarsina caraibica</i> Cerretti & Pape, <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> (Trinidad and Tobago) and <i>Neotarsina andina</i> Cerretti & Pape, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Peru); <i>Kinabalumyia</i> Cerretti & Pape with type species <i>Kinabalumyia pinax</i> Cerretti & Pape, <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> (Malaysia, Sabah). The genus <i>Aporeomyia</i> Pape & Shima (type species <i>Aporeomyia antennalis</i> Pape & Shima), originally assigned to Tachinidae, is here reassigned to Rhinophoridae based on a reassessment of the homologies of the male terminalia. The following five species-group names, which were previously treated as junior synonyms or nomina dubia, are recognised as valid species names: <i>Acompomintho caucasica</i> (Villeneuve, 1908), <b>stat. rev.</b> [from nomen dubium to valid species]; <i>Acompomintho sinensis</i> (Villeneuve, 1936), <b>stat. rev.</b> [from nomen dubium to valid species]; <i>Stevenia bertei</i> (Rondani, 1865), <b>stat. rev.</b> [from nomen dubium to valid species]; <i>Stevenia sardoa</i> Villeneuve, 1920, <b>stat. rev.</b> [from junior synonym of <i>Rhinophora deceptoria</i> Loew, 1847 to valid species]; <i>Stevenia subalbida</i> (Villeneuve, 1911), <b>stat. rev.</b> [from junior synonym of <i>Rhinophora deceptoria</i> Loew, 1847 to valid species]. Reversal of precedence is invoked for the following case of subjective synonymy to promote stability in nomenclature: <i>Rhinophora lepida</i> (Meigen, 1824), <b>nomen protectum</b>, and <i>Musca parcus</i> Harris, 1780: 144, <b>nomen oblitum</b>. New generic and specific synonymies are proposed for the following two names: <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935, junior synonym of <i>Tromodesia</i> Rondani, 1856, <b>syn. nov.</b> and <i>Ptilocheta tacchetti</i> Rondani, 1865, junior synonym of <i>Stevenia obscuripennis</i> (Loew, 1847), <b>syn. nov.</b> The following new combinations are proposed: <i>Acompomintho sinensis</i> (Villeneuve, 1936), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Tricogena</i> Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830]; <i>Tromodesia guzari</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935]; <i>Tromodesia intermedia</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935]; <i>Tromodesia lindneriana</i> (Rohdendorf, 1961), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935]; <i>Tromodesia magnifica</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935]; <i>Tromodesia obscurior</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935]; <i>Tromodesia pallidissima</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935]; <i>Tromodesia setiventris</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935] and <i>Tromodesia shachrudi</i> (Rohdendorf, 1935), <b>comb. nov.</b> [transferred from <i>Mimodexia</i> Rohdendorf, 1935].