<strong>Clarification of the authorship, type species, and date of the genus <em>Taxigramma</em> (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)</strong>

Neal L. Evenhuis; THOMAS PAPE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3841.1.9

Issue: Vol. 3841 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-07-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.1.9

Page range: 146–150

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**Clarification of the authorship, type species, and date of the genus Taxigramma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)**

Neal L. Evenhuis⁺⁻
THOMAS PAPE⁺⁻

J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Entomological Research, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, USA.

Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sarcophagidae nomenclature Diptera Taxigramma Macquart Perris

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Abstract

The authorship and date of publication of the genus Taxigramma is found to be established by Macquart in 1850, with the type species Miltogramma heteroneura Meigen, 1830, by monotypy. A history of the name and its junior synonym Heteropterina Macquart, 1854, is given.