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8. Mawuphalla antennomyia Lehrer, 2013: 9. Figs 6, 7. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah [“Bénin... Quidah [sic!], XII.2003, leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Ceracia africana (Mesnil, 1959) [teste this work]. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in poor condition, being somewhat greasy and with wings and legs partly damaged and many setae lost. It is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. This is the first record of Ceracia from Benin (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Mesnil, L. P. (1959) Tachinidae d'Afrique orientale (Dipt.) (Recoltes par l'expedition zoologique allemande en Afrique orientale de 1951 / 52. Groupe Lindner - Stuttgart, Nr. 33). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 23, 1 - 31. Available from: https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 97027 (accessed 29 January 2023)","O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072"]}

12. Spinuphalla juxtina Lehrer, 2013: 12. Figs 9, 10. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Littoral, Cotonou [Bénin... Cotonou, XII.2003, leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Drino (Palexorista Townsend, 1921) juxtina (Lehrer, 2013), comb. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition, but somewhat greasy and with wings and legs partly damaged. It is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. This is the first record of Drino from Benin (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072"]}

7. Mawuphalla Lehrer, 2013: 8. [Described in Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae.] ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Mawuphalla antennomyia Lehrer, 2013 [= Myothyria africana Mesnil, 1959, syn. nov.]. TYPE SPECIES: Mawuphalla antennomyia Lehrer, 2013 [= Myothyria africana Mesnil, 1959, syn. nov.], by original designation. CURRENT STATUS: Ceracia Rondani, 1865, syn. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: The acemyine genus Ceracia is widespread throughout the world and comprises 13 described species, four of which are recorded from the Afrotropical Region, including three that are endemic to the region (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016; O’Hara et al. 2020)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Mesnil, L. P. (1959) Tachinidae d'Afrique orientale (Dipt.) (Recoltes par l'expedition zoologique allemande en Afrique orientale de 1951 / 52. Groupe Lindner - Stuttgart, Nr. 33). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 23, 1 - 31. Available from: https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 97027 (accessed 29 January 2023)","O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072","O'Hara, J. E., Henderson, S. J. & Wood, D. M. (2020) Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae of the world. Version 2.1. PDF document, 1039. Available from: http: // www. nadsdiptera. org / Tach / WorldTachs / Checklist / Worldchecklist. html. (accessed 29 January 2023)"]}

2. Benigramma bellanda Lehrer, 2013: 7. Figs 1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah [“ Bénin... Quidah [sic!], XII.2003, leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Thelairosoma bellanda (Lehrer, 2013), comb. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition but somewhat greasy (especially the abdomen) and with wings and legs partly damaged. The specimen is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. This is the first record of Thelairosoma from Benin (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072"]}

10. Paraphalloides epiphallops Lehrer, 2013: 10. Fig. 8. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah [“Bénin... Ouidah, XII. 2003, leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Pales epiphallops (Lehrer, 2013), comb. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition, but somewhat greasy and with wings and legs partly damaged. It is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. The holotype of Paraphalloides epiphallops has two upper reclinate orbital setae, while specimens of Pales usually have only one, but exceptions are widespread in the genus as noted by Cerretti (2005, 2010).

4. Dobrogiella phallogreciana Lehrer & Oprişan, 2013: 45. Figs 3, 4. TYPE LOCALITY: Romania, Tulcea, Greci [“Roumanie... commune Greci (district Tulcea), 18.VIII, 2011, leg. D. Oprişan ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Pyrellia vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [teste this work]. FAMILY: Muscidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition, but with left foreleg missing. It is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Lehrer, A. Z. & Oprisan, D. (2013) Un genre palearctique nouveau de la sous-famille Tricycleinae trouve en Roumanie (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Bulletin de la Societe d'entomologique de Mulhouse, 69 (3), 44 - 46.","Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les myodaires. Memoires presentes par divers savans a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques), 2 (2), 1 - 813. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8552"]}

1. Benigramma Lehrer, 2013: 7. [Described in Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae.] ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Benigramma bellanda Lehrer, 2013. TYPE SPECIES: Benigramma bellanda Lehrer, 2013, by original designation. CURRENT STATUS: Thelairosoma Villeneuve, 1916, syn. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: The goniine genus Thelairosoma is a widespread Afrotropical endemic and was catalogued by O’Hara & Cerretti (2016) with 24 described species., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Villeneuve, J. (1916) A contribution to the study of the South African higher Myodarii (Diptera Calyptratae) based mostly on the material in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15, 469 - 515. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 22202","O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072"]}

6. Eweka cordicerci Lehrer, 2012: 4. Fig. 5. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Abomey-Calavi [“Bénin... Colavi [sic!], Sweepaetting [sic!], XII.2003... leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Pales pauciseta (Mesnil, 1950) [teste this work]. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition but somewhat greasy and with wings partly damaged. It is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. This is the first record of Pales from Benin (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Lehrer, A. Z. (2012) Un nouveau genre afrotropical de Miltogrammatinae (Diptera, Sarcophaidae [sic!]). Fragmenta Dipterologica, 35, 3 - 5.","Mesnil, L. P. (1950) 64 g. Larvaevorinae (Tachininae). In: Lindner, E. (Ed.) Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, 10, pp. 105 - 160, pls. 6 - 7 (Lfg. 164).","O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072"]}

2. Benigramma bellanda Lehrer, 2013: 7. Figs 1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah [“ Bénin... Quidah [sic!], XII.2003, leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Thelairosoma bellanda (Lehrer, 2013), comb. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition but somewhat greasy (especially the abdomen) and with wings and legs partly damaged. The specimen is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. This is the first record of Thelairosoma from Benin (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016).

10. Paraphalloides epiphallops Lehrer, 2013: 10. Fig. 8. TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah [“Bénin... Ouidah, XII. 2003, leg. G. Goergen ”]. TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU. CURRENT STATUS: Pales epiphallops (Lehrer, 2013), comb. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition, but somewhat greasy and with wings and legs partly damaged. It is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. The holotype of Paraphalloides epiphallops has two upper reclinate orbital setae, while specimens of Pales usually have only one, but exceptions are widespread in the genus as noted by Cerretti (2005, 2010)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Cerretti, P. (2005) Revision of the West Palaearctic species of the genus Pales Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae). Zootaxa, 885 (1), 1 - 36. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 885.1.1","Cerretti, P. (2010) I tachinidi della fauna italiana (Diptera Tachinidae) con chiave interattiva dei generi ovest-paleartici. Vols. I & II. Centro Nazionale Biodiversita Forestale, Verona, 573 pp. & 339 pp., CD ROM."]}

3. Dobrogiella Lehrer & Oprişan, 2013: 45. [Described in Calliphoridae: Tricycleinae.] ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Dobrogiella phallogreciana Lehrer & Oprişan, 2013 [= Pyrellia vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, syn. nov.]. TYPE SPECIES: Dobrogiella phallogreciana Lehrer & Oprişan, 2013 [= Pyrellia vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, syn. nov.], by original designation. CURRENT STATUS: Pyrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, syn. nov. FAMILY: Muscidae. REMARKS: Classifying Romanian material of the muscid genus Pyrellia within the Oestroidea is surprising, and it may appear even more surprising to establish a new genus for a metallic green muscid within a bengaliine family-group taxon known only from the Afrotropical Region and for which all known species are coloured in yellow and brown (Zumpt 1953)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Lehrer, A. Z. & Oprisan, D. (2013) Un genre palearctique nouveau de la sous-famille Tricycleinae trouve en Roumanie (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Bulletin de la Societe d'entomologique de Mulhouse, 69 (3), 44 - 46.","Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les myodaires. Memoires presentes par divers savans a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques), 2 (2), 1 - 813. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8552","Zumpt, F. (1953) A preliminary contribution to the taxonomy of the genera Hemigymnochaeta and Tricyclea (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 104, 481 - 520. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1953. tb 01245. x"]}

11. Spinuphalla Lehrer, 2013: 11. [Described in Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae.] ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Spinuphalla juxtina Lehrer, 2013. TYPE SPECIES: Spinuphalla juxtina Lehrer, 2013, by original designation. CURRENT STATUS: Drino Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863, syn. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: The eryciine genus Drino is widespread throughout the world and comprises 125 described species, 36 of which are recorded from the Afrotropical Region (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016; O’Hara et al. 2020)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1863) Histoire naturelle des dipteres des environs de Paris. Tome Premiere. Masson et Fils, Paris, xii + 1143 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8550","O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072","O'Hara, J. E., Henderson, S. J. & Wood, D. M. (2020) Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae of the world. Version 2.1. PDF document, 1039. Available from: http: // www. nadsdiptera. org / Tach / WorldTachs / Checklist / Worldchecklist. html. (accessed 29 January 2023)"]}

5. Eweka Lehrer, 2012: 3. [Described in Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae.] ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Eweka cordicerci Lehrer, 2012 [= Ctenophorocera pauciseta Mesnil, 1950, syn. nov.]. TYPE SPECIES: Eweka cordicerci Lehrer, 2012 [= Ctenophorocera pauciseta Mesnil, 1950, syn. nov.], by original designation. CURRENT STATUS: Pales Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, syn. nov. FAMILY: Tachinidae. REMARKS: The goniine genus Pales is widespread in the Old World with 70 described species, 28 of which are known from the Afrotropical Region (O’Hara & Cerretti 2016; O’Hara et al. 2020)., Published as part of Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), pp. 189-194 in Zootaxa 5278 (1) on page 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7894788, {"references":["Lehrer, A. Z. (2012) Un nouveau genre afrotropical de Miltogrammatinae (Diptera, Sarcophaidae [sic!]). Fragmenta Dipterologica, 35, 3 - 5.","Mesnil, L. P. (1950) 64 g. Larvaevorinae (Tachininae). In: Lindner, E. (Ed.) Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, 10, pp. 105 - 160, pls. 6 - 7 (Lfg. 164).","Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les myodaires. Memoires presentes par divers savans a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques), 2 (2), 1 - 813. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8552","O'Hara, J. E. & Cerretti, P. (2016) Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys, 575, 1 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 575.6072","O'Hara, J. E., Henderson, S. J. & Wood, D. M. (2020) Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae of the world. Version 2.1. PDF document, 1039. Available from: http: // www. nadsdiptera. org / Tach / WorldTachs / Checklist / Worldchecklist. html. (accessed 29 January 2023)"]}