Ceracia Rondani 1865, syn. nov

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
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