Genus Gasterophilus Leach, 1817

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• Gasterophilus Leach, W.E. 1817. On the arrangement of oestrideous insects. Edinburgh : Neill & Co. 2 pp. [2].

  Type species:

   Oestrus equi Clark, 1797 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. 1826. British Entomology: being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : by the author Vol. 3 pp. Plates 99-146. [146] (Suppresed by (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1957):83).
• Gastrus Meigen, J.W. 1824. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Hamm : Schulz Vol. 4 xii + 428 pp. [174].

  Type species:

   Oestrus intestinalis De Geer, 1776 by subsequent designation, see Coquillett, D.W. 1910. The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(=No. 1719): 499-647 [546].
• Gastrophilus Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [160] [invalid emendation for Gasterophilus Leach, 1817. Suppressed by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228.). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120:83].

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228.). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120.
• Enteromyza Rondani, C. 1857. Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol: II. Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum in genera characteribus definita, ordinatim collectae, methodo analitica distinctae, et novis vel minus cognitis descriptis. Pars prima. Oestridae: Syrpfhidae: Conopidae. Parmae [= Parma] : A. Stocche 264 pp. [20] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Gasterophilus Leach, 1817].

  Type species:

   Gastrus ferruginatus Zetterstedt, 1844 (= Oestrus pecorum Fabricius, 1794; replacement name, see O'Hara et al. (2011: 80) for discussion) by monotypy.
• Rhinogastrophilus Townsend, C.H.T. 1918. New muscoid genera, species and synonymy (Diptera) [part]. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Washington 6: 151-156 [152].

  Type species:

   Oestrus nasalis Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Enteromyia Enderlein, G. 1934. Dipterologica. I. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1933: 416-429 [425].

  Type species:

   Oestrus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Haemorrhoestrus Townsend, C.H.T. 1934. New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies [concl.]. Revista de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro 4: 390-406 [406].

  Type species:

   Oestrus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

General References

O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P., Pape, T. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera Genus-Group names. Part II: Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa 3141: 1-268 [Date published 23 December]

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