Acidiella Hendel

Acidiella Hendel 1914: 83, TS: Acidiella longipennis Hendel (original designation); Han 1992: 152 (suggested synonymy and phylogenetic definition); Han 1999: 277 (systematic status).

Machaomyia Hendel 1914: 83, TS: Machaomyia caudata Hendel (original designation); Han 1999: 277 (new synonym of Acidiella).

Tetramyiolia Shiraki 1933: 342, TS: Tetramyiolia sapporensis Shiraki (original designation); Han 1992: 152 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella).

Sineuleia Chen 1948: 105, TS: Myiolia consobrina Zia (original designation); Han 1992: 152 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella).

Matsumuracidia Ito 1949: 55, TS: Matsumuracidia mira Ito (original designation) = kagoshimensis Miyake; Han 1992: 152 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella).

Ihekaze Ito 1984: 180, TS: Acidiella diversa Ito (original designation); Han 1992: 153 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella).

Longiusculala Ito 1984: 194, TS: Acidia maculata Shiraki (original designation); Han 1992: 153 (suggested new synonym of Acidiella).

Ihekaze Ito 1956: 25, Nomen nudum.

I proposed the majority of the above synonymy in my Ph.D. dissertation (Han, 1992), which was not an available publication for the purposes of zoological nomenclature. However, it has been adopted by several subsequent major tephritid publications (e.g., Wang, 1998; Norrbom et al., 1999). Han (1992) also listed Pseudacidia Shiraki and Pogonangelus Ito in the synonymy of Acidiella, but they do not possess the suggested generic synapomorphy (see the next section). A recent molecular study (Han and Ro, 2002) also indicated that they were only distantly related to the selected species with that synapomorphy ( A. obscuripennis Chen). A more detailed molecular and morphological study to elucidate their relationships is currently underway (Han and Ro, in prep.).