348. Myrmecomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 721.

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Myrmecomya formicaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Myrmecomya micropezoidea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (as “ Myrmecomya micropezoïdea. R. D.”).

TYPE SPECIES: Myrmecomya formicaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Cephalia rufipes Meigen, 1826], by subsequent designation (Coquillett, 1910: 573).

CURRENT STATUS: Junior synonym of Cephalia Meigen, 1826 [teste Sabrosky (1999: 208)].

FAMILY: ULIDIIDAE.

EMENDATIONS: Myrmecomyia Agassiz, 1846b: 243 (unjustified); Myrmecomyia Loew, 1873: 18 (unjustified).