Ortalis is an historic genus of Ulidiid or picture-winged flies, first described by
Fallén in 1810.[1] It served as the type genus for the family
Ulidiidae, which was called
Ortalidae at the time. In 1932, it was pointed out by
Adlrich that the name Ortalis was preoccupied by a genus of birds (in family
Cracidae) which had been named by
Merrem in 1786.[2][1] The name of the fly family was therefore revised, with some authors calling it
Otitidae until
Ulidiidae was settled on as standard. The genus itself was found to be paraphyletic, and all of its species have been reassigned to other genera, some in the Ulidiidae, and some in other
Tephritoid families. In the following list, the species are organized according to the families and genera to which they have been reassigned.
^Aldrich, John Merton (1932). "New Diptera, or two-winged flies, from America, Asia, and Java, with additional notes". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2932) 9: 1–28.
hdl:10088/16056.
^Malloch, John Russell (1931). "Flies of the genus Pseudotephritis Johnson (Diptera: Ortalidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 79 (2900): 1–6.
doi:
10.5479/si.00963801.79-2900.1.
Ortalis is an historic genus of Ulidiid or picture-winged flies, first described by
Fallén in 1810.[1] It served as the type genus for the family
Ulidiidae, which was called
Ortalidae at the time. In 1932, it was pointed out by
Adlrich that the name Ortalis was preoccupied by a genus of birds (in family
Cracidae) which had been named by
Merrem in 1786.[2][1] The name of the fly family was therefore revised, with some authors calling it
Otitidae until
Ulidiidae was settled on as standard. The genus itself was found to be paraphyletic, and all of its species have been reassigned to other genera, some in the Ulidiidae, and some in other
Tephritoid families. In the following list, the species are organized according to the families and genera to which they have been reassigned.
^Aldrich, John Merton (1932). "New Diptera, or two-winged flies, from America, Asia, and Java, with additional notes". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2932) 9: 1–28.
hdl:10088/16056.
^Malloch, John Russell (1931). "Flies of the genus Pseudotephritis Johnson (Diptera: Ortalidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 79 (2900): 1–6.
doi:
10.5479/si.00963801.79-2900.1.