Eugenia (fly)

Eugenia is a genus for flies in the family Tachinidae. Its status is uncertain and the genus and both species have been considered, “Doubtful taxa in Tachinidae”

Description
The genus was first described by Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 [Vol.1, listed p.900, p. 919] for two species from Southern France

Taxonomy
Eugenia contains the following species:
 * Eugenia fugax Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
 * Eugenia silvatica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863

Comments: Evenhuis et al. (2010) report "CURRENT STATUS: Preoccupied by Gould, 1855; Martens, 1860; no replacement name proposed; placed in “Doubtful taxa in Tachinidae” by Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 436)." Therefore, the identity of both species needs revision and possibly a replacement name for the genus needs to be established. It may be likely for both species to be synonyms of others that are well-characterised under other names.