title: Clarification of the authorship, type species, and date of the genus Taxigramma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
abstract: The authorship and date of publication of the genus Taxigramma is found to be established by Macquart in 1850, with the type species Miltogramma heteroneura Meigen, 1830, by monotypy. A history of the name and its junior synonym Heteropterina Macquart, 1854, is given.
authors.affiliation: J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Entomological Research, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, USA.; Email: NealE@bishopmuseum.org.
authors.forename: Neal L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Evenhuis
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.; Email: TPape@snm.ku.dk.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pape
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001319:Authorship / Q000266:history; D004772:Entomology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D058493:Sarcophagidae / Q000145:classification*