Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Chinese species of Meigen, 1824 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae).

New taxonomic and nomenclatural data are provided for Chinese species of Meigen, 1824. Eight new synonyms are proposed: two at the genus level, Wei, 2005 = Meigen, 1824 and Lehrer & Wei, 2010 = Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824, two at the subgenus level, Wei, 2005 = Ye, 1981 and Lehrer & Wei, 2010 = Fan & Kano, 2000, and four at the species level, Wei & Yang, 2007 = Pape & Bänziger, 2003, Wei, 2005 = (Rohdendorf, 1938), Wei & Yang, 2007 = Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) kanoi Park, 1962, and Wei & Yang, 2007 = (Fan, 1964). Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) aegyptica Salem, 1935 is considered a senior synonym of Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) parkeri (Rohdendorf, 1937). Correct original spellings are established, by First Reviser action, for the genus-group names Wei, 2005 and Ye, 1981 and for the species-group name Wei, 2005. Chinese material of Sarcophaga (Bellieriomima) genuforceps, S. (Robineauella) huangshanensis (holotype and paratype), S. (Liosarcophaga) kanoi, and S. (L.) aegyptica is photographed for the first time.