Australian Rhyphidae and Leptidae (Diptera)

Owing to the discovery that the well known Rhyphus brevis, Walker, is a synonym of Macquart's R. dubius, which was misplaced by the latter author with doubt in the genus Chrysopilus (Leptida), and as Walker’s name is now generally used in literature, it is necessary that an early notification of this change of name be published.<br>This opportunity is taken to revise the Rhyphida , which family contains but one known species in Australia.