The Commission has conserved the specific name Megaselia abdita Schmitz, 1959 for a widespread Holarctic scuttle fly by suppressing its senior subjective synonym Megaselia griseipennis (Santos Abreu, 1921).
Megaselia abdita Schmitz, 1959 (DIptera, phoridae): precedence given over Aphiochaeta griseipennis Santos Abreu, 1921 (currently Megaselia griseipennis)," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69(1), 72-74, (1 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v69i1.a3