This document summarizes research on the genera of Old World Pyrgotidae flies, with a special focus on species found in the Oriental Region. It describes problems with existing species classifications due to poor descriptions and unrecognizable types. The research tasks are to study all available type material from the Old World, redescribe species, test generic classifications, and revise diagnoses. An overview is provided of morphological characters used in taxonomy and proposed classifications of Pyrgotidae genera and subfamilies.

1. Genera of the Old World Pyrgotidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) with the special review of the fauna of the Oriental Region Valery A. Korneyev I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev

5. What the Pyrgotids are? Photo by Mike Boone, with permission

28. Pyrgotinae Prodalmanniini and Toxurini are strictly Australasian and not considered here

50. Aknowledgements Photo by Mike Boone, with permission To all the curators of museums who kindly borrowed almost all the known types and material: A.L.Norrbom, A.Kirk-Spriggs, D. Grimaldi, D. Notton, E. Marais, J.Cummings, N. Evenhuis, M. von Tschirnhaus, P.Limbourg, B. Merz, M.De Meyer, M. Mostovsky, K. van Achterberg, B.Brugge, J.Ziegler, L.Papp, R.Urban, H.-Y.Han, H.-P.Tschorsnig, P.Sehnal, M.Kotrba, W. Schacht, C.Daugerone, J.Stevington

53. Thank you for attention!