As a follow-up, for anyone with a copy of Chandler here is Peter Tschorsnig's explanation (pers.comm) of why
Well, this is the unlucky case of the old names described in the genus
Musca (in the sense of the old authors, i. e. belonging to many diverse families and genera today).
When Panzer in 1798 described his tachinid
Musca libatrix, there was already a
Musca libatrix existent, named by Scopoli in 1763, but this
Musca libatrix of Scopoli is a Syrphidae (according to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera its valid name is
Sphaerophoria scripta Linnaeus, 1758). So
Musca libatrix of Panzer is a primary homonym of
Musca libatrix Scopoli, and when strictly applying to Art. 57.2 Panzer's junior name would be invalid. This was the reason why Chandler changed the name to
fulva Fall?n, a mere formalism and not helpful in my opinion. It is clear, however, that
Zenillia libatrix fulfills the condition of Art. 57.2.1 (which refers to Art. 23.9). So
Zenillia libatrix remains valid because it is a nomen protectum (you may find the full text of the ICZN articles on
http://www.iczn.o.../index.jsp).
There was never a problem with the use of the two names. Nobody ever confounded
libatrix Scopoli and
libatrix Panzer because the species are of course quite different and systematically widely separated, and even the names could not have been confounded because
libatrix Scopoli was not used as a valid syrphid name. Art. 23.9 was introduced to the Code to avoid such unnecessary changes of names.
Chris R.