Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
Author
Sforzi, Alessandra
0000-0001-6974-7741
alessandra.sforzi@libero.it
Author
Sommaggio, Daniele
0000-0001-6974-7741
alessandra.sforzi@libero.it
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-17
4989
1
1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Xylota coerulea
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 8.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Chiliae
[
Chile
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(very moldy) (
MZUN
: Box Coll. entomol. extra-europea, Fam. Sirfidei - Gen.
Xylota
a
Conops
):
Xylota coerulea
Rnd.
,
Chili
[=
Chile
] / M. Zool. N° 11257.
CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as
Sterphus coeruleus
(
Thompson
et al.
1976: 116
)
.
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 8)
described
Xylota coerulea
from just the male sex, without specifying the exact
number
of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from R.A. Philippi.
Costa
(1866: 32)
listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “637”. We also found
one syntype
in this study.