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
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text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-17
4989
1
1
438
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Palumbia sicula
Rondani, 1865
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1865a: 130.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in Agro
Panormitano
[
Palermo’s
territory (
Italy
)]”
.
TYPE
MATERIAL: not found in this study.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Palumbia bellieri
(Bigot, 1860)
(
Peck 1988: 211
,
Belcari
et al.
1995a: 18
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1865a: 130)
described both sexes of
Palumbia sicula
without specifying the exact
number
of specimens and not giving a range of lengths: “
uterque sexus lectus a d.
o
Mina
[
sic
!]-
Palumbo
[both sexes collected by Mr. Minà-Palumbo]”. We could not locate any
type
specimens of this nominal species in our study.