Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
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Sforzi, Alessandra
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Author
Sommaggio, Daniele
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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
Tabanidae
This worldwide family of Orthorrhapha flies contains almost 4,500 species (
Marshall 2012
,
Evenhuis & Pape 2020
).
Rondani (1848b
,
1850
c
, 1851,
1863
,
1868b
, 1873f, 1875c) described 19 Neotropical, 13
Oriental
, two Nearctic and one Palaearctic nominal species: 17 are currently considered as valid and 18 are synonyms (
Fairchild 1971
,
Stone 1975
,
Wilkerson & Fairchild 1983
, Chvála 1988,
Coscarón & Papavero 2009
).
Rondani (1850
c
, 1863) proposed two new replacement names and one substitute name for nominal species previously described and named by other authors.
Philip (1965a)
,
Coscarón & Philip (1967)
examined the MZUN and MZUF Neotropical material without publishing any
lectotype
designation.
Ricardo (1911)
examined the MSNG type material without publishing any
lectotype
designation. Here, we designate a
lectotype
for
Chrysops alter
Rondani, 1875
,
Chrysops unizonatus
Rondani, 1875
,
Tabanus dives
Rondani, 1875
,
Tabanus fulvissimus
Rondani, 1875
,
Tabanus ignobilis
Rondani, 1875
,
Tabanus justorius
Rondani, 1875
.
O’Hara
et al.
(2011: 213)
incorrectly attributed two species to Rondani.
Costa
(1866: 39)
listed one unpublished Rondani name (
nomen nudum
). Except for the type material of two South American species, which has been destroyed (
Fairchild 1971
,
Leonardi
et al
. 1995
,
Mazzotti 2011
), the type material has been recovered for all nominal species and is distributed among the MSNG (14), MZUF (11), MZUN (ten) and MRSN (two).