Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
Author
Sforzi, Alessandra
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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
Volucella pectoralis
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 3.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
America
meridion.
[
South America
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(covered with mold) (
MZUN
: Box Coll. entomol. extra, Fam. Sirfidei - Gen.
Aphritis
a
Phalacromya
):
Volucella pectoralis
Rnd., Amer.
mer. [= South America] / M. Zool. N° 11213 /
♂
;
1 ♀
,
syntype
(covered with mold) (
MZUN
: Box Coll. entomol. extra, Fam. Sirfidei - Gen.
Aphritis
a
Phalacromya
):
♀
.
CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as
Copestylum pectorale
(
Thompson
et al.
1976: 81
)
.
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 3)
described both sexes of
Volucella pectoralis
without specifying the exact
number
of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from V. Ghiliani.
Costa
(1866: 31)
listed two MZUN specimens numbered “611”. We also found
two syntypes
in this study.