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
438
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Volucella proxima
Rondani, 1857
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 29 (key), 32 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in Apennino
parmensi
[
Parmese Apennines
(
Italy
)]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
2 ♀♀
,
syntypes
(one slightly covered with mold, the other missing right fore-, left mid-, and both hind-legs) (
MZUF
: Box 1):
Volucella
Gffr.
/
proxima
Rnd., Apenn.
[= Apennines] / 20.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Volucella bombylans
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(
Peck 1988: 128
,
Belcari
et al.
1995a: 14
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1857: 32)
described
Volucella proxima
without specifying the
number
, the sex or the length of the specimens, from material that he had collected and that he had also received from Bertè. We found
two syntypes
in this study.