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
Chetogena media
Rondani, 1859
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1859b: 177 (key), 181 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in collibus
agri parmensis
[
Parmese
hills (
Italy
)]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(missing right fore-, mid- and hind-legs) (
MZUF
: Box 12):
Chetogena
Rnd.
/
media
Rnd.
/ 612 / “
Questo esemplare è stato osservato da L. Messnil in
Agosto 1938
” [This specimen was observed by L. Messnil in
August 1938
];
1 ♂
,
syntype
(partially eaten by dermestids, missing left wing, right fore-, left mid- and left hind-legs) (
MZUF
: Box 12):
Chetogena
Rnd.
/
media
Rnd.
/ 612;
1 ♂
,
syntype
(
MSNPV
: Box 96):
Chetogena media
Rndn.
, 132,
♂
,
Parma
.
CURRENT STATUS: valid species (
Herting & Dely-Draskovits 1993: 137
,
Pape
et al.
1995: 17
,
Cerretti 2010: 106
;
O’Hara
et al
. 2020: 388
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1859b: 181)
described both sexes of
Chetogena media
without specifying the exact
number
of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length. We found
three male
syntypes
in this study. The female type has presumably been lost.