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
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Epalpus rostratus
Rondani, 1868
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1868b: 25.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Prov.
Mendoza
(
Portezuelo de Bonilla
) [
Mendoza Province
(
Portezuelo de Bonilla
) (
Argentina
)]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(covered with mold) (
MZUF
: Box 72):
Epalpus rostratus
Rnd., Am. Mer.
[= South America] / [no identification
number
].
CURRENT STATUS: valid species (
Guimarães 1971: 65
,
O’Hara
et al
. 2020: 832
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1868b: 25)
described
Epalpus rostratu
s from just the male sex, without specifying either the
number
or the length of the specimens, from material received from P. Strobel. We found
one syntype
in this study.