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
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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
Merodon italicus
Rondani, 1845
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1845f: 257 (key), 259 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in
Italia
[
Italy
]” (
Fabricius 1794: 283
) [
type
locality for
Merodon natans
(
Fabricius, 1794
)
].
TYPE
MATERIAL: see Remarks.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Merodon natans
Fabricius, 1794
(
Peck 1988: 172
)
; valid species (
Vujić
et al
. 2011: 83
); unnecessary substitute name for
Merodon natans
Fabricius, 1794
and junior synonym of
Merodon natans
Fabricius, 1794
(this work).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1845f: 257)
considered the females of
Merodon natans
(
Fabricius, 1794
)
and the males of
Merodon melancholicus
(
Fabricius, 1794
)
as belonging to the same species but, instead of applying the Principle of Priority, incorrectly proposed the substitute name
Merodon italicus
(1845f: 257)
. He later (
Rondani 1857: 62
) reaffirmed his proposing to combine
Merodon melancholicus
and
Merodon natans
.
Merodon italicus
was considered as a synonym of
Merodon melancholicus
by
Schiner (1860: 347
,
1864: 108
) and
Bezzi & Stein (1907: 119)
and as a synonym of
Merodon natans
by
Kertész (1910: 277)
,
Sack (1931: 322)
and
Peck (1988: 172)
.
Vujić
et al
. (2011: 83)
incorrectly considered
Merodon italicus
as a valid species and senior synonym of
Merodon longicornis
Sack, 1913
. The type material for
Merodon italicus
will be the same as for the name it was proposed to replace, i. e.,
Merodon natans
. The type material of this latter species is preserved in the ZMUC (
Michelsen 2017: 17
).
Hurkmans (1993: 191)
incorrectly designated one of the
three females
in the MZUF as
lectotype
.