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
Musca gymnosomea
Rondani, 1862
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1862d: 221 (key), 222 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in insula
Melita
[
Malta Island
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(covered with mold) (
MZUF
: Box 21):
Musca
Lin.
/
gymnosomea
Rnd.
,
♂
, Melita / 1114;
1 ♀
,
syntype
(
MZUF
: Box 21):
Musca
Lin.
/
gymnosomea
Rnd.
,
♀
,
Malta
/ 1115.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Musca domestica
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(
Pont 1986b: 91
,
Thompson & Pont 1994: 81
,
Gorodkov
et al.
1995: 11
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1862d: 222)
described
Musca gymnosomea
from
one male
and
two females
: “
Exemplar unicum
masculum
et duo foemina a Do
Schembri missa
fuerunt
[One male and
two females
were sent by
Dr. Schembri
]”. The two
MZUF
syntypes
have different identification numbers. The second female
syntype
is presumed lost
.