Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
Author
Sforzi, Alessandra
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alessandra.sforzi@libero.it
Author
Sommaggio, Daniele
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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 frontalis
Rondani, 1868
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1868a: 51.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Paris
” (
Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 396
) [
type
locality for
Musca aurifacies
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
].
TYPE
MATERIAL: see Remarks.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Musca domestica
Linnaeus, 1758
(
Pont 1986b: 91
,
Thompson & Pont 1994: 77
); junior primary homonym of
Musca frontalis
Latreille, 1802
(
Evenhuis & Pape 2020
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1868a: 51)
considered the males of
Musca aurifacies
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
and the females of
Musca campestris
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
as belonging to the same species but, instead of applying the Principle of Priority, incorrectly proposed the substitute name
Musca frontalis
.
It is considered as a synonym of
M. aurifacies
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
by
Bezzi & Stein (1907: 602)
and of
Musca domestica
Linnaeus, 1758
by
Pont (1986b: 91)
and
Thompson & Pont (1994: 77)
but never as a valid species. The
type
material for
M. frontalis
will be the same as for the name it was proposed to replace, i. e.,
Musca aurifacies
. There is no
type
of
Musca aurifacies
in the
MNHN
where the Robineau-Desvoidy’s collection is preserved (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 2020).