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
Brachicoma metopiella
Rondani, 1859
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1859b: 204 (key), 205 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in collibus
agri parmensis
[
Parmese
hills (
Italy
)]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♀
,
holotype
(missing right antenna and left fore-leg) (
MZUF
: Box 14):
Brachicoma
Rnd.
/
metopiella
Rnd.
/ 696 / 20 Lugl. [= July] /
holotype
♀
,
Brachicoma metopiella
Rnd., T. Pape
det., 1986 /
Phrosinella nasuta
(Mg.)
, T. Pape det., 1986.
CURRENT STATUS: valid species (
Verves 1986: 114
); junior synonym of
Phrosinella nasuta
(
Meigen, 1824
)
(
Pape 1988: 10
,
1996: 124
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1859b: 205)
described
Brachicoma metopiella
from just the female sex, giving a single measurement of length: “
Semel capta
foemina
[Collected the female once]”. A MSNC male is not included in the type series because of its sex.
Pape (1988: 10)
considered the single
MZUF
female as the
holotype
.