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
Psicoda pulla
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 90.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Chiliae
[
Chile
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 specimen
,
syntype
(sex not determinable, only thorax, part of abdomen and some legs remain) (
MZUN
: Box Coll. entomol. extra-europea, Fam.
Tipulidae
- Gen.
Sciara
a
Culex
):
Psicoda pulla
Rnd.
,
Chili
[=
Chile
] / M. Zool. N° 10882.
CURRENT STATUS: doubtful species of
Psychodidae (
Duckhouse 1973: 16
)
.
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 90)
described
Psicoda pulla
,
without specifying either the
number
or the sex of the specimens, from material received from R.A. Philippi.
Costa
(1866: 40)
listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “944”. We also found
one syntype
in this study. Rondani described this nominal species under the generic name
Psicoda
, which is an “unjustified emendation of
Psychoda
Latreille, 1797
” (
O’Hara
et al.
2011: 153
).