Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
Author
Sforzi, Alessandra
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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
Triplasius ornatus
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 69.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Chiliae
[
Chile
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
holotype
(covered with mold) (
MZUN
:
Box Bombilidei B
03, 03):
Triplasius ornatus
Rnd
, Chili [=
Chile
] /
M. Zool.
N° 11096
.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Triploechus heteronevrus
Macquart, 1850
(
Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 187
,
2015: 197
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 69)
described
Triplasius ornatus
, without specifying the number, the sex or the length of the specimens, from material received from R.A. Philippi.
Costa
(1866: 37)
listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “846”.
Evenhuis & Greathead (1999: 187)
reported the specimen in the MZUN to be a
holotype
.