Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
Author
Sforzi, Alessandra
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Author
Sommaggio, Daniele
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text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-17
4989
1
1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
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Bombylius senex
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 69.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Region. Caucasicae
[Caucasus]”.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♀
,
syntype
(
MZUN
:
Box Bombilidei B
03, 03):
Bombylius senex
Rnd, Caucaso
/
M. Zool.
N° 11091
.
CURRENT STATUS: junior primary homonym of
Bombylius senex
Wiedemann 1820
and junior synonym of
Bombylius ambustus
Wiedemann, 1818
(
Zaitzev 1989: 87
,
Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 108
,
2015: 117
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 69)
described
Bombylius senex
,
without specifying either the
number
or the sex of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from P.J.M. Macquart.
Costa
(1866: 37)
listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “852”.
Evenhuis & Greathead (1999: 108)
could not locate type material. We found
one syntype
in this study.