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
Bombylisoma decorata
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 68.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Chiliae
[
Chile
]”
.
TYPE
MATERIAL: not found in this study.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Acrophthalmyda sphenoptera
(Loew, 1855)
(
Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 81
,
2015: 89
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 68)
described
Bombylisoma decorata
, without specifying either the
number
or the sex of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from R.A. Philippi.
Rondani (1863: 2)
indicated the
type
series as in the MZUN.
Costa (1866: 37)
listed a single specimen numbered “845”.
Painter & Painter (1974: 8)
reported for this nominal species a bare pin in the MZUN with three labels: “Museo Zoologia”, “M.° Zool. N.° 11095” and “
Bombylisoma decorata
Rondani
,
Chili
[=
Chile
]”.
Evenhuis & Greathead (1999: 81)
followed
Painter & Painter (1974: 8)
in reporting the
type
as being destroyed. We were unable to locate any
type
material of this nominal species in our study.