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
438
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Olfersia papuana
Rondani, 1878
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1878a: 162.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Hatam in Nova
Guinea
[
Hatam
,
New
Guinea
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♀
,
holotype
(
MSNG
): N.
Guinea
, Hatam.,
VI 1875
, Beccari /
Olfersia papuana
Rnd.
/ Typus /
papuana
Rdn.
/
Olfersia papuana
Rndn.
, typus! /
Lynchia plana
Wk.
(=
papuana
Rndn.
),
♀
, T. C. Maa, [19]62.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Icosta plana
Walker, 1861 (
Maa 1989a: 786
)
.
REMARKS:
Rondani (1878a: 162)
described
Olfersia papuana
,
from a single specimen without specifying its sex: “
Unicum exemplar speciei observavi …
captum
a Cel. O. Beccari
[I observed a single specimen of the species … collected by Mr. O. Beccari]”.
Guiglia (1957: 195)
,
Raineri & Rey (1996: 38)
and
Maa (1963: 54)
reported the
holotype
(
♀
) in the MSNG.