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
438
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Hippobosca taurina
Rondani, 1879
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1879: 24 (key), 25 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
in Montuosis
Italiae centralis
[on mountains in central
Italy
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♀
,
holotype
(head and abdomen partially eaten by dermestids) (
MZUF
: Box 66):
Hippobosca
/
taurina
Rnd.
/ Stazzano G. F., 3.9.70 / 3412 /
holotype
Hippobosca taurina
Rndn.
,
♀
, T. C. Maa, [19]62.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Hippobosca equina
Linnaeus, 1758
(
Soós & Hůrka 1986: 223
,
Pape
et al.
1995: 8
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1879: 25)
described
Hippobosca taurina
from a single specimen without specifying its sex: “
unico
specimine
[single specimen]”.