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
Olfersia falcinelli
Rondani, 1879
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1879: 22 (key), 23 (description).
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
ad littora
Insulae
melitae
[coast of
Malta
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♀
,
holotype
(
MZUF
: Box 66):
Olfersia
Wd.
/
falcinelli
m., Melita, Creta / 3408 /
holotype
Olfersia falcinelli
Rndn.
,
♀
, T. C. Maa, [19]62.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Pseudolynchia canariensis
(Macquart in Webb & Berthelot, 1839) (
Soós & Hůrka 1986: 222
,
Pape
et al.
1995: 8
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1879: 23)
described
Olfersia falcinelli
from a single specimen, without specifying its sex: “
Unicum exemplar observavi … Misit olim Clar. Schembri
[I observed a single specimen …. Formerly sent by Mr. Schembri]”.