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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Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-17
4989
1
1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Hippobosca albonotata
Rondani, 1863
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 92.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Caffreria
[
Caffraria
(
South Africa
)]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(
MZUN
: Box
Hippoboscidae
H01, 01):
Hippobosca albonotata
Rnd., Caffreria
/ M. Zool. N° 11494.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Hippobosca rufipes
Olfers, 1816
(
Hutson & Oldroyd 1980: 770
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1863: 92)
described
Hippobosca albonotata
,
without specifying the
number
, the sex or the length of the specimens, from material received from M. Spinola.
Rondani (1863: 2)
reported the type in the MZUN.
Costa
(1866: 40)
listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “953”.
Maa (1963: 13)
did not find any type material in the MZUF, MCSNM, MSNG or MZUB collections, but reported that it could be in the MRSN. We found
one syntype
in the MZUN.