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
Hylephila melitensis
Rondani, 1877
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1877c: 235.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
melitense
[
Malta
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♀
,
holotype
(
MZUF
: 23):
Hylephila buccata
Fall.
,
♀
,
Melita
,
Parma
/ 1242 /
Malta
, 173.
CURRENT STATUS:
Dely-Draskovits (1993)
did not list it; available name (
O’Hara
et al.
2011: 211
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1877c: 235)
described
Hylephila melitensis
from a female from
Malta
: “
Exemplar melitense faemineum possideo
[I have a female specimen from
Malta
]” in his redescription of
Hylephila buccata
Fallén, 1824
. There are
two females
in the MZUF, just one of which is labeled “
Malta
”. We consider this latter specimen as the
holotype
of
Hylephila melitensis
.