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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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
Plecia similis
Rondani, 1850
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1850c: 193.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Insulae S. Sebastiani
[
San Sebastian Island
(
Brazil
)]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
1 ♂
,
syntype
(
MRSN
: Box 1755):
Plecia
Hoff.
similis
? Rndn.,
♂
, Insul. S. Sebasti. G. /
Plecia similis
Rond. 1850: 193
,
Ins
. S. Seb. [not original label];
1 ♀
,
syntype
(covered with mold) (
MZUN
: Box Coll. entomol. extra-europea, Fam.
Tipulidae
- Gen.
Sciara
a
Culex
):
Plecia similis
Rnd., Ins. S. Sebast.
/ M. Zool. N° 10889.
CURRENT STATUS: valid species (
Hardy 1966a: 5
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1850c: 193)
described both sexes of
Plecia similis
from an unspecified
number
of specimens received from E. Truqui.
Costa
(1866: 39)
listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “934”. Two
syntypes
were found in this study.