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Milesia manicata Rondani 1865

Description

Milesia manicata Rondani, 1865

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1865a: 132.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Apennino [Apennines (Italy)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, lectotype (missing right hind-leg) (MZUF: Box 3): Milesia Ltr. Spylomyia [sic!] Mgn / manicata Rndn., ♀ / 92 / lectotype ♀, Spilomyia manicata (Rondani, 1865), design. J. van Steenis, 1998.

PARALECTOTYPE NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♀ (covered with mold, missing right mid-leg) (MZUF: Box 3): Milesia Ltr. Spylomyia [sic!] Mgn / manicata Rndn., ♀ / 92 / Spilomyia diophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) det. J. van Steenis, 1998.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Spilomyia manicata (Peck 1988: 213, Belcari et al. 1995a: 18, Steenis 2000: 157).

REMARKS: Rondani (1865a: 132) described Milesia manicata from just the female sex, without specifying either the number or the length of the specimens. Steenis (2000: 157) designated a lectotype (♀) but did not mention the additional MZUF female numbered “92” as a paralectotype (this additional specimen is a paralectotype).

Notes

Published as part of Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, pp. 1-438 in Zootaxa 4989 (1) on page 260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4980621

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MZUF
Scientific name authorship
Rondani
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Milesia
Species
manicata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Milesia manicata Rondani, 1865 sec. Sforzi & Sommaggio, 2021

References

  • Peck, L. V. (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 8. Syrphidae - Conopidae. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam & Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 11 - 230.
  • Belcari, A., Daccordi, M., Kozanek, M., Munari, L., Raspi, A. & Rivosecchi, L. (1995 a) Diptera Platypezoidea, Syrphoidea. In: Minelli, A., Ruffo, S. & La Posta, S. (Eds.), Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. 70. Calderini, Bologna, pp. 1 - 25.
  • Steenis, J. van (2000) The west-Palaearctic species of Spilomyia Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 73, 143 - 168.
  • Rondani, C. (1865 a) Diptera italica non vel minus cognita descripta vel annotata observationibus nonnullis additis. Fasc. I. Oestridae - Syrphidae - Conopidae. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 8, 127 - 146.