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Tephritis conjuncta var. divisa Rondani 1871

Description

Tephritis conjuncta var. divisa Rondani, 1871

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1871b: 18.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in tota Italia [in all Italy]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, lectotype (double-mounted: fastened by a micro pin to a polyethylene foam block on a standard insect pin) (MZUF: Box 31): Tephritis Latr. / divisa Rnd., ♀ / 1657 / ♀ / lectotype Tephritis divisa Rondani, det. B. Merz, 1992.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 5 ♂♂ (all double-mounted: fastened by a micro pin to a polyethylene foam block on a standard insect pin, one completely covered with mold; one missing head and left legs) (MZUF: Box 31): Tephritis Latr. / divisa Rnd. ♂ / 1657; 5 ♀♀ (two double-mounted: fastened by a micro pin to a polyethylene foam block on a standard insect pin; one very moldy; one completely covered with mold; one with head and thorax partially eaten by dermestids, missing left wing) (MZUF: Box 31): Tephritis Latr. / divisa Rnd. ♀ / 1657.

CURRENT STATUS: subspecies of Tephritis conjuncta (Loew, 1844) (Foote 1984: 133); valid species, as Tephritis divisa (Merz 1992: 236, Merz 1994: 67, Belcari et al. 1995b: 11, Norrbom et al. 1999: 216).

REMARKS: Rondani (1871b: 18) described divisa as a variety of Tephritis conjuncta (Loew, 1844), without specifying the number, sex or length of the specimens. Merz (1992: 236) designated a lectotype (♀) and paralectotypes (5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀).

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 pages 374-375, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4980621

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MZUF
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Tephritis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rondani
Species
divisa
Taxon rank
variety
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Tephritis conjuncta var. divisa Rondani, 1871 sec. Sforzi & Sommaggio, 2021

References

  • Merz, B. (1992) Funf neue Fruchtfliegenarten aus den Schweizer Alpen und systematische Bemerkungen zu einigen europaischen Gattungen und Arten (Diptera, Tephritidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Suisse, 65, 227 - 239.
  • Loew, H. (1844) Kritische Untersuchung der europaischen Arten des Genus Trypeta. Zeitschrift fur die Entomologie, 5, 312 - 437.
  • Foote, R. H. (1984) Family Tephritidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 9. Micropezidae - Agromyzidae. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam & Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 66 - 149.
  • Merz, B. (1994) Diptera Tephritidae. Insecta Helvetica Fauna 10, HGE press, Geneva, 198 pp.
  • Belcari, A., Girolami, V., Rivosecchi, L. & Zaitzev, V. F. (1995 b) Diptera Tephritoidea. In: Minelli, A., Ruffo, S. & La Posta, S. (Eds.), Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. 72. Calderini, Bologna, pp. 1 - 13.
  • Norrbom, A. L., Carroll, L. E., Thompson, F. C., White, I. M. & Freidberg, A. (1999) Systematic database of names. In: Thompson, F. C. (Ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. Backhuis Publishers, Leiden, pp. 65 - 251.
  • Rondani, C. (1871 b) Ortalidinae italicae collectae, distinctae et in ordinem dispositae. Dipterologiae italicae prodromi. Pars VII - Fasc. 4. [part]. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 3 (1), 3 - 24.