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Leopoldius erostratus Rondani 1843

Description

Leopoldius erostratus Rondani, 1843

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1843d: 35.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus sub-apenninis ditionis Parmensis [Parmese sub-Apennine hills (Italy)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes (MZUF: Box 8): Brachyglossum [sic!] Rnd. / erostratum [sic!] Rnd., 1 ♂ / 375; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, syntypes (one male and the female pinned together) (MZUF: Box 8): Brachyglossum [sic!] Rnd. / erostratum [sic!] Rnd. ♀ / 375; 1 ♂, syntype (MZUF: Box B): Brachyglossum [sic!] R. erostratum [sic!] R., 133, ♂, Apenn. [= Apennines] / 393 133; 1 specimen, syntype (sex not determinable) (MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Brachiglossum Rnd. erostratum R. Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 4, posiz. E-3 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci (PI) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♀, syntype (MZUB: Box 323): Leopoldius erostratum [sic!] Rond., ex a. parmensi / erostratum [sic!] Rndn, ♀, Parma.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Leopoldius signatus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824) (Chvála & Smith 1988: 247, Rivosecchi & Scaramozzino 1995: 2, Stuke 2017: 59).

REMARKS: Rondani (1843d: 35) described both sexes of Leopoldius erostratus without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length. Stuke (2017: 59) reported the syntype series of six specimens in the MZUF as being comprised of five males and one female. We found six syntypes in the MZUF, one syntype in the MSNC and one syntype in the MZUB.

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 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4980621

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rondani
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Conopidae
Genus
Leopoldius
Species
erostratus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leopoldius erostratus Rondani, 1843 sec. Sforzi & Sommaggio, 2021

References

  • Meigen, J. W. (1824) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vierter Theil. Schulz- Wundermann, Hamm, xii + 428 pp.
  • Chvala, M. & Smith, K. G. V. (1988) Family Conopidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 8. Syrphidae - Conopidae. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam & Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 245 - 272.
  • Rivosecchi, L. & Scaramozzino, P. L. (1995) Diptera Conopoidea. In: Minelli, A., Ruffo, S. & La Posta, S. (Eds.), Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. 71. Calderini, Bologna, pp. 1 - 4.
  • Stuke, J. - H. (2017) World catalogue of insects. Volume 15. Conopidae (Dipter a). Brill, Leiden, 354 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004271845
  • Rondani, C. (1843 d) Quattro specie di insetti ditteri proposti come tipi di generi nuovi. Memoria sesta per servire alla ditterologia italiana. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali, 10, 32 - 46, pl. I.