Merodon aerarius Rondani 1857
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Merodon aerarius Rondani, 1857
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 53 (key), 60 (description).
TYPE LOCALITY: “ in apennino parmensi [Parmese Apennines (Italy)]”.
TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, syntype (MZUF: Box 2): Merodon Fb. Latr. / aerarius Rndn., Apenn. [= Apennines] / 56 / Merodon aeneus Fabr., det. Hurkmans, 1987; 1 ♂, syntype (MSNPV: Box 99): Merodon aerarius Rnd., 364, Apenn. [= Apennines].
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Merodon aeneus Meigen, 1822 (Peck 1988: 166, Belcari et al. 1995a: 16); junior synonym of M. aureus (Fabricius, 1805) (Milankov et al. 2008: 1125).
REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 60) described Merodon aerarius from just the male sex without specifying either the number or the length of the specimens: “ Mares tantum lecti [I collected only males]”. We found two syntypes in this study.
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- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Merodon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Rondani
- Species
- aerarius
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Merodon aerarius Rondani, 1857 sec. Sforzi & Sommaggio, 2021
References
- Rondani, C. (1857) Dipterologiae italicae prodromus. Vol: II. Species italicae ordinis dipterorum in genera characteribus definita, ordinatim collectae, methodo analitica distinctae, et novis vel minus cognitis descriptis. Pars prima. Oestridae: Syrphfidae [sic!]: Conopidae. A. Stocchi, Parmae [= Parma], 264 pp., 1 pl. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8160
- Meigen, J. W. (1822) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Dritter Theil. Schultz- Wundermann, Hamm, x + 416 pp., pls. 22 - 32.
- 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.
- Fabricius, J. C. (1805) Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard, Brunsvigae [= Brunswick], xiv + 15 - 372 + 30 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15806
- Milankov, V., Stahls, G., Stamenkovic, J. & Vujic, A. (2008) Genetic diversity of populations of Merodon aureus and M. cinereus species complexes (Diptera, Syrphidae): integrative taxonomy and implications for conservation priorities on the Balkan Peninsula. Conservation Genetics, 9, 1125 - 1137. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10592 - 007 - 9426 - 8