Tabanidae
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Tabanidae
This worldwide family of Orthorrhapha flies contains almost 4,500 species (Marshall 2012, Evenhuis & Pape 2020). Rondani (1848b, 1850 c, 1851, 1863, 1868b, 1873f, 1875c) described 19 Neotropical, 13 Oriental, two Nearctic and one Palaearctic nominal species: 17 are currently considered as valid and 18 are synonyms (Fairchild 1971, Stone 1975, Wilkerson & Fairchild 1983, Chvála 1988, Coscarón & Papavero 2009). Rondani (1850 c, 1863) proposed two new replacement names and one substitute name for nominal species previously described and named by other authors. Philip (1965a), Coscarón & Philip (1967) examined the MZUN and MZUF Neotropical material without publishing any lectotype designation. Ricardo (1911) examined the MSNG type material without publishing any lectotype designation. Here, we designate a lectotype for Chrysops alter Rondani, 1875, Chrysops unizonatus Rondani, 1875, Tabanus dives Rondani, 1875, Tabanus fulvissimus Rondani, 1875, Tabanus ignobilis Rondani, 1875, Tabanus justorius Rondani, 1875. O’Hara et al. (2011: 213) incorrectly attributed two species to Rondani. Costa (1866: 39) listed one unpublished Rondani name (nomen nudum). Except for the type material of two South American species, which has been destroyed (Fairchild 1971, Leonardi et al. 1995, Mazzotti 2011), the type material has been recovered for all nominal species and is distributed among the MSNG (14), MZUF (11), MZUN (ten) and MRSN (two).
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- Arthropoda
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- Diptera
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- Tabanidae
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- Tabanidae (Fairchild, 1971) sec. Sforzi & Sommaggio, 2021
References
- Marshall, S. A. (2012) Flies. The natural history and diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill, 616 pp.
- Evenhuis, N. L. & Pape, T. (2020) Systema Dipterorum. Version 2. 7. Available from: http: // www. diptera. org / (accessed 30 August 2020)
- Rondani, C. (1848 b) Esame di varie specie d'insetti ditteri brasiliani. Studi Entomologici, 1 (1), 63 - 112, pl. IIIbis.
- Rondani, C. (1850 c) Osservazioni sopra alquante specie di esapodi ditteri del Museo Torinese. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali e Rendiconto delle Sessioni della Societa Agraria e dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Series 3, 2, 165 - 197, 1 pl.
- Rondani, C. (1851) Dipterorum species aliquae in America aequatoriali collectae a Cajetano Osculati observatae et distinctae novis breviter descriptis. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali e Rendiconto delle Sessioni della Societa Agraria e dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Series 3, 2 [1850], 357 - 372.
- Rondani, C. (1863) Diptera exotica revisa et annotata novis nonnullis descriptis. Eredi Soliani, Modena, 99 pp., 1 pl. [This is the separate that came out before the journal version with a different title, here as Rondani (1864 a)].
- Rondani, C. (1868 b) Diptera aliqua in America meridionali lecta a Prof. P. Strobel annis 1866 - 67 distincta et annotata, novis aliquibus descriptis. Annuario della Societa dei Naturalisti in Modena, 3, 24 - 40, 1 pl.
- Fairchild, G. B. (1971) Family Tabanidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 28, 1 - 163.
- Stone, A. (1975) Family Tabanidae. In: Delfinado, M. D. & Hardy, D. E. (Eds.), A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume II. Suborder Brachycera through Division Aschiza, Suborder Cyclorrhapha. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, pp. 43 - 81.
- Wilkerson, R. C. & Fairchild, G. B. (1983) A review of the South American species of Esenbeckia subgenus Esenbeckia (Diptera: Tabanidae). Journal of Natural History, 17 (4), 519 - 567. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938300770451
- Coscaron, S. & Papavero, N. (2009) Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Tabanidae. Neotropical Diptera, 16, 1 - 199.
- Philip, C. B. (1965 a) Notes on Rondani's species of American Tabanidae. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2 (2), 120 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 2.2.120
- Coscaron, S. & Philip, C. B. (1967) Revision del genero " Dasybasis " Macquart en la region neotropical. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales, Entomologia, 2 (2), 15 - 266.
- Ricardo, G. (1911) VI. A revision of the species of Tabanus from the Oriental region, including notes on species from surrounding countries. Records of the Indian Museum, 4, 111 - 258. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 10541
- O'Hara, J. E., Cerretti, P., Pape, T. & Evenhuis, N. L. (2011) Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part II: Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa, 3141, 1 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3141.1.1
- Costa, A. (1866) Acquisti fatti durante l'anno 1863. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Regia Universita di Napoli, 3, 13 - 48.
- Leonardi, M., Quaroni, A., Rigato, F. & Scali, S. (1995) Le collezioni del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 135 [1994], 3 - 296.
- Mazzotti, S. (2011) Esploratori perduti. Storie dimenticate di naturalisti italiani di fine Ottocento. Codice Edizioni, Torino, 239 pp.