Paragus tarsatus Rondani, 1857

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 263

Paragus tarsatus Rondani, 1857

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 188 (key), 191 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ Melitensem …, … Siculum [ Malta Island …, … Sicily ( Italy)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype (terminalia in a microvial pinned below specimen) ( MZUF: Box 7): Paragus Latr. / tarsatus Rnd. , ♂, Pedem. [= Piedmont], Melita / 345 / [illegible label] / = P. majoranae Rondani, P. Goeldlin det., 1971 / Lectotypus Paragus Latr. tarsatus Rond. , des. Sommaggio, 2002.

PARALECTOTYPE NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (terminalia in a microvial pinned below specimen) ( MZUF: Box 7): Paragus Latr. / tarsatus Rnd. , ♂, Pedem. [= Piedmont], Melita / 345 / Paragus coadunatus det. D. Sommaggio / Syntypus.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Paragus majoranae Rondani, 1857 ( Peck 1988: 81, Belcari et al. 1995a: 10); junior synonym of Paragus pecchiolii Rondani, 1857 ( Sommaggio 2002: 55) .

REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 191) described Paragus tarsatus from two males: “ Mares duo speciei accepi, unum … a D. Schembri, alterum … a Prof. Gemellaro [I received two males of the species, one from Mr. Schembri …, the other from Prof. Gemellaro]”. Sommaggio (2002: 55) designated a lectotype (♂), but did not mention the additional male in the MZUF (this additional specimen is a paralectotype).