Azelia zetterstedtii Rondani, 1866

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 141-142

Azelia zetterstedtii Rondani, 1866

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1866a: 134 (key), 135 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ Scandinavia …, Scania, Smolandia & Ostrogothia, Gottlandia, Jemtlandia, … Faxelfven, Ristansfors, Skalstugan … Åreskutan, Norwegia Suul Waerdaliae, Lapponia meridionali, Dania [Scandinavia …, Scania, Småland and Östergötland, Gotland, Jämtland, Faxelfven, Ristansfors, Skalstugan, Åreskutan, Norvegia Suul Waerdaliae (= environs of Levanger), Southern Lapland, Denmark] ( Zetterstedt 1845: 1590) [localities for Aricia triquetra (Wiedemann, 1817) sensu Zetterstedt (1845) ]; “ Dania [ Denmark]” (Rondani 1866: 135) [type locality for Azelia zetterstedtii Rondani, 1866 ].

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, syntype ( MZUF: Box 25): Azelia Desv. / zetterstedtii Rnd. macquartii Stg, Dania / 1350; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / [red label] / A. triquetra ♂, Lund / Type no. 6681: 2; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / 167 / Staeg. [= Staeger] / Type no. 6681: 3; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / [red label] / Type no. 6681: 4; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, syntypes (pinned together, slightly covered with mold) ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / [yellowish label] / Type no. 6681: 5 / Type no. 6681: 6; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / Mus. [= Musca ] Fall. / Type no. 6681: 7; 1 ♀, syntype ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / [yellowish label] / A. triquetra ♀, Osterg. [= Östergötland] / Type no. 6681: 8; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, syntypes ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / [yellow label] / Type no. 6681: 9 / Type no. 6681: 10; 1 ♀, syntype ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / 168 / Staeg. [= Staeger] / Type no. 6681: 11; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, syntypes (male missing abdomen and left hind-leg) ( MZLU: Box 28): 134. Aricia Macq. / [red label] / Type no. 6681: 12 / Type no. 6681: 13.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species ( Pont 1986b: 63).

REMARKS: Rondani (1866a: 135) proposed Azelia zetterstedtii for Aricia triquetra (Wiedemann, 1817) sensu Zetterstedt (1845: 1590) , which he considered a new species. Rondani referred to Zetterstedt’s redescription of Azelia triquetra , which was based on an unspecified number of specimens, and to a single specimen received from Mr. Staeger. Therefore, the type material is in the collections of Zetterstedt (MZLU) and Rondani (MZUF). We found 13 syntypes in this study.