Megaglossa plantationis Rondani, 1869

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 174

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/686387A0-FF60-FF06-5889-FA0FFF4967C4

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Plazi

scientific name

Megaglossa plantationis Rondani, 1869
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Megaglossa plantationis Rondani, 1869 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1869a: 33 (key), 35 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Apennino parmensi [ Parmese Apennines ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, holotype (covered with mold, head and thorax partially eaten by dermestids) ( MZUF: Box 31): Megaglossa Rnd. Platystoma / plantationis Rndn., Apenn. [= Apennines] / 1628.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Platystoma plantationis View in CoL ( Soós 1984b: 42, Belcari et al. 1995b: 7).

REMARKS: Rondani (1869a: 35) described Megaglossa plantationis from a single male: “ Marem unicum inveni [I found a single male]”. Rivosecchi (2000: 167) reported finding the holotype in the MZUF to be in poor condition.

MZUF

Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Platystomatidae

Genus

Megaglossa

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Platystomatidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Platystomatidae

Genus

Platystoma

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Platystomatidae

Genus

Megaglossa

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