Bibio longirostris Rondani, 1863

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 63

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scientific name	Bibio longirostris Rondani, 1863
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Bibio longirostris Rondani, 1863 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:1863: 89.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ Cap. B. Spei [Cape of Good Hope ( South Africa)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, syntype (covered with mold) ( MZUN: Box Coll. entomol. extra-europea, Fam. Tipulidae - Gen. Sciara a Culex ): Bibio longirostris Rnd., C. B. Sp. / M. Zool. N° 10891.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species ( Hardy 1980: 215).

REMARKS: Rondani (1863: 89) described Bibio longirostris from just the female sex, without specifying the number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from M. Spinola. Costa (1866: 39) listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “936”. We also found one syntype in this study.