Doria nigripalpis Rondani, 1859

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 303

Doria nigripalpis Rondani, 1859

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1859b: 174.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus et planitie agri parmensis [ Parmese plains and hills ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes (one covered with mold; one missing left mid- and right hind-legs) ( MZUF: Box 12): Doria Mgn / nigripalpis Rnd. / 588; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, syntypes (covered with mold; couple pinned together,) ( MZUF: Box 12): Doria Mgn / nigripalpis Rnd. ♀ / 589; 1 ♀, syntype (missing hind-legs and abdomen) ( MZUF: Box D): Doria Mgn nigripalpis R., 246, ♂, Parma / 393 246; 1 ♂, syntype ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Doria Mgn. nigripalpis R. 63 ♂ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 1, posiz. F-5 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♂, syntype ( MSNPV: Box 96): Doria Mgn nigripalpis R., 126, ♂, Parma.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Phorinia aurifrons ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863) ( Herting & Dely-Draskovits 1993: 141) .

REMARKS: Rondani (1859b: 174) described Doria nigripalpis without specifying the number or the sex of the specimens and not giving a range of lengths. We found seven syntypes in this study.