Megaglossa gemmationis Rondani, 1869

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

Megaglossa gemmationis Rondani, 1869

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

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Italia superiori et media … Parmae [north and central Italy … Parma]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes (one missing abdomen) ( MZUF: Box 31): Megaglossa Rnd. Platystoma / gemmationis Rndn. ♂, Apenn. [= Apennines] / 1626; 2 ♀♀, syntypes ( MZUF: Box 31): Megaglossa Rnd. Platystoma / gemmationis Rndn. ♀ / 1626; 1 ♀, syntype (missing both hind-legs) ( OUMNH Verrall-Collin Coll.: Box 16): Type / M. gemmationis Ex. Coll. Big. / M. gemmationis Rd. Italia, Rond. / Platystoma Mg.

SLIDE: Abdomen and part of thorax on slide n° 8 (Box Diptera Rondani 4): Megaglossa (Platystoma) gemmationis ♀, coll. Rondani, # 1626, Prep. da L. Rivosecchi, VI/1996, 1626, ♀, gemmationis .

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Platystoma gemmationis ( Soós 1984b: 41, Belcari et al. 1995b: 7).

REMARKS: Rondani (1869a: 35) described Megaglossa gemmationis without specifying the number, the sex or the length of the specimens. We found five syntypes in this study. An additional three specimens in the MZUF numbered “1626” are not included in the type series because their labels are yellowish rather than the greenish color of Rondani’s original handwritten ones and are in a lower row in the Box. We treat them to be subsequent additions .