Sarcophaga nepos Rondani, 1861

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 202-203

Sarcophaga nepos Rondani, 1861

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1861g: 383 (key), 390 (description).

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

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / nepos Rnd. / 1033 / = cruentata sec. Typ. Pand., det. Böttcher / lectotype ♂ Sarcophaga nepos Rnd., T. Pape det., 1986 / Heteronychia vagans (Meig.) , T. Pape det., 1986.

PARALECTOTYPE EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (partially eaten by dermestids) ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / nepos Rnd. / 1033 / = amiata ♂ Rond., Pand. det. Böttcher / paralectotype.

PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 3 ♀♀ (MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / nepos Rnd. / 1033; 1 ♀ (missing left mid- and right hind-legs) (MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Sarcophaga nepos R. 400 ♀ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 5, posiz. C-11 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci (PI) ex collezione Rondani.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) vagans Meigen, 1826 ( Verves 1986: 150, Pape 1988: 11, 1996: 335, Whitmore 2011: 50).

REMARKS: Rondani (1861g: 390) described Sarcophaga nepos without specifying either the number or the sex of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, despite there being five specimens in the type series found in this study. In his redescription Rondani (1862d: 121) wrote: “ Semel marem et foeminam legi in Apennino parmensi [I collected the male and the female once in the Parmese Apennines]”. Pape (1988: 11) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotype (♂), but neither he nor Whitmore (2011: 51) mentioned an additional four females: three in the MZUF and one in the MSNC (all are paralectotypes).