Merodon sicanus Rondani, 1845

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 257-258

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4981779

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scientific name

Merodon sicanus Rondani, 1845
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Merodon sicanus Rondani, 1845 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1845f: 258 (key), 264 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ Sicilia [Sicily ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: not found in this study. See Remarks.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Merodon pruni ( Rossi, 1790) View in CoL ( Peck 1988: 172, Hurkmans 1993: 185, Belcari et al. 1995a: 16).

REMARKS: Rondani (1845f: 264) described Merodon sicanus from just two female specimens: “ specie formata sopra due individui di sesso femminile [species described from two female specimens]” from material received from M. Spinola. We could not locate any type specimens during this study. Not included in the type series are four MZUF specimens: one MZUF male because of its sex, two MZUF females numbered “69” from “Parma” one MSNC female from “Apenn. [= Apennines]” because they are not the type locality. Hurkmans (1993: 185) incorrectly designated one of the two females in the MZUF as lectotype.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Merodon

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