Syrphus flaviceps Rondani, 1857

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 271-272

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Syrphus flaviceps Rondani, 1857 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 126 (key), 133 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus subapenninis agri parmensi [Parmese sub-Apennine hills ( Italy)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype (terminalia in a microvial pinned below specimen) ( MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / flaviceps Rnd. / 216 / Lectotypus Syrphus flaviceps Rondani, Dušek & Láska, 1974 / Metasyrphus flaviceps (Rnd.) det. M. Daccordi, 1985.

PARALECTOTYPE EXAMINED: 1 ♀ ( MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / flaviceps Rnd. / 216 / Paralectotypus Syrphus flaviceps Rondani, Dušek & Láska, 1974 / E. bucculatus det. Mazánek et Láska, 2003.

PARALECTOTYPE NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (missing right hind-leg) (MZUF: Box B): Syrphus flaviceps R., 71, ♀ [sic!], Parma / 393 71; 1 ♂ (MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / flaviceps Rnd. / 216 / Syrphus corollae Fabr. , det. P. Láska, 1970; 1 ♂ (missing head and right mid-leg) (MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / flaviceps Rnd. / 216 / Syrphus latifasciatus Macq. , det. P. Láska, 1970; 3 ♀♀ (MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / flaviceps Rnd. / 216; 1 ♀ (missing both mid-legs) (MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Syrphus flaviceps Rnd. ♀ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 3, posiz. H-1 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci (PI) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♀ (MSNPV: Box 98): Syrphus flaviceps R., ♀, Parma .

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Eupeodes flaviceps View in CoL ( Peck 1988: 33, Belcari et al. 1995a: 7).

REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 133) described both sexes of Syrphus flaviceps without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length. Dušek & Láska (1976: 274) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotype (♀) but did not mention an additional eight specimens: six in the MZUF, one in the MSNC and one in the MSNPV (all are paralectotypes).