Myopa puella Rondani, 1857

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 96

Myopa puella Rondani, 1857

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 243 (key), 245 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in agro parmensis [ Parmese territory ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes ( MZUF: Box 8): Sicus Scop. Myopa F. / puella Rnd. ♂ / 415; 2 ♀♀, syntypes ( MZUF: Box 8): Sicus Scop. Myopa F. / puella Rnd. ♀ / 415; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZUF: Box E): Myopa puella , 151, Apr. / 393 151; 1 specimen, syntype (sex not determinable) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Myopa puella Rndn. Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 4, posiz. F-14/ Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Myopa morio Meigen, 1804 ( Chvála & Smith 1988: 263, Rivosecchi & Scaramozzino 1995: 3, Stuke 2017: 159).

REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 245) described Myopa puella , without specifying either the number or the sex of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, despite there being six specimens in the type series found in this study. We consider these as syntypes. Stuke (2017: 159) incorrectly reported the syntype series of five specimens in the MZUF as being comprised of four males and one female.