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Microdon aethiopicus Rondani 1873

Description

Microdon aethiopicus Rondani, 1873

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1873e: 282.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ Sciotel [Sciotel (Eritrea)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, holotype (MSNG): Bogos 1870, Sciotel, O. Beccari / Typus / aethiopicus Rond., ♀ / Microdon aethiopicus ♀.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species (Smith & Vockeroth 1973: 509); valid species, as Metadon aethiopicus (Reemer & Ståhls 2013: 133).

REMARKS: Rondani (1873e: 282) described Microdon aethiopicus from just the female sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material collected by O. Beccari and O. Antinori. Guiglia (1957: 195) and Raineri & Rey (1996: 52) reported the holotype (♀) in the MSNG.

Notes

Published as part of Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, pp. 1-438 in Zootaxa 4989 (1) on page 260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4980621

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MSNG
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Microdon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rondani
Species
aethiopicus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Microdon aethiopicus Rondani, 1873 sec. Sforzi & Sommaggio, 2021

References

  • Reemer, M. & Stahls, G. (2013) Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys, 288, 1 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 288.4095
  • Rondani, C. (1873 e) Muscaria exotica Musei Civici Januensis observata et distincta. Fragmentum I. Species aliquae in Abyssinia (Regione Bogos) lectae a Doct. O. Beccari et March. O. Antinori, anno 1870 - 71. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 4, 282 - 294. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 9095
  • Guiglia, D. (1957) I tipi di ditteri di Camillo Rondani e di altri autori appartenenti alle collezioni del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genov a, 69, 193 - 207.
  • Raineri, V. & Rey, A. (1996). Elenco di tipi di ditteri conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale " G. Doria " di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale " Giacomo Doria ", 91, 27 - 64.