Australosymmerus (Melosymmerus) pediferus ( Edwards, 1940 )

Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes, Toczek, Fernanda Ceres & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2019, Catalogue of Ditomyiidae and Diadocidiidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) types housed in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-7 : 5

Australosymmerus (Melosymmerus) pediferus ( Edwards, 1940)

Edwards, 1940: 443 (original description). Ref. – Munroe, 1974: 67 (redescription), figs. 36 (male genitalia), 62 (female genitalia), 65c (wing), 73 (phylogeny); Papavero, 1977b: 19 B.3 (catalogue); Falaschi & Amorim, 2013: 123 (lectotype designation). Type locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Seara, Nova Teutônia. Distr. – Neotropical: Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Santa Catarina). Lectotype ♂, BMNH.

Paralectotype ♂ with labels: (1) printed on white paper: “ PARALECTOTYPE | Australosymmerus (Melosymmerus) | pediferus ( Edwards, 1940) | Designated by Falaschi, RL & | Amorim, DS”; (2) print- ed on white paper: “ MZ004621 ”. (3) handwritten on white paper:“ Centrocnemis | pedifera Edw.”; (4) print- ed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “ 21.9. 193 7 [21.ix.1937] | Brasilien | Nova Teutonia | 27°11′B, 52°23′L | Fritz Plaumann”;(5) printed on white paper: “ Brit.Mus. | 1938-40.”; (6) printed on rounded yellow paper:“Para- | type”;

Microvial with labels:(1) printed on white paper:“ BRASIL, SC, Nova Teutônia | 27°11′B, 52°23′L [27°11′S 52°23′W] | 21.ix.1937 | Fritz Plaumann col.”; (2) printed on white paper: “ PARALECTOTYPE | Australosymmerus (Melosymmerus) | pediferus ( Edwards, 1940) | Designated by Falaschi, RL & | Amorim, DS”; (3) print- ed on white paper:“ MZ004621 ” .

Condition of paralectotype: Undetermined wing, thorax, head and broken antenna on a permanent slide; abdomen and male terminalia in the microvial. Missing parts: undetermined antenna, undetermined fore leg and both mid and hind legs.