Chetostoma curvinerve Rondani, 1856

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 370

Chetostoma curvinerve Rondani, 1856

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1856: 112 (as “ curvinervis ”).

TYPE LOCALITY: Rondani gave no type locality in his original description but later (1869b: 200) added “ in montuosis Apennini Parmensis [ Parmese Apennine mountains ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, syntype (in poor condition, completely covered with mold) ( MZUF: Box 32): Chetostoma Rnd. / curvinervis Rnd., Apenn. [= Apennines] / 1700.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Chetostoma curvinerve ( Foote 1984: 79, White 1986: 156, Merz 1994: 101, Belcari et al. 1995b: 8, Norrbom et al. 1999: 123).

REMARKS: Rondani’s (1856: 112) key for the genus Chetostoma Rondani, 1856 lists Chetostoma curvinervis (now curvinerve , mandatory change of incorrect original spelling to agree in gender with neuter genus name) as its type species, but he did not provide a detailed description, type locality, number or sex of the specimens. Rondani later (1869b: 200) indicated having collected the male sex: “ semel marem inveni [I found the male once]”. We found one male syntype in this study.