Platycheirus spathulatus Rondani, 1857

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 266-267

Platycheirus spathulatus Rondani, 1857

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 119 (key), 121 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ prope Parmam … in collibus ditionis [near Parma (Italy) … on surrounding hills]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes ( MZUF: Box 4): Platycheirus S.F. Serv. / spathulatus Rnd. , ♂ / 188 / Platycheirus sticticus (= spathulatus Rnd. ) det. M. Daccordi, 1985 / Platycheirus albimanus Fabr. det. J.A.W. Lucas, 29.6.198 5 / Platycheirus mülleri Marcuzzi , det T.R. Nielsen, 1994; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZUF: Box A): Platycheirus spathulatus R., 60, ♂, Parma / 393 60 / Platycheirus muelleri Marcuzzi , det. Tore R. Nielsen; 1 ♂, syntype ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Platycheirus spathulatus Rnd. ♂ Appen. / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 3, posiz. F-19 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Platycheirus sticticus ( Meigen, 1822) ( Peck 1988: 73, Belcari et al. 1995a: 10).

REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 121) described Platycheirus spathulatus from just the male sex without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length: “ Mas speciei a me bis captus prope Parmam [the male of the species was collected by me twice near Parma]”. We found four syntypes in this study. Tore Nielsen studied the type material without publishing any paper and considered Platycheirus spathulatus as senior synonym of Platycheirus muelleri Marcuzzi, 1941 (T.R. Nielsen, pers. comm., September 2013).