Palpimega nivalis Rondani, 1856

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 171

Palpimega nivalis Rondani, 1856

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1856: 136.

TYPE LOCALITY: Rondani gave no type locality in his original description but presumably it is Italy because the work deals with Italian species .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype (on a slide) ( MZUF: slide n° 17, Box Diptera Rondani 4): Palpimega Rnd. / nivalis Rndn. / 2197 / Triphleba nivalis (Rond.) , Lectotipo ♂, Paralectotipo ♀ / ♂ ♀, det. Gori, 1999, prep. Micro 17 e 18 Sc. 4 / Triphleba nivalis ( Rondani, 1856) , ♂, esemplare 2197 della Coll. Rondani, Lectotipo det. Gori, MZUF –66.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (moldy, missing left wing) ( MZUF: Box 40): Palpimega Rnd. / nivalis Rndn. / 2197 / Triphleba nivalis (Rond.) , ♂, det. Gori, 1999 / Paralectotipo; 1 ♂ (only fifth and sixth segments and hypopygium remain) ( MZUF: Box 40): Palpimega Rnd. / nivalis Rndn. / 2197 / Triphleba nivalis (Rond.) , det. Gori, 1999 / Paralectotipo; 1 ♀ (only abdomen, part of thorax, four legs and two wings remain and are on a slide) ( MZUF: slide n° 18, Box Diptera Rondani 4): Palpimega Rnd. / nivalis Rnd. / 2197 / Triphleba nivalis (Rond.) , det. M. Gori, 1999 / paralectotipo / Triphleba nivalis ( Rondani, 1856) , ♀, esemplare 2197 della Coll. Rondani (Paralectotipo), det. Gori, MZUF –66; 1 ♂ ( MZUB: Box 341): 29 29 / Palpimega nivalis Rond. , ex agro parmensi / nivalis Rndn. , ♂ ♀, Parma; 1 ♀ (on a slide) ( MZUB: Box 341): 29 28 / Palpimega nivalis Rond. , ex agro parmensi.

PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (on the same pin) ( OUMNH Verrall-Collin Palaearctic Residues: Box 148.13): Typ. / P. nivalis Ex Coll. Bigot / P. nivalis ♂ [sic!] Europa, Rond .

CURRENT STATUS: doubtful species of Triphleba Rondani, 1856 ( Disney 1991: 202) ; valid species, as Triphleba nivalis ( Belcari et al. 1995a: 23, Gori 1999: 145).

REMARKS: Rondani’s (1856: 136) key for the genus Palpimega Rondani, 1856 lists Palpimega nivalis as its type species, and provides specific characters for the male and female but no detailed description, type locality, or number of specimens. Gori (1999: 144) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotypes (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in the MZUF; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in the MZUB) but did not mention an additional two specimens (♂, ♀) in the OUMNH (both of these additional specimens are paralectotypes).