Hippobosca bactriana Rondani, 1878

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 121

Hippobosca bactriana Rondani, 1878

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1878a: 163 (key), 165 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Persia … in Massaua [ Persia … Massawa (Red Sea in Eritrea)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype ( MSNG): Massauah, aprile 1870, Beccari / Hippobosca bactriana Rndn. / lectotype Hippobosca bactriana Rndn. , ♂, T. C. Maa, [19]62 / Hippobosca camelina Lch. (= bactriana Rndn. ), ♂, T. C. Maa, [19]62.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 1 ♂ ( MSNG): Persia settent.e [northern Persia], 1862–63, Coll. G. Doria / Paratype bactriana Rndn. , ♂, T. C. Maa, [19]62; 1 ♂ ( MSNG): Massauah, aprile 1870, Beccari / Paratype bactriana Rndn. , ♂, T. C. Maa, [19]62; 1 ♀ ( MSNG): Massauah, aprile 1870, Beccari / Paratype bactriana Rndn. , ♀, T. C. Maa, [19]62; 1 ♂ ( MZUF: Box 66): Hippobosca bactriana Rnd. , Persia / Massauah , Aprile, 1870, Beccari / 3415 / Paratype bactriana Rndn., M, T. C. Maa , [19]62; 2 ♀♀ ( MZUF: Box 66): Hippobosca bactriana Rnd. , Persia / Massauah , Aprile, 1870, Beccari / 3415 .

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Hippobosca camelina Leach, 1817 ( Hutson & Oldroyd 1980: 770, Soós & Hůrka 1986: 223).

REMARKS: Rondani (1878a: 165) described Hippobosca bactriana from more than one specimen, without specifying either the number or the length of the specimens: “ Exemplaria observata … in Persia lecta a M. J. Doria , et in Massaua a Clar. O. Beccari [Specimens observed …, collected in Persia by M. J. Doria and in Massaua by Mr. O. Beccari]”. Guiglia (1957) did not list these specimens. Maa (1963: 17) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotypes (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in the MSNG; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in the MZUF). Raineri & Rey (1996: 37) listed these specimens.