Hylephila melitensis Rondani, 1877

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4980729
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scientific name	Hylephila melitensis Rondani, 1877
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ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1877c: 235.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ melitense [ Malta]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, holotype ( MZUF: 23): Hylephila buccata Fall. , ♀, Melita , Parma / 1242 / Malta , 173.

CURRENT STATUS: Dely-Draskovits (1993) did not list it; available name ( O’Hara et al. 2011: 211).

REMARKS: Rondani (1877c: 235) described Hylephila melitensis from a female from Malta: “ Exemplar melitense faemineum possideo [I have a female specimen from Malta]” in his redescription of Hylephila buccata Fallén, 1824 . There are two females in the MZUF, just one of which is labeled “ Malta ”. We consider this latter specimen as the holotype of Hylephila melitensis .