Elasmocera cingulata Rondani, 1846

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 53

Elasmocera cingulata Rondani, 1846

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1846b: 154.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus ditionis Parmensis … ad Etnam [one specimen on a Parmese hill … on Etna (Catania) ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: not found in this study.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Ancylorhynchus cingulatus ( Lehr 1988: 233, Contini et al. 1995: 15).

REMARKS: Rondani (1846b: 154) described Elasmocera cingulata from two males: “ Mas hujus speciei bis lectus in Italia. Individum unum in collibus ditionis Parmensis a me captum fuit …; alterum Dom. Gemellaro Cataniensis cum aliis Dipteris ad Etnam captis mihi comunicavit [the male of this species collected twice in Italy. One specimen was collected by myself on Parmese hills; Mr. Gemellaro from Catania provided the other collected together with other Diptera on Etna]”. We could not locate any type specimens of this nominal species during this study .