Pipizella neuphritica Rondani, 1868

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

Pipizella neuphritica Rondani, 1868

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1868a: 34.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus agri lunensis [ Lunigiana hills (Tuscany, Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype ( MZUF: Box 7): Pipizella Rndn. / nephritica [sic!] Rnd. / 327 / Lectotypus [not designated] Goeldlin desig. III.1976; 1 ♀, paralectotype (missing left mid-leg) ( MZUF: Box 7): Pipizella Rndn. / nephritica [sic!] Rnd. / 327 .

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Trichopsomyia flavitarsis ( Meigen, 1822) ( Peck 1988: 92, Belcari et al. 1995a: 11).

REMARKS: Rondani (1868a: 34) described Pipizella neuphritica without specifying the number, the sex or the length of the specimens. Pierre Goeldlin de Tiefenau examined the MZUF type material in 1976, adding the label “ lectotypus ” under one male, without publishing any lectotype designation. We found two syntypes in this study. In order to promote nomenclatural stability, we give credit to P. Goeldlin de Tiefenau and here designate as a lectotype for Pipizella neuphritica Rondani, 1868 the male labeled as such by him.