Syrphus nigritibius Rondani, 1857

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 272

Syrphus nigritibius Rondani, 1857

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 124 (key), 130 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus agri parmensi [ Parmese hills ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 7 ♂♂, syntypes (one missing left wing; one covered with mold) ( MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / nigritibius Rnd. , ♂ / 199; 7 ♀♀, syntypes (one missing left fore-, both mid-, and left hind-legs; one covered with mold) ( MZUF: Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / nigritibius Rnd. , ♀ / 199; 1 ♀, syntype ( MZUF: Box B): Syrphus nigritibius R., 64, ♀, Parma / 393 64; 1 ♀, syntype (missing right fore-leg) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Syrphus nigritibius Rnd. ♀ 2 Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 3, posiz. G-6 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♀, syntype ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Syrphus nigritibius Rnd. ♀ Parm. / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 3, posiz. G-7 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822) ( Peck 1988: 30) .

REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 130) described both sexes of Syrphus nigritibius without specifying the exact number of specimens and not giving a range of lengths. We found 17 syntypes in this study.