Sarcophaga matertera Rondani, 1861

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 202

Sarcophaga matertera Rondani, 1861

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1861g: 379 (key), 387 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ In Italia media et boreali [central and boreal (= northern) Italy]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype (slightly moldy, missing right hind-leg, terminalia glued to a cardboard stage pinned below specimen) ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / matertera Rnd. , ♂ / 1010 / = scoparia ♂ Pand., det. Böttcher / lectotype ♂, S. matertera Rond., T. Pape det., 1986 / Parasarcophaga caerulescens (Zt.) , T. Pape det., 1986.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (terminalia glued to a cardboard stage below specimen) ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / matertera Rnd. , ♂ / athropos Mgn / 1010 / S. noverca ♂ Rond. , det. Böttcher / paralectotype; 1 ♂ (missing mid-legs) ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / matertera Rnd. , ♂ / 1010 / = S. scoparia ♂ Pand. , det. Böttcher.

CURRENT STATUS: doubtful species of Sarcophaginae ( Verves 1986: 193) ; junior synonym of Sarcophaga (Robineauella) caerulescens Zetterstedt, 1838 ( Pape 1988: 10, 1996: 383).

REMARKS: Rondani (1861g: 387) described Sarcophaga matertera from just the male sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens and not giving a range of lengths. In his redescription Rondani (1862d: 108) reported three males, two that he had collected and one that he had received from S. Bertolini. Pape (1988: 10) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotypes (2 ♂♂). A MZUF female numbered “1010” is not included in the type series because of its sex.