Trichophthalma philippii Rondani, 1863

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 167

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Trichophthalma philippii Rondani, 1863 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 53.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ Chiliae [ Chile]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, syntype (covered with mold) ( MZUN: Box without identification label): Thrichophthalma [sic!] philippii Rond. , Chili [= Chile] / M. Zool. N° 11108” [not original labels] .

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Trichophthalma philippii ( Papavero 1968: 5) View in CoL .

REMARKS: Rondani (1863: 53) described Trichophthalma philippii , without specifying either the number or the sex of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from R.A. Philippi. Costa (1866: 36) listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “819”. We also found one syntype in this study. Rondani used the spelling “ philippii ” (p. 53) in his description but “ philippiana ” in the index (p. 98). Acting as First Revisers (according to I.C.Z.N. 1999: Article 24.2.3), we consider philippiana as an incorrect original spelling. Rondani (1863) used the name “ Thrieophthalma ” in the index (p. 98), which is an “incorrect subsequent spelling of Trichophthalma Westwood, 1835 ( O’Hara et al. 2011: 179).