Thricolyga major Rondani, 1859

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 359

Thricolyga major Rondani, 1859

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1859b: 185.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ mares … in collibus ditionis parmensis , foeminam … montium agri Tridentini [males … Parmese hills, female … mountains of Trento’s territory ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes (one covered with mold, thorax partially eaten by dermestids) ( MZUF: Box 13): Thrycolyga [sic!] Rndn. / major Rnd. , ♂ / 664; 1 ♀, syntype ( MZUF: Box 13): Thrycolyga [sic!] Rndn. / major Rnd. , ♀ / 664; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZUF: Box D): Tricholyga [sic!] R. major Rnd. , 252, ♂, Parma / 393 252; 1 ♂, syntype (missing left hind-leg) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Thricolyga [sic!] R. major R. 70 ♂ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 1, posiz. F-14 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♂, syntype (missing left hind-leg) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Thricolyga [sic!] nova Rnd. 71 ♂ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 1, posiz. F-15 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Exorista (Podotachina) grandis ( Zetterstedt, 1844) ( Herting & Dely-Draskovits 1993: 123) .

REMARKS: Rondani (1859b: 185) described both sexes of Thricolyga major , without specifying the exact number of male specimens and not giving a range of lengths: “ Mares non frequenter legi … foeminam unicam [I infrequently collected males … I saw a single female]” he had collected and also received from S. Bertolini. We found six syntypes in this study. Rondani described this nominal species under the generic name “ Thricolyga ”, which is an “incorrect original spelling of Tricoliga Rondani, 1856 ” ( O’Hara et al. 2011: 179).