Palumbia sicula Rondani, 1865

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 261

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scientific name	Palumbia sicula Rondani, 1865
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ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1865a: 130.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Agro Panormitano [Palermo’s territory ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: not found in this study.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Palumbia bellieri (Bigot, 1860) ( Peck 1988: 211, Belcari et al. 1995a: 18).

REMARKS: Rondani (1865a: 130) described both sexes of Palumbia sicula without specifying the exact number of specimens and not giving a range of lengths: “ uterque sexus lectus a d. o Mina [sic!]- Palumbo [both sexes collected by Mr. Minà-Palumbo]”. We could not locate any type specimens of this nominal species in our study.