Milesia manicata Rondani, 1865

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 260

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scientific name	Milesia manicata Rondani, 1865
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Milesia manicata Rondani, 1865 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1865a: 132.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Apennino [Apennines ( Italy)]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, lectotype (missing right hind-leg) ( MZUF: Box 3): Milesia Ltr. Spylomyia [sic!] Mgn / manicata Rndn. , ♀ / 92 / lectotype ♀, Spilomyia manicata (Rondani, 1865) , design. J. van Steenis, 1998 .

PARALECTOTYPE NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♀ (covered with mold, missing right mid-leg) ( MZUF: Box 3): Milesia Ltr. Spylomyia [sic!] Mgn / manicata Rndn. , ♀ / 92 / Spilomyia diophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) det. J. van Steenis, 1998.

CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Spilomyia manicata View in CoL ( Peck 1988: 213, Belcari et al. 1995a: 18, Steenis 2000: 157).

REMARKS: Rondani (1865a: 132) described Milesia manicata from just the female sex, without specifying either the number or the length of the specimens. Steenis (2000: 157) designated a lectotype (♀) but did not mention the additional MZUF female numbered “92” as a paralectotype (this additional specimen is a paralectotype).