Sarcophaga puerula Rondani, 1861

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 205-206

Sarcophaga puerula Rondani, 1861

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1861g: 382 (key), 389 (description).

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

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype (missing left mid-leg) (MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / puerula Rnd. ♂ / 1028 / = setinervis ♂ Rond. det. Böttcher / lectotype ♂, Sarcophaga puerula Rnd., T. Pape det., 1986 / Heteronychia setinervis (Rnd.) , T. Pape det., 1986.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (terminalia in a microvial, head glued to a cardboard stage, both items pinned below specimen) (MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / puerula Rnd. ♂ / 1028 / Sarcophaga sp. ? ♂ det. Böttcher / paralectotype; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (couple pinned together) ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / puerula Rnd . ♂ / 1028 / = anxilla ♂ ♀ Pand. det. Böttcher / paralectotype; 1 ♂ (terminalia and abdomen glued to a cardboard stage pinned below specimen) ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / puerula Rnd . ♂ / 1028 / = setinervis ♂ Rond. det. Böttcher / paralectotype; 4 ♀♀ ( MZUF: Box 19): Sarcophaga Mgn / puerula Rnd . ♀ / 1028 / paralectotype.

PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MZUF: Box F): Sarcophaga puerula Rd. , 373 , ♂ ♀, Parma / 393 373; 1 ♂ (missing left hind-leg) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Sarcophaga puerula Rnd . 398 ♂ ♀ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 5, posiz. C-7 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa , Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani ; 1 ♀ (missing head, both mid- and right hind-legs) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Sarcophaga puerula Rnd . ♀ Parm. / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 5, posiz. C-8 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa , Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MSNPV: Box 95): Sarcophaga puerula Rnd. , 495 , ♂ ♀, Parma.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) setinervis Rondani, 1860 ( Verves 1986: 148, Pape 1988: 14, 1996: 333).

REMARKS: Rondani (1861g: 389) described both sexes of Sarcophaga puerula without specifying the exact number of specimens and giving a range of lengths, but from more than one specimen because he indicated “ frequens [common]” and listed two type localities. He named the species “ puerula ” (p. 382) in his key but “ parvula ” in his description (p. 389). Acting as First Reviser (according to I.C.Z.N. 1999: Article 24.2.4), Rondani (1862d: 119) determined “ puerula ” as the correct original spelling. In his redescription, Rondani (1862d: 119) specified the type locality: “ in collibus agri parmensis [Parmese hills]”. Pape (1988: 14) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotypes (3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀) but did not mention an additional six specimens: two in the MZUF, two in the MSNC, and two in the MSNPV (all are paralectotypes).