Borborus limbinervis Rondani, 1880

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 221-222

Borborus limbinervis Rondani, 1880

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1880: 9 (key), 12 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in tota Italia [in all Italy]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype ( MZUF: Box 36): Copromyza Fall. Borborus Meg. / limbinervis mihi / 1910 / ♂ / Lectotypus Borborus limbinervis Rondani , desig. Norrbom, XII.[19]84 / Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meig.) , det. A. L. Norrbom, 1984.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 1 ♂ ( MZUF: Box 36): Copromyza Fall. Borborus Meg. / limbinervis mihi / 1910 / Losoner 1868.1 / Paralectotypus Borborus limbinervis Rondani , desig. Norrbom, XII.[19]84 / Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meig.) , det. A.L. Norrbom, 1984 / three mites removed ex thorax, A.L. N[orrbom], XII.[19]84 sent to Samsinak; 1 ♂ ( MZUF: Box 36): Copromyza Fall. Borborus Meg. / limbinervis mihi / 1910 / Paralectotypus Borborus limbinervis Rondani , desig. Norrbom, XII.[19]84 / Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meig.) , det. A.L. Norrbom, 1984; 5 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ ( MZUF: Box 36): Copromyza Fall. Borborus Meg. / limbinervis mihi / 1910 / Paralectotypus Borborus limbinervis Rondani , desig. Norrbom, XII.[19]84 / Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meig.) , det. A.L. Norrbom, 1984; 1 ♀ ( MZUF: Box 36): Copromyza Fall. Borborus Meg. / limbinervis mihi / 1910 / Losoner 1868.2 / Paralectotypus Borborus limbinervis Rondani , desig. Norrbom, XII, 84 / Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meig.) , det. A.L. Norrbom, 1984; 1 ♀ ( MZUF: Box 36): Copromyza Fall. Borborus Meg. / limbinervis mihi / 1910 / ♀ / Paralectotypus Borborus limbinervis Rondani / 2 mites removed ex thorax A.L. N[orrbom], XII.[19]84 sent to Samsinak / Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meig.) , det. A.L. Norrbom, XII.1984.

PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (dirty) (MZUB: Box 339): 28 76 / Copromyza limbinerva Rond. , ex a. parmensi / limbinerva Rndn. , 2, Parma; 1 ♀ (dirty) (MZUB: Box 339): 28 77 / limbinerva Rndn. , 2, Parma.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Copromyza glabrifrons (Meigen, 1830) ( Papp 1984d: 79) ; nomen dubium in Sphaeroceridae ( Papp 1984d: 106) ; junior synonym of Crumomyia glabrifrons (Meigen, 1830) ( Norrbom & Kim 1986: 34, Norrbom et al. 2001: 60).

REMARKS: Rondani (1880: 12) described Borborus limbinervis without specifying the number, the sex or the length of the specimens, but presumably from more than one specimen because he stated: “ in tota Italia legitur et frequenter [found in all Italy and commonly]”. Norrbom & Kim (1986: 34) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotypes (7 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀) but did not mention an additional two specimens (both of these additional specimens are paralectotypes) in the MZUB.