Limosina simplicimana Rondani, 1880

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 229

Limosina simplicimana Rondani, 1880

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1880: 22 (key), 33 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Italia praesertim centrale [ Italy, above all central Italy]”.

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀, lectotype ( MZUF: Box 37): Limosina Macq. / simplicimana Rnd. / 1941 / Lectotypus Limosina simplicipes [sic!] Rond., ♀, J. Roháček des. 1979 / Limosina luteilabris Rond., J. Roháček det.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 1 ♂ (partially covered with mold), 2 ♀♀ (partially covered with mold) ( MZUF: Box 37): Limosina Macq. / simplicimana Rnd. / 1941 / Lectotypus Limosina simplicipes [sic!] Rond., ♀, J. Roháček des. 1979 / Limosina luteilabris Rond., J. Roháček det.

PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 2 ♀♀ (covered with mold) (MZUF: Box 37): Limosina Macq. / simplicimana Rnd. / 1941; 1 ♀ (missing left hind-leg) (OUMNH Verrall-Collin Coll.: Box 15): Type / L. simplicimana Ex. Coll. Big. / L. simplicimana Europe, Rondani / Limosina Mac.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Limosina luteilabris Rondani, 1880 ( Papp 1984d: 100) ; junior synonym of Spelobia luteilabris ( Rondani, 1880) ( Roháček et al. 2001a: 260) .

REMARKS: Rondani (1880: 33) described Limosina simplicimana without specifying either the number or the sex of the specimens and not giving a range of lengths, but presumably from more than one specimen because he reported: “ non raro legitur [found not rarely]”. Roháček (1983: 87) designated a lectotype (♀) and paralectotypes (1 ♂, 2 ♀♀), but did not mention an additional three females: two in the MZUF and one in the OUMNH (all are paralectotypes).