Chrysotoxum chrysopolita Rondani, 1845

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 242

Chrysotoxum chrysopolita Rondani, 1845

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1845e: 195 (key), 199 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in agro Parmensi [ Parmese territory ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂, syntypes ( MZUF: Box 7): Chrysotoxum Mgn / chrysopolita Rnd. , ♂ / 356; 1 ♀, syntype ( MZUF: Box 7): Chrysotoxum Mgn / chrysopolita Rnd. , ♀ / 356; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, syntypes ( MZUF: Box B): Chrysotoxum chrysopolita R., 123, ♂ ♀, Parma / 393 123; 1 ♀, syntype (missing head and fore-legs) ( MSNC: Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Chrysotoxum chrysopolita Rnd. ♀ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 4, posiz. D-3 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♂, syntype, 1 ♀, syntype (missing left hind-leg) ( MSNPV: Box 100): Chrysotoxum chrysopolita Rnd. , ♂ ♀, Parma; 1 ♂, syntype ( MZUB, Box 322): 21 39 / Chrysotoxum chrysopolita Rond. , ex a. parmensi; 1 ♀, syntype ( MZUB, Box 322): 21 38 / Chrysotoxum chrysopolita Rond. , ex a. parmensi / chrysopolita Rndn. , ♂ ♀, Parma.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Chrysotoxum octomaculatum Curtis, 1837 ( Peck 1988: 61, Belcari et al. 1995a: 9).

REMARKS: Rondani (1845e: 199) described both sexes of Chrysotoxum chrysopolita without specifying the exact number of specimens and not giving a range of lengths. We found ten syntypes in this study. An additional MZUF female numbered “356” from “Varal. [= Varallo (= Vercelli, Italy)]” is not included in the type series because it is not from the type locality.