Aspilia alpestris Rondani, 1871

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 140

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scientific name	Aspilia alpestris Rondani, 1871
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ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1871a: 318.

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Alpibus … prope Varallum [ Alps … near Varallo (= Vercelli, Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♀♀, syntypes (one covered with mold) ( MZUF: Box 22): Aspilia Rnd. / alpestris Rnd., Varallo, Alpi / 1167.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Phaonia angelicae ( Scopoli, 1763) View in CoL ( Pont 1986b: 117, Gorodkov et al. 1995: 12).

REMARKS: Rondani (1871a: 318) described Aspilia alpestris from just the female sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens: “ legi specimina aliqua foeminea [I collected some female specimens]”. He later ( Rondani 1877c: 87) reported two females: “ Mas ignotus . Faeminas duas alpinas possideo [Male unknown. I have two females from the Alps]”.