Tomomyza pallipes Bezzi, 1922

Greathead, David J. & Evenhuis, Neal L., 2004, New species of Bombylioidea in Mario Bezzi’s Unpublished Hungarian Museum Manuscript, Zootaxa 773, pp. 1-56 : 28

Tomomyza pallipes Bezzi, 1922

( Figs. 15–16)

41. Tomomyza pallipes ΨΨ South Africa (Eastern Cape): Willowmore, xi,xii,i. (H. Brauns). MS page 50.

Bezzi, 1922: 80 – diagnosis; listed specimens in HNHM & Bezzi’s personal collection [= MSNM]. Two syntypes located in MSNM: South Africa (Eastern Cape): 1Ψ, Willowmore, 20.xi.1906 (Dr Brauns); 1Ψ, same except, 1.i.1907.

Hesse, 1956: 86 – described from a topotypic male (1.xi.1909) from Dr Brauns collection and a female from Koup Karoo. The topotypic specimen, now in NMSA, is in fact a female and also bears an old determination label, probably by Brauns, reading “ Tomomyza pallipes Bezzi / Ψ/ unique specimen”.

Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 288 – listed 2 syntypes in MSNM.

Types: The female syntypes in HNHM were destroyed in 1956. The syntype in MSNM collected on 20.xi.1906 has a damaged left wing; the other collected on 1.i.1907 is in good condition and is here designated lectotype ( Fig. 15–16).

Remarks: Hesse (1956) considered that the specimen from Dr Brauns’s collection had been seen by Bezzi because of the date of collection. However, Bezzi said that it was ‘named by the late Dr Brauns’ which is not consistent with Bezzi having examined it. Possibly, as suggested above, Brauns retained duplicates that he labelled when he received names from Bezzi. The lectotype and paralectotype females accord with the description given by Hesse.