Chorthophila ignota Rondani, 1866

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 39

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Chorthophila ignota Rondani, 1866 View in CoL

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1866a: 159 (key), 168 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus ditionis parmensis [ Parmese hills ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, holotype (hypopygium, fifth and sixth abdominal segments on two separate slides) ( MZUF: Box 23): Chorthophila Mcq. / ignota Rnd. , ♂, Alpi, Apen. [= Apennines] / 1223 / ♂ / holotype ♂, Chorthophila [sic!] ignota Rond., 1866 , teste V. Michelsen, 1978 / Chorthophila ignota Rondani , spec. 2 = Anthomyia pluvialis L .

SLIDES: Fifth and sixth abdominal segments on slide n° 11 (Box Diptera Rondani 1): Anthomia pluvialis L., coll. Rondani n° 1223/2 / Chorthophila ignota Rondani , ♂, 5 Abd. sternit. Hypopygium on slide n° 12 (Box Diptera Rondani 1): Anthomia pluvialis L., coll. Rondani n° 1223/2 / Chorthophila incognita [sic!] Rondani, ♂, Hypopygium.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Anthomyia pluvialis (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Dely-Draskovits 1993: 22, Gorodkov et al. 1995: 5).

REMARKS: Rondani (1866a: 168) described Chorthophila ignota from just the male sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length: “ Marem tantum inveni [I found the male only]”. Two specimens in the MZUF, a female because of its sex, and a male that does not fit the original description are not included in the type series ( Hennig 1967c: 233, 1974b: 796, Michelsen 1980a: 285). Michelsen (1980a: 285) considered the MZUF male to fit Rondani’s description as the holotype. The locality “Alpi” on the holotype’s label was probably added later. Rondani described this nominal species under the generic name Chorthophila , which is an “unjustified emendation of Chortophila Macquart, 1835 ” ( O’Hara et al. 2011: 57).