Drosophila uvarum Rondani, 1875

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 108-109

Drosophila uvarum Rondani, 1875

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1875d: 145.

TYPE LOCALITY: Rondani gave no type locality in his original description but later (1876b: 86) added “ in tota Italia [in all Italy]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, lectotype ( MZUF: Box 40): Drosophila Fall. / uvarum Rnd. / 2162 / ♂ / lectotype D. uvarum, G. Bächli det., 1979 / Drosophila melanogaster M., G. Bächli det.

PARALECTOTYPES EXAMINED: 2 ♂♂ ( MZUF: Box 40): Drosophila Fall. / uvarum Rnd. / 2162 / ♂ / paralectotype D. uvarum, G. Bächli det., 1979 / Drosophila melanogaster M., G. Bächli det.; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (male and female on the same pin) ( MZUF: Box 40): Drosophila Fall. / uvarum Rnd. / ♂ / ♀ / 2162 / paralectotype D. uvarum, G. Bächli det., 1979 / Drosophila melanogaster M., G. Bächli det.; 1 ♂ ( MZUF: Box 40): Drosophila Fall. / uvarum Rnd. / 2162 / Malta / ♂ / paralectotype D. uvarum, G. Bächli det., 1979 / Drosophila melanogaster M., G. Bächli det.; 5 ♀♀ ( MZUF: Box 40): Drosophila Fall. / uvarum Rnd. / 2162 / paralectotype D. uvarum, G. Bächli det., 1979 / Drosophila melanogaster M., G. Bächli det.

PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 1 ♀ (MZUF: Box 40): Drosophila Fall. / uvarum Rnd. / 2162; 4 ♀♀ (missing left wing, one slightly moldy and missing left fore-leg; one missing head, both fore-legs and left mid-leg; one missing both hind legs and left fore- and med legs) (OUMNH Verrall-Collin Coll.: Box 19): Type / Dros. uvarum Ex. Coll. Big. / D. uvarum ♀ (part) Italia 3 = funebrio Rondani / Drosophila Fll. ; 1 specimen (sex not determinable, glued to cardboard) (OUMNH Verrall-Collin Coll.: Box 19): Type / Dros. uvarum Ex. Coll. Big. / D. uvarum ♀ (part) Italia 3 = funebrio Rondani / Drosophila Fll.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830 ( Bächli & Rocha Pité 1984: 208, Brake & Bächli 2008: 108).

REMARKS: Rondani (1875d: 145) described both sexes of Drosophila uvarum without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length. Bächli (1982: 294) designated a lectotype (♂) and paralectotypes (5 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀) in the MZUF without specifying their number and did not mention an additional five specimens in the OUMNH (all are paralectotypes). Bächli did not consider one MZUF male labeled Drosophila uvarum as paralectotype because belonging to a different family ( Lauxaniidae ).