Sciomyza majuscula Rondani, 1868

Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, Zootaxa 4989 (1), pp. 1-438 : 217

Sciomyza majuscula Rondani, 1868

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1868c: 225 (key), 228 (description).

TYPE LOCALITY: “ in colle ditionis parmensis [ Parmese hill ( Italy)]” .

TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂, holotype (terminalia on a slide) ( MZUF: Box 29): Sciomyza / Fall. maxima n. / 1524 / Holotypus / Pherbellia majuscula Rnd. , des. Rivosecchi.

SLIDES: Genitalia on slide n° 3 (Box Diptera Rondani 3): S. majuscola = Ph. griseola Rivosecchi, 1986 , coll. Rondani, ex. n. 1520. Genitalia on slide n° 4 (Box Diptera Rondani 3): maxima nov.? = Type majuscola, Rivosecchi, 1986 , coll. Rondani, ex. n. 1524.

CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Pherbellia austera (Meigen, 1830) ( Rozkošný & Elberg 1984: 172) ; valid species, as Pherbellia majuscula ( Rivosecchi 1992a: 90, Munari & Rivosecchi 1995: 3).

REMARKS: Rondani (1868c: 228) described Sciomyza majuscula from a single male: “ Marem unicum legi [I collected a single male]”. According to Rivosecchi (1987: 46), the MZUF specimen of Pherbellia majuscola numbered “1520” did not match Rondani’s description and is mislabeled, while the specimen numbered “1524”, labeled “ Sciomyza Fall. maxima n.” [manuscript name], did match it and is the holotype for Pherbellia majuscola Rondani, 1868 .