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The Rondani (Diptera)

Raymond J. Gagne Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI Agricultural Research Service, USDA c/o National Museum of Natural History MRC-168 Washington, D. C.

Mario Solinas Istituto di Entomologia Agraria, Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 06121 Perugia, Italy

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Gagne, Raymond J. and Solinas, Mario, "The Rondani Cecidomyiidae (Diptera)" (1996). Insecta Mundi. 11. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/11

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The Rondani Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) Raymond J. Gawk Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI Agricultural Research Service, USDA c/o National Museum of Natural History MRC-168 Washington, D. C. 20560.

and Mario Solinas Istituto di Entomologia Agraria Universith degli Studi di Perugia Borgo XX Giugno 06121 Perugia, Italy

Abstrad The Rondani collection of Cecidomyiidae in Florence, Italy, is cataloged to account for existing specimens of Rondanispecies. Areport ismade onthe status andidentity of eachofRondani's 16species of Cecidomyiidae. Types of 12 arerepresentedby specimensingoodtopoorcondition;thoseoftheremainingfourspeciescannot be found. Alectotypeis designated for Brachineura fuscogrisea andillustrationsare given ofits male genitalia andpart of its . Recommendationsare made for future fixation of lectotypes or neotypesof some of Rondani's species.

Introduction of Diptera besides Cecidomyiidae. The few spec- imens of Cecidomyiidae there did not belong to Camillo Rondani (1808-1879) was an entomol- species described by Rondani and were not neces- ogist from Parma, Italy, who described species in sarily seen by him. According to the curator in many families of Diptera. Between 1840 and 1869, Bologna, many additions have been made to that he described 16 species of Cecidomyiidae, which collection over the years. The Museo Civico di are among the earliest described. Storia Naturale in Milan has no Rondani speci- Several of them are type species of various genera, mens of Cecidomyiidae. Any that might have been yet current concepts relating to their identity are there before World War I1 would have been de- not based on actual specimens. An example of this stroyed with the rest of the collection. The is obscura Rondani, the type species of Museo di Storia Naturale, Parma, has no speci- Dasineura Rondani. Probably no one since Ron- mens collected by Rondani. Having eliminated dani has seen specimens ofD. obscura, known only these possibilities, we assume that no Rondani from a very sketchy description. Today Dasineura specimens of Cecidomyiidae exist outside Flo- is used as a catchall category and contains over 450 rence. described species, some of considerable economic This paper has two parts. The first is a importance. For these reasons we investigated description of the Rondani collection of cecidomyi- what we could find of Rondani's collection of Cec- ids, the second is a list of the species described by idomyiidae to determine the status and identity of Rondani with notes on their status and identity. his species. Most of Rondani's Diptera are in the Museo The Cecidomyiidae in the Rondani Zoologico de "La Specola," Florence, Italy. They Collection in Florence were acquired by that museum after Rondani's death (Pape 1988). Most but not all of Rondani's The Cecidomyiidae are in drawer 65 of the species of Cecidomyiidae were represented in that Rondani Collection in the Museo Zoologico de "La collection. In a search for the remaining types, we Specola" in Florence, Italy. The drawer is a wooden visited three other Italian museums, in Bologna, box, 26.5 cm wide, 35.5 cm long, and 6.7 cm high, Milan, and Parma, to learn whether any other with a fitted, removable top framing a glass cover. specimens existed in those collections. The Dipar- On the front of the drawer is a centrally placed, timento di Zoologia, Universith di Bologna, has a wooden framed, hand lettered label that reads large collection of Rondani specimens, many pre- "Cass. 65. Mimosciara Rnd.- Mgn.," sumably types, but these belong to other families and to the left of that labelis glued a smaller, typed, 70 Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, March-December, 1996, INSECTA MUNDI paper label reading "Collezione Rondani." The *"Silualis Rnd" One spn glued to a card specimens and labels are arranged in seven col- speared by pin with oval label 3318. umns running the long dimension of the box. The labels read consecutively beginning with the first Second Row: row at the left rear and proceeding towards the "Cecidomynae" front of the box, continuing again with the second "Cecidomyna Rndn." row at the rear, etc. On almost all of the pins is an "Dasineura Mihi" oval label with a number unique to each species or "Rufiuentris Mihi" Two spns speared by sepa- series, in from 3313 to 3372. Name labels in rate pins with ovallabel 3319. This is a manuscript the collection follow the specimens they describe. name. To avoid confusion in our tabulation, we describe "Porricondyla Mihi" the specimens on the same lines as their pertinent "14-15 articoli 6 9 ?" species labels. Label data is in quotation marks, "Albitarsis d Mg Art. 14-15 One spn speared with explanatory notes in brackets. An asterisk by pin with oval label 3320 and one pin with label before a name indicates a Rondani species, which "preparato" and arrow pointing toward front of is treated separately in the second part of this box. paper. Several manuscript names appear in the Blank label. Six spns on separate pins: three collection. They are identified as such and not speared by pins; three glued to cards speared by marked with an asterisk. Labels for genera and pins; each pin with oval label 3321. higher taxa are in boldface. For brevity in this part "Cecidomya ? Meig." we abbreviate the word specimen to spn. "Zurig" "Phytophaga Mihi" [Zurigo] means Zurich, and specimens so labeled "antenne d 24-25 [illegible, poss. "articoli"] cf are evidently originally from Bremi. Their pins and 12 14 9" microvials are similar to those used for specimens Blank label. One spn glued to card speared by in the Bremi collection in Zurich. The collection pin with oval label 3322. may include other specimens that Rondani may Blank label. Fourteen spns on separate pins, have received from other collectors. 13 speared by pins, one glued to card speared by pin; each pin with oval label 3323. First Row: Blank label. Five spns speared by separate "Micromyna Rndn." pins with oval label 3324. "Mimosciara Rnd." Blank label. Four spns speared by separate Blank label. Two spns, each speared by a pin: pins with oval label 3325. one pin with a square label showing sketch of a "Palustris? Mg 26- 12 Lestremiu wing and with the name "Mimosciara [illegible]"; the other pin with a smaller square Third Row: label with a sketch of a Catocha wing; each pin with "Plumicornis Mihi" This is a manuscript name. oval label 3313. "Tessarata Mihi" This is a manuscript name. *"Molobrina Mihi" Two spns, each on a sepa- "Fuscicollis Mg" One spn speared by pin with rate pin, one speared by pin, one glued to a card oval label 3326. speared by pin; each pin with oval label 33 14. "Salicina Pavia Germanica art 20 d 9 " Three "Catocha latipes Hal." One spn glued to a card pinned spns, two speared by same pin, each pin speared by pin with oval label 33 15. with oval label 3327. "Anarete candidata Hal." One spn glued to a *" frumentaria Rnd" Six spns, card speared by pin with oval label 3316. each speared by pin, two pins bearing also a *"Lestremina Rnd" Two pins, one with remains puparium, all with oval label 3328. of a thorax, one without spn, each bearing rough "'Cecidomyia frumentaria Rndn" Thirteen sketch of a wing on rectangular piece of paper but spns each speared by pin with oval label 3328. no oval label with number. "Cecidomya tritici Zurig" One corked mi- "Campylomixa [illegible letter] Mg" crovial containing three loose spns of , "Neuroliga Rndn" speared through cork by pin with oval label 3329. *"Fenestralis 6" Four spns on separate pins, "CecidomyaAgaricolaBremiZurig"Onecorked three speared by pins, one glued to card speared microvial containing three loose spns of Winnert- by pin; each with oval label 3317. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, March - December, 1996 7 1 zia sp., speared through cork by pin with oval label "Cecidomya Papaveris Pavia" Three pins each 3330. with oval label 3339, two pins each spearing a piece "Cecidomya [illegible, rosa or rosia, but not of celluloid, one with a spn glued to it, the other agreeing with any available Bremi name] Bremi without a spn, and one pin spearing two spns. Zurig" One corked microvial containing five loose "Cec. rosariae Lw." One pin spearing card with spns of Asynapta sp., speared through cork by pin one glued spn and with oval label 3340. with oval label 3331. Blank label. Two pins each spearing card with "Cec. saliciperda Duf." One rectangular piece one glued spn and with oval label 3341. of pith speared by a pin with oval label 3332; 10 Blank label. One pin spearing card with one minuten nadeln are inserted in pith, three each glued spn and with oval label 3342. spearing a spn, some of the others showing signs of "Gen. Diplosis Low" once having held spns. "Diplosis buxi Lab." Two pins each with oval "Cecidomyia circinans" Two pins each with label 3343, one of the pins spearing rectangular oval label 3333, one spearing a rectangular card to piece of pith to which six separate minuten nadeln, which four spns are glued, the other spearing two each spearing a spn, are inserted, the other pin triangular cards to each of which is glued a spn. spearing one spn. "Cecidomyia circinans Gir" One pin with oval "Blank label. Two pins each spearing a card to label 3333, spearing a card to which three spns are whch a spn is glued and with oval label 3344. One glued. of the pins has a label that reads, "in florib aris- "Cecidomya capitigena Bremi Zurig" Three toloch flori[illegible letters]," and may possibly be spns speared by a single pin with oval label 3334 and the remains of the type of C. atricapilla. The other rectangular label with following data: "Cecidomyia spn is a male sciarid. capitigena Bremi now in Spurgia see Gagn6 1990: Blank label. Two pins with oval label 3345, one 337." of the pins spearing rectangular card to which two "Cecidomyia sonchi Bremi" Two pins with oval spns are glued, the other pin spearing a spn. label 3335, each spearing a card to which four spns Blank label. Seven pins, four spearing card to are glued. which a spn is glued, three spearing a spn, all with oval label 3346. Fourth Row: Blank label. Two spns each speared by pin with "Cecidom[word apparently not finished] son- oval label 3347. chi Bremi" One pin with oval label 3335, spearing a rectangular card which once apparently held Fifth Row: eight spns, of which five remain. Four are Olig- Blank label. Six spns each glued to a csrd otrophini and one is a parasitic hymenopteran. speared by pin with oval label 3348. "euphorbia Wtz." Four pins each spearing a Blank label. Two spns each speared by pin with rectangular piece of pith and oval label 3336; one oval label 3349 piece of pith with one spn, one piece with two spns, Blank label. Three spns each speared by pin and two pieces each with three spns, each of the and two spns glued to one card speared by pin, all nine spns speared by a minute nadel inserted into pins with oval label 3350. pith. One of the pins with three spns also bears a Blank label. Three spns each speared by pin rectangular label with following data: "Cecidomyia with label 3351. euphorbiae Loew =Spurgia capitigena see Gagn6 "Gen. ?" 1990: 337." * "Br. aphidimyza ? Rnd." Two spns each glued "Cecidomya Klugii Mgn Zurig" One corked to a card speared by pin with oval label 3352. microvial with seven loose spns speared through "Gen. Hormomyia Rnd." cork by pin with oval label 3337. "cucullata [sketch of male flagellomeres] $24'' "[illegible word] Cecidomya pini Deg." Fifteen spns each speared by a pin with oval label "Cecidomya Rachineura m" 3353. Blank label. Two pins, one speared through a "Gen. Angelinia Rnd." piece of paper with drawings of a wing and parts of "gybbaMih Art 26 [sketchoftwomale flagellom- male and female antennae, [probably a Lestodiplo- eres]" One spn speared by pin with oval label 3354. sis], the other spearing a spn and with oval label Blank label. One spn speared by pin with oval 3338. label 3355. 72 Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, March-December, 1996, INSECTA MUNDI

"Asinapta Law" Seventh Row: Blank label. Four spns each speared by pin with "Lasioptera arundinis Schin" Two pins, one oval label 3356. spearing rectangular piece of pith in whlch five minuten nadeln, each spearing a spn, are inserted, Sixth Row: the other spearing a spn; both pins with oval label Blank label. One spn speared by pin with oval 3368. label 3357. "Lasioptera arundinis Mihi" Two pins, each Blank label. One spn speared by spearing a piece of pith in which is inserted a pin with large thrice-folded label with sketches of minute nadel spearing a spn; both pins with oval male genitalia and head including whole antenna. label 3368. This is a Schiner, not a Rondani name. The pin bears no oval, numbered label. This spn is "Lasioptera Fabae m." One pin spearing a obviously in wrong box of the Rondani collection. piece of pith in which are inserted three minuten "G. Loew Phillophaga R nadeln each spearing a spn; each pin with oval label "Asphondylia coronillae Rond Eight pins, six 3369. This is a manuscript name. each spearing one spn, two each spearing a rectan- "Vitripennis Mihi albipennis ? Mg 18" One spn gle of pith in which a minute nadel spearing a spn speared by pin with oval label 3370. Vitripennis is is inserted; each pin with oval label 3359. This is not a manuscript name. a Rondani but a Vallot species. "hlcra Mg. [illegible words]" Three "Fusca Mg" Two spns each speared by pin with spns each speared by pin with oval label 3371. label 3360. Blank label. Two pins, one spearing two spns "Malassus Mihi" Two spns each speared by pin [adult and pupa], the other spearing one spn, both with label 3361. This is a manuscript name. pins with oval label 3372. "Asphondylia Loew [three illegible letters] Blank label. Three spns each speared by pin Pruniperda [the "perda" appearing to be written with oval label 3373. over "cola"] 89" Two spns each speared by pin with In the front right hand corner of the box is a

label 3362. typed note readmg as follows: " 22 June 1987. This "Asphondylia Low scrophulariae Mihi [three drawer includes many Bremi spns- at least all letter word, illegible] Scrop. camina" One spn those in vials and glued onto horizontal paper speared by pin with label 3363. This is not a stages, e.g. 3335. I saw mounts exactly like these Rondani but a Schiner species. in the Bremi Collection in Zurich. Raymond Gag- "G. Brachineura Mihi" n6." * "Brachineura R. Fuscogrisea R." One spn on card speared by pin with oval label 3364. Cecidomyiidae Species Described by * "FuscogriseaMihi" One spnon card speared by Rondani pin with oval label 3364. The 16 Rondani species are listed in the order "Diversineura Mihi" One spn speared by pin they appear in the collection or would appear were with oval label 3365. they not lost. " Mihi" 1. Neurolyga fenestralis Rondani 1840: 24. Blank label. Two spns each on card speared by Four female specimens (#3317) are under this pin with oval label 3366. These are not referable to name, all evidently the same species but varying in Ozirhincus. condition. This species is the type of Neurolyga "Lasioptera Mg." Rondani (1840). The only specimen with a head and "Lasioptera Rubi Bremi Zurig" One corked antenna was slide mounted during this study. microvial with three loose spns, speared through According to M. Jaschhof, Ernst Moritz Arndt cork by pin with oval label 3367 Universitat, Greifswald, Germany (personal com- "Lasioptera Rubi Schrk." One rectangular munication), this species is no longer referable to piece of pith speared by a pin with oval label 3367; Campylomyza, where Edwards (1938: 175) tenta- eight minuten nadeln are inserted in pith, each tively placed it and where it has remained since spearing a spn. that time (Pritchard 1947, SkuhravA 1986). Jas- chhof will designate a lectotype of N. fenestralis and correctly place the Neurolyga in his study of Holarctic Lestremiinae. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, March - December, 1996 7 3

2. Neurolyga silualis Rondani 1840: 24. One 7. Brachineura fuscogrisea Rondani 1840: 17. specimen (#3318) is under this name and is identi- Two male specimens (#3364) of B. fuscogrisea fiable as a wide-ranging Holarctic species. M. Rondani are present. Both were slide mounted Jaschhof will be placing this species in his work in during this study. Their genitalia and a flagellom- progress on the Lestremiinae. ere of the one remaining antenna between them 3. Neurolyga turmalis Rondani 1840: 25. No are illustrated for future identification. This is the specimen labelled as such could be found. The oldest species name of the genus in the Palearctic. specimen of N. silualis could be made the neotype The specimen with its genitalia mounted in dors- of this species because no essential distinction oventral view (Figs. 2-3) is here designated the between the two species was made in the short, two lectotype, the other specimen with its genitalia line, original description of N. turmalis. mounted in lateral view (Fig. 4) is a paralectotype. 4. Mimosciara molobrilta Rondani 1840: 25. The genitalia of the latter specimen was first Two unidentifiable specimens (#3314) are under mounted in dorsoventral view, so we could be sure this name. Both lack the head, genitalia, legs, and the two specimens were identical, and then turned wings, and their remains, parts of thoraxes and before it had dried so we could draw it in lateral abdomens, are covered with fungus. Edwards view. The paralectotype is the only one with (1929) tentatively considered this species a syn- remains of an antenna (Fig. 1). The specimens fit onym of Catocha latipes (Haliday 1933). Pritchard the traditional concept of Brachineura as outlined (1947) made the synonymy formal, although it was in Edwards (1937). As Edwards (1937) noted, still not based on definite evidence. His reasons Rondani's (1840, 1846) earliest descriptions of the were: only one species of Catocha is known from antennae of ~rachilieuradid not agree with the Europe; Rondani did not differentiate in anything concept of the genus current in 1937. Rondani but shading between his two species of Mimoscia- (1860) later correctly characterized the antennae. ra, M. molobrilta and M. lestremina (vide infra); 8. Ozirhincus loltgicollis Rondani 1840: 16. and the wing of M. lestremilta as drawn in Rondani This species is not represented except by a label. (1846) resembles that of C. latipes. The holotype It is the type of Ozirhincus, a distinctive genus of of C. latipes should be designated the neotype of M. many species, all with elongate adult necks and molobrina in the next revision of the genus. Mi- heads adapted for feeding in flowerheads of Aster- mosciara molobrina is the type species of four aceae. The host of 0. longicollis is unknown, but genera now considered junior synonyms of Ca- the species has traditionally (Mijhn 1966) been tocha Haliday (1933) (see Pritchard 1947, Sku- considered to be the same as Ozirhiltcus chrysan- hravA 1986). themi (Loew 1850) from chrysanthemum. 5. Mimosciara lestremirta Rondani 1840: 26. 9. Dasilteura luteofusca Rondani 1840: 17. Fragments of the thoraxes of two specimens, each This species is not represented. Because it cannot on a separate pin, are all that remain of this be identified on the basis of Rondani's sketchy species. Each pin bears a tiny sketch of a wing, one description or be readily found again because its representing a possible sciarid, the other a Ca- host is unknown, D. luteofusca must be considered tocha latipes, similar to that drawn for M. lestrem- a nomelt dubium. ilza in Rondani 1846. Pritchard (1947) placed this 10. Dasilteura obscura Rondani 1840: 18. This species in Catocha on the basis of the drawing of species is not represented but is important be- the wing in Rondani (1846). Because the types of cause it is the type species of Dasineura, which M. lestremina are no longer recognizable and there contains hundreds of species, many of economic appears to be only one species of Catocha in importance. Separately, Gagn6 et al. (in prepara- Europe, we suggest that the holotype of C. latipes tion) are applying to the International Commission be designated the neotype of M. lestremina in the on Zoological Nomenclature to suppress D. obscu- next revision of this genus. ra and designate a different, well-known species as 6. Micromya lucorum Rondani 1840: 23. This the type of Dasineura. species is not represented. The name has tradi- 11. Phytophaga cerealis Rondani 1843: 151. This tionally been used for a wide-ranging European species is not represented as such. Rondani (1864) species (SkuhravA 1986), but, because other Pale- renamed P. cerealis as Phytophaga frumentaria arctic species of Micromya are known, a neotype (q.v.) for unstated reasons and may have placed his should be designated for this, the type species of specimens of P. cerealis with those of P. frumentaria. Micromya. Phytophaga cerealis has been recognized as a junior 74 Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, March-December, 1996, INSECTA MUNDI synonym ofMayetioladestructor (Say) because it was tio Aristolochiae rotundae clausa a D. Delpino detec- reared from the distinctive puparia of this species tan, which we translate as, "found by D. Delpino in found in wheat culms. closed perianth ofAristolochia rotunda." Skuhrav6 12. Phytophaga frumentaria Rondani 1864: (1986) listed C. atricapilla as a doubtful species of 187. This species is represented by 19 adult Cecidomyiidae, but the possible type specimenin the specimens (#3328) in two separate series. The first Rondani collection might be referable to some species series is made up of 4 females, 1 male, and one of from the perianthofA. rotunda and could thenbe used undetermined sex because it lacks antennae and to fix this species. abdomen. A puparium is associated with each of two specimens. This series belongs to Acknowledgments destructor (Say). The next series includes five We are grateful to many individuals who helped species of Cecidomyiidae and one of Cerato- in various ways: S. Whitman, curator of the Museo pogonidae. The Cecidomyiidae are: three speci- Zoologico de "La Specola," Florence, Italy, for the mens of M. destructor, three of Lasioptera sp., one gracious loan of the box of Rondani specimens and of Hybolasioptera sp., three of Campylomyza sp., her permission to make slide preparations of and one of Asynapta sp. Notwithstanding these selected specimens; M. Jaschhof, Ernst Moritz other species in the series, Phytophaga frumentar- Arndt Universitat, Greifswald, Germany, for gen- ia is a junior synonym of P. cerealis and M. erously sharing his knowledge of Lestremiinae; destructor because it was originally described as Prof. M. Marini, Dipartimento di Zoologia, Univer- coming from the peculiar puparia of this species in sith di Bologna, Prof. M.G. Mezzadri, Museo di wheat culms. Storia Naturale, Parma, and Prof. C. Leonardi and 13. Asphondyliapruniperda Rondani 1867: 37. Prof. C. Conci, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, A male and a female of this species are present Milan, for their help with and information about (#3362). This is a widespread European species the collections in their care; P. Malikul, Systematic reared originally from Prunus domestica L. and Entomology Laboratory, USDA, for her fine slide later from other Prunus spp. (Barnes 1948, under preparations; and K.M. Harris, International In- Ischnonyx prunorum Wachtl, then thought to be a stitute of Entomology, London, S. Whitman, Flo- separate species). rence, Italy, A.L. Norrbom and D.R. Smith, Sys- 14. Cecidomya (sic) aphidimyza Rondani 1847: tematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, DC, 446. Two male specimens (#3352) are present, both and an anonymous reviewer for their comments on showing the species' typically long antenna1 cir- drafts of the manuscript. cumfila. The whole abdomen of one and the genitalia of the other are missing. References 15. Angelinia gibbosa Rondani 1860: 290. One male specimen (#3354) is present with a label reading "gy bba," possibly an error for gibbosa. The Barnes, H. F. 1948. Gall Midges of Economic Impor- antennae and abdomen are missing, but the spec- tance. Vol. 111: Gall Midges of Fruit. Crosby Lock- imen has a greatly elongated thorax that is pro- wood & Son, London, 184 p. duced anteriorly over the head as is typical for Edwards, F.W. 1929. The British species of Lestremia and allied genera (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). Ento- is Planetella species. The species the type of mologist's Monthly Magazine 65: 9-16. Angelinia, now a junior synonym of Planetella Edwards, F.W. 1937. New records of British Cecidomy- Walker, which includes many cecidomyiids that idae (Diptera), with taxonomic notes on certain infest Cyperaceae. Angelinia gibbosa was caught genera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 73: 145- in flight so may never be identified with certainty 154. because Planetella has a great number of species. Edwards, F. W. 1938. On the British Lestremiinae, with 16. Cecidomyia atricapilla Rondani 1869: 190. notes on exotic species.-4. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). No specimen is labelled as atricapilla, but one of Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of the two specimens of #3344 bears a label reading "in London. Series B. . 7: 173-182. Gagn6, R.J, K.M. Harris, M. Skuhrav6, M. Solinas, florib aristoloch flori[illegible letters]," and may and E. Sylv6n. In preparation. Dasineura Rondani possibly be the type of this species. The head 1840: Application to suppress the type species without antennae and the thorax with wings but Dasineura obscura and replace it with Dasineura without legs are all that remain of this specimen. sisymbrii (Schrank). Submitted to Bulletin of Zoolog- Rondani (1869) wrote that this species was "Inperian- ical Nomenclature May, 1995. INSECTA MUNDI. Vol. 10. Nos. 1-4. March - December. 1996 7 5

Haliday,A. H. 1933. Catalogue ofDiptera occurring about correzioni. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali di Holywood on Downshire. Entomological Magazine Bologna (2) 6: 363-376, 1pl. (London) 1: 147-180. Rondani, C. 1847. Osservazioni sopra parecchie specie Loew, H. 1850. Dipterologische Beitrage. Vierter Teil. di esapodi afidicidi e sui lor0 nemici. Nuovi Annali Oeffentl. Prufung der Schuler des Koniglichen delle Scienze naturali di Bologna (2) 8: 337-351,432- Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasiumszu Posen 1850: 1- 448. 40. Rondani, C. 1860. Stirpis cecidomynarum (sic). Genera Mohn, E. 1966. 6. L. Cecidomyiidae = (Itonididae). Die revisa. Nota undecima, pro dipterologia italica. Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, Lieferung 269: Atti della SocietA italiana di Scienze naturali (1859- 1-48. 1860) 2: 286-294, 1pl. Pape, T. 1988. A revision of the Palaearctic Sarcoph- Rondani, C. 1864. Sopra tre insetti bialati che rodono agidae (Diptera) described by C. Rondani. Stuttgar- il culmo dei cereali. Atti della SocietA italiana di ter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Series A (Biologie) Scienze naturali 7: 187-190. 416: 1-22. Rondani, C. 1867. De speciebus duabus dipterorum Pritchard, A. E. 1947. The North American gallmidges generis Asphondyliae et de duobus earum parasitis. of the Tribe Micromyini; Itonididae (Cecidomyi- Annuario della SocietA dei Naturalisti in Modena 2: idae); Diptera. Entomologica Americana 27 (n.s.): 1- 37-40. 44,45-87. Rondani, C. 1869. Di alcuni insetti dipteri che aiutano Rondani, C. 1840. Sopra alcuni nuovi generi di insetti la fecondazione in diversi perigonii. Archivio per la ditteri. Memoria seconda per servire alla ditterolo- Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia (2) 1: 187-192. gia italiana. Parma, 28 p., 1pl. Skuhrava, M. 1986. Family Cecidomyiidae. Pp. 72-297. Rondani, C. 1843. Osservazioni sopra alcune larve di In Sobs, A., ed. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 4. insetti ditteri viventi nel gambo dei cereali in Italia. - . Akademiai Kiado, Budap- Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali di Bologna 9: est. 151-159,~1.11. Rondani, C. 1846. Compendio della seconda memoria ditterologica (publicata 1840) con alcune aggiunte et 76 Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, March-December, 1996, INSECTA MUNDI

Figs. 1-4. Brachineura fiscogrisea. 1, Male Hth flagellomere. 2, Male genitalia (dorsal). 3, Same (ventral). 4, Same (lateral sagittal).