Merodon sicanus Rondani 1845

Merodon sicanus Rondani, 1845 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1845f: 258 (key), 264 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ Sicilia [Sicily (Italy)]”. TYPE MATERIAL: not found in this study. See Remarks. CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Merodon pruni (Rossi, 1790) (Peck 1988: 172, Hurkmans 1993: 185, Belcari et al. 1995a: 16). REMARKS: Rondani (1845f: 264) described Merodon sicanus from just two female specimens: “ specie formata sopra due individui di sesso femminile [species described from two female specimens]” from material received from M. Spinola. We could not locate any type specimens during this study. Not included in the type series are four MZUF specimens: one MZUF male because of its sex, two MZUF females numbered “69” from “ Parma ” one MSNC female from “Apenn. [= Apennines]” because they are not the type locality. Hurkmans (1993: 185) incorrectly designated one of the two females in the MZUF as lectotype.Published as part of Sforzi, Alessandra & Sommaggio, Daniele, 2021, Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani, pp. 1-438 in Zootaxa 4989 (1) on pages 257-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/498062