Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani Author Sforzi, Alessandra 0000-0001-6974-7741 alessandra.sforzi@libero.it Author Sommaggio, Daniele 0000-0001-6974-7741 alessandra.sforzi@libero.it text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-17 4989 1 1 438 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1 1175-5326 4980621 89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5 Sphiximorpha petronillae Rondani, 1850 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1850b: 213. TYPE LOCALITY: “ in planitie prope padana Parmensis ditionis [Parmese plains near the Po valley ( Italy )]”. TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀ , lectotype (slightly covered with mold) ( MZUF : Box 8): Sphiximorpha Rndn. / petronillae Rnd. / 373 / lectotype Sphecomorpha [ sic !] petronillae Rondani, 1850 , design. Van Steenis, 2016 . PARALECTOTYPE EXAMINED: 1 ♀ ( MZUF : Box 8): Sphiximorpha Rndn. / petronillae Rnd. , ♀ / 373 / paralectotype Sphecomorpha [ sic !] petronillae Rondani, 1850 , design. van Steenis, 2016 . CURRENT STATUS: valid species ( Peck 1988: 180 , Belcari et al. 1995a: 17 , Steenis et al . 2016: 197 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1850b: 213) described Sphiximorpha petronillae from just the female sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, despite there being two specimens in the type series found in this study: “ Faemina tantum speciei a me tecta [ sic !] [= lecta ] fuit [only the female of the species was collected by me]”. Van Steenis et al . (2016: 197) designated a lectotype ( ♀ ) and paralectotype ( ♀ ) and mistakenly reported that Rondani ascribed this nominal species to the genus Sphecomorpha Bezzi, 1906 .