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 Metopia staegerii Rondani, 1859 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1859b: 210. TYPE LOCALITY: “ Danicus [ Denmark ]”. TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂ , lectotype (missing right fore-, left mid- and both hind-legs) ( MZUF : Box 14): Metopia Mg. / staegerii Rnd., Dania / 276 / 702 / Lectotype Metopia staegerii Rndn. , ♂ , T. Pape det. PARALECTOTYPE EXAMINED: 1 ♂ ( MZUF : Box 14): Metopia Mg. / staegerii Rnd., Dania / 702 / paralectotype Metopia staegerii Rndn. , ♂ , T. Pape det. PARALECTOTYPES NOT EXAMINED: 3 ♂♂ (one missing left hind-leg, one missing left mid-leg) (MZUF: Box 14): Metopia Mg. / staegerii Rnd., Dania / 702 / Metopia italiana Pape, T. Pape det., 1984. CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Metopia argentata Macquart, 1851 ( Verves 1986: 97 ) ; valid species ( Pape 1988: 16 , 1996: 104 , Povolný & Verves 1997: 105 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1859b: 210) described Metopia staegerii from just the male sex, without specifying either the number or the length of the specimens: “ marem tantum observavi [I observed only the male]”, received from R.C. Staeger. Pape (1985: 213) reported six specimens in the MZUF and designated a lectotype ( ♂ ) and paralectotype ( ♂ ). Not included by him in the type series are an additional four specimens : three males (all paralectotypes) belonging, in his opinion, to a different species, and one female (non-type) because of its sex.