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 Masicera achanthophora Rondani, 1861 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1861e: 19 (key), 28 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ Corsica [ Corsica (France) ]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂ , holotype (missing right fore-leg) ( MZUF : Box 15): Masicera Macq. / achanthophora Rnd. / 755 / holotype Masicera acanthophora Rnd., B. Herting det. CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Bithia acanthophora [ sic !] ( Herting & Dely-Draskovits 1993: 338 , Cerretti 2010: 395 ); valid species, as Bithia acanthophora [ sic !] ( O’Hara et al. 2020: 680 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1861e: 28) described Masicera achanthophora from a single male: “ Marem unicum possiedo [I have a single male]” received from M. Spinola, treating it within the subgenus Ceromasia , which is now considered as a valid genus ( O’Hara et al . 2011: 50 ). The subsequent spelling “ acanthophora ” has been used ( Philip 1965a: 121 , Fairchild 1971: 74 , Coscarón & Papavero 2009: 90 ) but it is not in prevailing usage ( Hunter 1901: 142 , Kertész 1908: 265 , O’Hara et al. 2011: 212 ). Bezzi & Stein (1907: 289) , Herting (1969: 189) , Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 338) , Cerretti (2010: 395) , and O’Hara et al. (2020: 680) used the spelling “ acanthophora ”; Brauer & Bergenstamm (1892: 316) and O’Hara et al . (2011: 50 , 216) used the correct spelling “ achanthophora ”. The spelling “ acanthophora ” is an incorrect subsequent spelling. Herting (1969: 189) reported a single male in the MZUF.