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 Phoricheta lacrimans Rondani, 1861 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1861e: 99 (key), 101 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ insula Melita [ Malta Island ]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀ , lectotype (missing abdomen) ( MZUF : Box 16): Phoricheta Rnd. / lacrimans Rnd. / 840 / Malt. / lectotype [not designated] Phorichaeta lacrimans Rond., B. Herting det. / = Wagneria lacrimans Rond., B. Herting det. CURRENT STATUS: valid species, as Wagneria lacrimans ( Herting & Dely-Draskovits 1993: 381 , Pape et al. 1995: 29 , Cerretti 2010: 460 , O’Hara et al. 2020: 180 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1861e: 101) described Phoricheta lacrimans from two specimens : “ exemplaria duo misit D. Schembri [ two specimens sent by Mr. Schembri ]”. Benno Herting examined the MZUF type material, adding the label “ lectotype ” under the single female, without, as far as we know, publishing a lectotype designation. We also found only one of the two specimens of the type series. An additional MZUF male (Box C) from “Apenn.” [= Apennines] is not included in the type series because it is not from the type locality. In order to promote nomenclatural stability, we give credit to B. Herting and here designate as a lectotype for Phoricheta lacrimans Rondani, 1861 the MZUF female labeled as such by him .