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 Syrphus nigritibius Rondani, 1857 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 124 (key), 130 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus agri parmensi [ Parmese hills ( Italy )]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 7 ♂♂ , syntypes (one missing left wing; one covered with mold) ( MZUF : Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / nigritibius Rnd. , / 199; 7 ♀♀ , syntypes (one missing left fore-, both mid-, and left hind-legs; one covered with mold) ( MZUF : Box 5): Syrphus Fabr. / nigritibius Rnd. , / 199; 1 ♀ , syntype ( MZUF : Box B): Syrphus nigritibius R., 64, , Parma / 393 64; 1 ♀ , syntype (missing right fore-leg) ( MSNC : Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Syrphus nigritibius Rnd. 2 Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 3, posiz. G-6 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI ) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♀ , syntype ( MSNC : Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Syrphus nigritibius Rnd. Parm. / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 3, posiz. G-7 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI ) ex collezione Rondani. CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 ) ( Peck 1988: 30 ) . REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 130) described both sexes of Syrphus nigritibius without specifying the exact number of specimens and not giving a range of lengths. We found 17 syntypes in this study.