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 Merodon subfasciatus Rondani, 1845 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1845f: 257 (key), 261 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ Sicilia [ Sicily ( Italy )]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♂ , holotype (missing head and right fore-leg, thorax partially eaten by dermestids, terminalia in a microvial pinned below specimen) ( MZUF : Box 2): Merodon Fb. Latr. / subfasciatus Rnd. , ♂ , Sicil. / 59 / Merodon cinereus Fabr. , det. Hurkmans, 1987. CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Merodon cinereus ( Fabricius, 1794 ) ( Peck 1988: 168 , Belcari et al. 1995a: 16 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1845f: 261) described Merodon subfasciatus from a single male: “ è una specie che formo sopra un solo individuo … Questo esemplare è maschio [I described this species from a single specimen … This specimen is a male]”, received from M. Spinola. The MZUF contains an additional female numbered “59” received later from L. Bellardi ( Rondani 1857: 58 ).