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 Microdon aethiopicus Rondani, 1873 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1873e: 282. TYPE LOCALITY: “ Sciotel [ Sciotel ( Eritrea )]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀ , holotype ( MSNG ): Bogos 1870, Sciotel, O . Beccari / Typus / aethiopicus Rond. , / Microdon aethiopicus . CURRENT STATUS: valid species (Smith & Vockeroth 1973: 509); valid species, as Metadon aethiopicus ( Reemer & Ståhls 2013: 133 ) . REMARKS: Rondani (1873e: 282) described Microdon aethiopicus from just the female sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material collected by O. Beccari and O. Antinori. Guiglia (1957: 195) and Raineri & Rey (1996: 52) reported the holotype ( ) in the MSNG.