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 Sargus claviventris Rondani, 1850 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1850c: 190. TYPE LOCALITY: “ Venezuela . TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀ , syntype ( MRSN : Box 1754): Sargus claviventris Rond. , Venezuela , . / Museo di Zoologia della Università Torino, Italia ; 1 specimen , syntype (completely covered with mold, probably a female) ( MZUN : Box Coll. entomol. extra-europea, Fam. Stratiomidei - Gen. Clitellaria a Sternobrithes ): Sargus claviventris Rnd. , Venezuela / M. Zool. N° 10984. CURRENT STATUS: valid species ( James 1973: 19 , Woodley 2001: 222 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1850c: 190) described Sargus claviventris from just the female sex, without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, despite there being two specimens in the type series found in this study, from material received from E. Truqui. Costa (1866: 38) listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “869”. We consider the two specimens as syntypes .