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 Ferdinandea aurea Rondani, 1844 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1844b: 198. TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Italiae centralis collibus sub-apenninis [central sub-Apennine Italy ]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 3 ♂♂ , syntypes ( MZUF : Box 5): Chrysochlamis Rnd. / aurea Rndn. , ♂ / 244; 2 ♀♀ , syntypes (one missing left fore-leg) ( MZUF : Box 5): Chrysochlamis Rnd. / aurea Rndn. , ♀ / 244; 1 ♂ , syntype ( MZUF : Box B): Chrysochlamis aurea Rndn. , 85, Apenn. [= Apennines] / 393 85; 1 ♂ , syntype (missing right fore- and hindlegs) ( MSNC : Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Chrysochlamys aurea Rnd. ♂ Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 4, posiz. A-5 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI ) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♀ , syntype ( MSNPV : Box 99): Chrysochlamis aurea Rndn. , ♂ ♀ , Parma ; 1 ♂ , syntype ( MZUB : Box 321): 20 90 / Chrysochlamis aurea Rond. , ex a. parmensi ; 1 ♀ , syntype ( MZUB : Box 321): 20 91 / Chrysochlamis aurea Rond. , ex a. parmensi / aurea Rndn. , ♂ ♀ , Parma ; 1 ♀ , syntype ( OUMNH Verrall-Collin Coll.: Box 39): syntype / C. aurea coll. Big / C. aurea Ex Coll. Bigot / C. aurea ♀ G. Ferdinandea Rond. Europa, Rond. CURRENT STATUS: valid species ( Peck 1988: 122 , Belcari et al. 1995a: 11 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1844b: 198) described Ferdinandea aurea without specifying either the number or the sex of the specimens and not giving a range of lengths, but presumably from more than one specimen because he stated: “ frequens [common]”. We found 11 syntypes in this study.