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 Eristalis saltuum Rondani, 1857 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1857: 40 (key), 43 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ ex alpibus pedemontanis … a Tiguro [Piedmont ( Italy ) Alps … Tigurum (= Zurich , Switzerland )]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 3 ♂♂ , syntypes (one missing abdomen; one covered with mold and missing hind-legs; one partially eaten by dermestids, covered with mold, missing left hind-leg) ( MZUF : Box 2): Eristalis Fab. / saltuum Rndn., Alpi / 39. CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Eristalis nigritarsis Macquart, 1834 ( Peck 1988: 188 , Belcari et al. 1995a: 17 ); junior synonym of Eristalis cryptarum ( Fabricius, 1794 ) ( Hippa et al. 2001: 298 ) . REMARKS: Rondani (1857: 43) described both sexes of Eristalis saltuum without specifying either the number of or the length of the specimens: “ Marem bis obtinui ex alpibus pedemontanis, una vice a D. Truqui altera a Prof. Bellardi. Foeminam a Tiguro D. Bremi misit ” [I obtained the male twice from the Piedmont Alps, once from Dr. Truqui, the second time from Prof. Bellardi. Dr. Bremi sent the female from Tigurum]”. We found three male syntypes in this study. The female was not found in this study and is presumed lost.