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 Brachicoma metopiella Rondani, 1859 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1859b: 204 (key), 205 (description). TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus agri parmensis [ Parmese hills ( Italy )]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀ , holotype (missing right antenna and left fore-leg) ( MZUF : Box 14): Brachicoma Rnd. / metopiella Rnd. / 696 / 20 Lugl. [= July] / holotype , Brachicoma metopiella Rnd., T. Pape det., 1986 / Phrosinella nasuta (Mg.) , T. Pape det., 1986. CURRENT STATUS: valid species ( Verves 1986: 114 ); junior synonym of Phrosinella nasuta ( Meigen, 1824 ) ( Pape 1988: 10 , 1996: 124 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1859b: 205) described Brachicoma metopiella from just the female sex, giving a single measurement of length: “ Semel capta foemina [Collected the female once]”. A MSNC male is not included in the type series because of its sex. Pape (1988: 10) considered the single MZUF female as the holotype .