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 Bombylius senex Rondani, 1863 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1863: 69. TYPE LOCALITY: “ Region. Caucasicae [Caucasus]”. TYPE MATERIAL: 1 ♀ , syntype ( MZUN : Box Bombilidei B 03, 03): Bombylius senex Rnd, Caucaso / M. Zool. N° 11091 . CURRENT STATUS: junior primary homonym of Bombylius senex Wiedemann 1820 and junior synonym of Bombylius ambustus Wiedemann, 1818 ( Zaitzev 1989: 87 , Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 108 , 2015: 117 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1863: 69) described Bombylius senex , without specifying either the number or the sex of the specimens, but giving a single measurement of length, from material received from P.J.M. Macquart. Costa (1866: 37) listed a single MZUN specimen numbered “852”. Evenhuis & Greathead (1999: 108) could not locate type material. We found one syntype in this study.