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 Leopoldius erostratus Rondani, 1843 ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1843d: 35. TYPE LOCALITY: “ in collibus sub-apenninis ditionis Parmensis [ Parmese sub-Apennine hills ( Italy )]” . TYPE MATERIAL: 2 ♂♂ , syntypes ( MZUF : Box 8): Brachyglossum [ sic !] Rnd. / erostratum [ sic !] Rnd., 1 ♂ / 375; 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , syntypes ( one male and the female pinned together) ( MZUF : Box 8): Brachyglossum [ sic !] Rnd. / erostratum [ sic !] Rnd. / 375; 1 ♂ , syntype ( MZUF : Box B): Brachyglossum [ sic !] R. erostratum [ sic !] R., 133, , Apenn. [= Apennines] / 393 133; 1 specimen , syntype (sex not determinable) ( MSNC : Box DIPTERA Ex collezione Rondani - I): Brachiglossum Rnd. erostratum R. Parma / Coll. Rondani, scatola n° 4, posiz. E-3 / Museo di Storia Naturale Università di Pisa, Calci ( PI ) ex collezione Rondani; 1 ♀ , syntype ( MZUB : Box 323): Leopoldius erostratum [ sic !] Rond., ex a. parmensi / erostratum [ sic !] Rndn, , Parma . CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of Leopoldius signatus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824 ) ( Chvála & Smith 1988: 247 , Rivosecchi & Scaramozzino 1995: 2 , Stuke 2017: 59 ). REMARKS: Rondani (1843d: 35) described both sexes of Leopoldius erostratus without specifying the exact number of specimens, but giving a single measurement of length. Stuke (2017: 59) reported the syntype series of six specimens in the MZUF as being comprised of five males and one female . We found six syntypes in the MZUF, one syntype in the MSNC and one syntype in the MZUB.