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Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) filia Rondani 1860

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale " Bosco Fontana " - Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Via Carlo Ederle 16 / a, I- 37100 Verona, Italy. E-mail: whitmore _ d @ yahoo. it & Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell'Università 32, I- 00185 Rome, Italy.

Description

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) filia Rondani, 1860

Sarcophaga filia Rondani, 1860: 385. Type locality: central and northern Italy [taken from the original description; the lectotype (see below) does not carry more precise locality information].

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂: 1006 // = S. filia / sec. Typ. Pand. / det. Böttcher // LECTOTYPE ♂ / Sarcophaga / filia Rond. / T. Pape det. 1986 // Heteronychia / filia (Rond.) / T. Pape det. 1986 (MZUF) (cf. Pape 1988).

Material from Sardinia. A01: 26.III.2006, 0\1, dRR. A11: 13.IX.2006, 1\1. A21: 25.V.2006, 1\1. C26: 15.VII.2006, 1\0; 16.VII.2006, 1\0. C31: 20–23.V.2006, 0\1; 12–17.VII.2006, 0\1. C35: 18.VII.2006, 0\1. C42: 17.VII.2006, 1\0; 18.VII.2006, 0\1. C44: 16.VII.2006, 1\1. S1: 2–16.V.2006, 2\1; 16–30.V.2006, 12\4; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 29\15; 13–27.VI.2006, 74\37; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 16\9; 11–25.VII.2006, 3\4; 25.VII– 8.VIII.2006, 0\1; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 0\1. S2: 18.IV–2.V.2006, 1\1; 2–16.V.2006, 0\1; 16–30.V.2006, 9\3; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 8\3; 13–27.VI.2006, 26\17; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 6\1; 11–25.VII.2006, 2\3; 25.VII– 8.VIII.2006, 1\0. S3: 13–27.VI.2006, 8\7; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 24\3; 11–25.VII.2006, 0\4; 15.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 3\1; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 1\0.

Additional material. Italy. Abruzzi: L’Aquila prov., Anversa degli Abruzzi, Sorgente Cavuto, 520 m, 30.VII.1997, PC, 1\0. Apulia: Foggia prov., Monte Gargano, 6 km NW of Monte Sant’Angelo, 600 m, 28.VII.1995, BM, 1\0 (NHRS); Lecce prov.: dint. Leuca, 5.VI.1941, OC, 1\0 (MZUR); idem, 9.VI.1941, OC, 1\0 (MZUR). Emilia-Romagna: Bologna prov., Borgo Capanne, VIII.1949, NC, 2\0 (NHRS). Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Trieste prov., Monfalcone, 19–26.VII.1987, SA, 1\0 (ZMUC). Latium: Latina prov.: Capo Circeo, 20.IX.1939, NC, 1\0 (MZUR); idem, 23.IX.1939, NC, 1\0 (MZUR); idem, VI.1948, GS, 1\0 (MZUR); Rome prov.: Rome [city], Insugherata, IV.1938, GS, 1\0 (MZUR); idem, Ponte Mammolo, 3.V.1942, NC, 1\0 (MZUR); idem, Tenuta della Cervelletta, 2.IV.1999, MM, 1\0 (MZUR, dRR); idem, 19.VII.1999, MM, 1\0 (MZUR, dRR); idem, 9.IX.1999, 1\0; idem, 2.X.1999, MM, 1\0 (MZUR, dRR); idem, 3.X.1999, MM, 1\0 (MZUR, dRR). Marches: Ascoli Piceno prov.: Grottammare, VIII.1940, LR, 1\0 (MZUR); idem, IX.1940, LR, 1\0 (MZUR, det. G. Saccà). Venetia: Venice prov., Lignano, Rubus shrubs near sea, 45.41 N / 13.09 E, 28– 29.VIII.1996, BR, 2\0 (ZMUC).

Chorotype. European.

Italian distribution. Abruzzi (Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Apulia; Emilia-Romagna (Zangheri 1950; Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953; Zangheri 1969); Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Latium, Liguria, Marches (Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Sardinia; Venetia (Tiensuu 1954).

Biology. One of the best-studied snail parasitoids within the subgenus; it has been bred from Helix spp. and Theba pisana (Müller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae), and Cernuella virgata (Da Costa) (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) (cf. Coupland & Barker 2004).

Remarks. New to Sardinia. Recorded from Corsica by Villeneuve (1911).

Notes

Published as part of Whitmore, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia *, pp. 566-588 in Zootaxa 2318 on pages 574-575

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References

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  • Coupland, J. B. & Barker, G. M. (2004) Diptera as predators and parasitoids of terrestrial gastropods, with emphasis on Phoridae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae and Fanniidae. In: Barker, G. M. (Ed.), Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, pp. 85 - 158.
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