Updated Italian checklist of Soldier Flies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

By

Mason, Franco

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

336

Pages

61-78

Subjects

Checklist , faunistic , forest , identification keys , Italy , Life Project

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.6016

 

Abstract

An updated checklist for Stratiomyidae of Italy is presented. Previous knowledge and information are put together in a comprehensive way, integrated also with results obtained by sampling with Malaise traps in some of the test areas of the LIFE+ project ManFor C.BD.At the time of writing, with 91 known species, the Italian fauna of Stratiomyidae is the richest in Europe. Neopachygaster meromelas (Dufour, 1841) and Zabrachia minutissima (Zetterstedt, 1838) are new to the Italian fauna. A comprehensive key to the European species of Chorisops Rondani 1856 is given.