Sargus bipunctatus ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Mason, Franco, Rozkošný, Rudolf & Hauser, Martin, 2009, A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 507-530 : 524

Sargus bipunctatus ( Scopoli, 1763)

Published records. Sardinia ( Rozkošný 1982; Mason & Krivosheina 1995; Troiano & Toscano 1997; Rozkošný 2004). Carbonia-Iglesias prov: Iglesias, Monti Marganai, near Case Marganai ( Mason et al. 2006). Olbia-Tempio prov.: Tempio ( Costa 1882, as S. reaumurii Meigen, 1804 ).

Remarks. The above-quoted generic record from Sardinia is based on a list provided by C. Contini more than 27 years ago (cf. Rozkošný 1982).

Distribution. A European species ranging from Ireland, Great Britain and Poland to Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, southern most European Russia and Georgia. The species has also been introduced to the west coast of North America ( Rozkošný 1982, 2004).