Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) bulgarica ( Enderlein, 1936 )

Whitmore, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 566-588 : 573

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) bulgarica ( Enderlein, 1936)

Helicobia bulgarica Enderlein, 1936: 100 . Type locality: Bulgaria, Sliven.

Material from Sardinia. C01: 23.V.2006, 1\0; 8.IX.2006, 1\0. C26: 11.VII.2006, 2\0; 15.VII.2006, 1\0; 16.VII.2006, 1\0. C33: 13.VII.2006, 0\2. C34: 12.VII.2006, 1\0. C42: 17.VII.2006, 4\0. C44: 13.VII.2006, 6\2; 16.VII.2006, 9\4; 17.VII.2006, 0\1. S1: 18.IV–2.V.2006, 1\0; 2–16.V.2006, 0\1; 13–27.VI.2006, 2\1; 11– 25.VII.2006, 1\0; 8–22.VIII.2006, 1\0; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 1\0. S2: 30.V–13.VI.2006, 2\0; 13–27.VI.2006, 1\0; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 1\0; 11–25.VII.2006, 3\0; 12.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 13\1; 8– 22.VIII.2006, 2\0; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 4\0; 7.IX.2006, hn, DA MB DB GN, 3\3; 3–17.X.2006, 2\0. S3: 16– 30.V.2006, 0\1; 11–25.VII.2006, 2\0; 15.VII.2006, hn, idem, 2\0; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 1\0.

Additional material. Italy. Abruzzi: L’Aquila prov., Cappadocia, Camporotondo , 1500 m, 23– 27.VIII.2000, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); Chieti prov. : Abetina di Rosello , hill top, 1000 m, UTM 33 T 445947 4637768, 21.V.2005, DW MB DB, 0\1; Palena, 1300 m, 19.VIII.2000, MM, 1 ♂ ( MZUR, dRR); Rosello , 930 m, 17.VI.2003, PC, 0\1 . Emilia-Romagna: Bologna prov., Borgo Capanne , VIII.1949, NC, 2\0 ( NHRS) . Latium: Rome prov.: Acilia, 21.III.1945, OC, 1\0 ( MZUR); Castelporziano, Tenuta Trafusa, near Trafusina, 30.V.1997, PC, 0\1; Gerano, 24.VII.2000, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); Percile, 4.VII.2000, MM, 0\1 ( MZUR, dRR); Tenuta della Cervelletta , 4.V.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 22.VIII.1999, MM, 0\1 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 17.IX.1999, MM, 0\1 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 26.IX.1999, MM, 0\2 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 7.X.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 9.X.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 15.IV.2000, MM, 1\0 ; idem, 6.VIII.2000, MM, 1\0 . Liguria: Genoa prov., Appennino di Genova, Nostra Signora della Vittoria , VIII.1941, GM, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, VIII.1943, GT, 1\0 ( MZUR) . Lombardy: Mantua prov., Marmirolo, Bosco della Fontana , 8.IV.2001, PC, 1\0 . Sicily: Caltanissetta prov., San Cataldo, VIII–IX.1928, WH, 1\0 ( ZMUC); Palermo prov. : Bosco della Ficuzza , Pulpito del Re, 865 m, UTM 33 S 358963 4194405, 26.VI.2005, DW DB PC ML, 1\0 ; idem, Valle Cerasa , 990 m, UTM 33 S 362296 4190870, 24.VI.2005 ; idem, 1\0 ; idem, UTM 33 S 362011 4190550, 28.VI.2005, 1\0 ; idem, 1075 m, UTM 33 S 361516 4190767, 28.VI.2005, 0\1 ; idem, Parco delle Madonie , 29.VI.2005, 1\0 . Tuscany: Florence , 10–18.V.1986, TP, 1\0 ( ZMUC) . Venetia: Verona prov.: Monte Pastello, near Monte , 5.IV.2002, PC MT, 2\0; Monte Baldo, Malcesine, Prea, 300 m, 18.V.2002, DB, 1\0 .

Chorotype. European.

Italian distribution. Abruzzi, Emilia-Romagna, Latium, Liguria, Lombardy, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Venetia. Previously recorded only from Emilia-Romagna ( Zangheri 1969) and mentioned generically from southern mainland Italy by Pape (1995a).

Biology. According to Povolný and Verves (1990, as Heteronychia (Spatulapica) boettcheriana ( Rohdendorf, 1937)) , Sarcophaga bulgarica is a snail parasite competing with S. (Heteronychia) haemorrhoa , the latter being a parasitoid of Helix sp. and Cepaea hortensis (Müller) ( Gastropoda: Helicidae ) (cf. Coupland & Barker 2004).

Remarks. Species identified using Pape (1987, as Heteronychia boettcheriana ( Rohdendorf, 1937)) (cf. Pape 1995b). Records by Saccà and Rivosecchi (1953) of Sarcophaga haemorrhoa from Latium and Liguria refer, in part, to S. bulgarica . The species is new to Sardinia, but was already recorded from Corsica ( Pape 2004a) .