Sciapus zonatulus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Material examined. 2 females, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 22 July 1979, SPS ; 1 male, 2 females, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 23 Apr. 1992, MJE ; 1 male, 1 female, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 23 Apr. 1992, PG ; 3 males, 1 female, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 10 Apr. 1993, MJE ; 2 females, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 10 Apr. 1993, PG ; 1 male, Gozo, Ramla, sea shore, 10 Apr. 1993, MJE ; 1 male, Gozo, Ramla, valley, 17 Apr. 1993, PG ; 2 males, 1 female, Ghadira, 5 May 1993, PG ; 1 male, Ghadira, 19 March 1994, MJE ; 1 male, 1 female, Ghadira, 14 Apr. 1994, MJE ; 1 male, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 1 Apr. 1994, MJE ; 3 males, 1 female, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 1 Apr. 1994, MJE ; 2 males, 3 females, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 5 Apr. 1999, MJE ; 1 female, Comino, 28–30 March 2002, MJE .

Distribution. A west Palaearctic species distributed from parts of Scandinavia to the Mediterranean; not yet recorded from some islands, e.g. the Balearics and Sicily, but very likely to be present there. New record for the Maltese Islands.