Docosia melita Chandler & Gatt, 2000

Chandler, Peter J., 2009, The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species *, Zootaxa 2318 : -

30. Docosia melita Chandler & Gatt, 2000 **

Material examined. S1 21.III–4.IV.06 1 ♂, 18.IV–2.V.06 1 ♀, 17–31.X.06 4 ♂♂. S2 21.III–4.IV.06 6 ♂♂ 5

♀, 4–18.IV.06 5 ♂♂ 1 ♀. SAR1 29.IX–21.X.03 1 ♂, 21.X–17.XI.03 1 ♂, 12.XII.03–8.I.04 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 8– 21.I.04 5 ♂♂ 4 ♀, 21.I–16.II.04 25 ♂♂ 3 ♀, 16.II–15.VI.04 12 ♂♂ 16 ♀, 15–30.VI.04 2 ♂♂ 4 ♀, 18.I– 1.III.05 1 ♀, 29.IV–20.V.05 5 ♂♂ 2 ♀.

Chorotype. Type 6 [3.01 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999)]. Mediterranean.

Italian distribution. Sardinia only.

Notes. Chandler et al. (2006) recorded this species from Greece but noted small differences in genitalia from the Maltese types. Sardinian material is closer to the latter in this respect .

Docosia spp. ♀

Material examined. C03 20.III.06 1 ♀. C30 20.III.2006 1 ♀. C60 10.XI.06 1 ♀. C70 8.VI.04 ♀, 9.VI.04 1 ♀.

Notes. These are undetermined females, which could belong to D. melita or an allied species.