Novakia scatopsiformis Strobl, 1893

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

38. Novakia scatopsiformis Strobl, 1893 *

Material examined. C14 20–24.V.06 ♀. C23 19–24.V.06 1 ♂ 2 ♀. C31 20–23.V.06 ♂♂ ♀. C70 7.VI.04 ♂♂, 8.VI.04 ♀, 9.VI.04 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀. C82 9–12.VI.04 13 ♂♂ 48 ♀. S1 21.III–4.IV.06 ♂♂ ♀, 4–18.IV.06 ♂♂ ♀, 18.IV–2.V.06 ♂♂ ♀, 2–16.V.06 ♂♂ ♀, 16–30.V.06 ♂♂ ♀, 30.V–13.VI.06 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, 13– 27.VI.06 ♀. S2 21.III–4.IV.06 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀, 4–18.IV.06 ♀, 18.IV–2.V.06 2 ♂♂, 2–16.V.06 ♂♂ ♀, 16– 30.V.06 ♂♂ ♀. S3 18 –30.V.06 ♀. SAR1 16.II–15.VI.04 2 ♂♂ 19 ♀, 29.IV–20.V.05 1 ♂ 2 ♀, 20.V– 16.VI.05 2 ♂♂, 16.VI–14.VII.05 3 ♀.

Chorotype. Type 3 (revised from 6 in Chandler et al. (2006)) [1.12 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999)]. Mostly Mediterranean but extending into central Europe and recently found to also occur in Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007a).

Italian distribution. Northern mainland ( Kurina 2008) and Sardinia.