Colobostema sp.

Haenni, Jean-Paul, 2009, The Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of a new species *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 440-449 : 443

6. Colobostema sp.

Records. S1: 16–30.V.2006, 2 ♂; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 1 ♂; 13–27.VI.2006, 1 ♂; 5–19.IX.2006, 1 ♂; 19.IX– 3.X.2006, 1 ♂. S2: 16–30.V.2006, 1 ♀; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 2 ♂; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 1 ♀; 22.VIII– 5.IX.2006, 2 ♂; 5–19.IX.2006, 5 ♂; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 2 ♂; 17–31.X.2006, 1 ♂ (all CNBFVR).

Chorotype. A possible Sardinian endemic.

Italian distribution. Sardinia.

Ecology. A possible endemic or W-Mediterranean element.

Notes. This very distinctive new species will be described elsewhere in a revision of the W-Palaearctic species of the genus Colobostema Enderlein (Haenni unpublished).