Coboldia fuscipes ( Meigen, 1830 )

Haenni, Jean-Paul, 2009, The Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of a new species *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 440-449 : 443-444

7. Coboldia fuscipes ( Meigen, 1830)

Scatopse fuscipes Meigen, 1830: 314

Scatopse fuscipes Meig. : Duda 1928: 21

Coboldia fuscipes (Meig.) : Cook 1974: 70

Coboldia fuscipes (Meig.) : Freeman 1985: 36

Records. C82: 11–12.VI.2004, 1 ♀. SAR1: 30.VI–16.VII.2004, pitfall trap, 4 ♂ 2 ♀; 16.VIII–8.IX.2004, pitfall trap, 1 ♂; 20.V–16.VI.2005, pitfall trap, 1 ♂; 5.VIII–13.IX.2005, pitfall trap, 2 ♂; 29.IV–20.V.2006, pitfall trap, 1 ♂ (all CNBFVR).

Other records. Piedmont (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola): Domodossola , 271m, 7.V.1979, J.-P. Haenni leg., 1 ♂ ( MHNN) . Liguria (Imperia): Ospedaletti , [no other data], G. Huguenin leg., 1 ♂ ( ETHZ) . Venetia (Verona): Verona , 15.VI.2004, F. Mason leg., 1 ♂ ( MHNN) . Marches (Ascoli Piceno): San Benedetto del Tronto , 10 km N, 3.VIII.1988, M. Barták leg., 1 ♂ 4 ♀ ( BCP) .

Chorotype. Cosmopolitan. Coboldia fuscipes is present on all continents, apparently widespread by trade and human activities. The origin of this species remains unknown.

Italian distribution. Mainland Italy ( Dahl et al. 1995), Lombardy ( Haenni 2004a), Campania ( Haenni 2007), Piedmont, Liguria, Venetia, Marches, Sardinia (present paper).

Ecology. This cosmopolitan species may be found as well in the field as under anthropogenic conditions. The larvae develop in a wide variety of decaying organic matter, both animal or vegetal ( Haenni & Vaillant

1994). Notes. New record for Sardinia.