Swammerdamella brevicornis ( Meigen, 1830 )

Haenni, Jean-Paul, 2009, The Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of a new species *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 440-449 : 444-445

9. Swammerdamella brevicornis ( Meigen, 1830)

Scatopse brevicornis Meigen, 1830: 314

Scatopse brevicornis Meig. : Duda 1928: 15

Swammerdamella brevicornis (Meig.) : Cook 1972: 628

Swammerdamella brevicornis (Meig.) : Freeman 1985: 36

Records. C31: 12–17.VII.2006, 2 ♂ 3 ♀. C70: 7.VI.2004, 5 ♂ 3 ♀; 8.VI.2004, 51 ♂ 19 ♀. S3: 21.III–4.IV.2006, 1 ♂; 17–31.X.2006, 1 ♂ (all CNBFVR) . Sassari: Monteforte , V.1989, J. Prinz legit, 3 ♂ 2 ♀ ( FBUB, MHNN) ; Bono (7.5 km SSE), 5.V.1989, J. Prinz legit, 2 ♂ 1♀ (FBUB).

Other records. Lombardy (Mantua prov.): Marmirolo, Bosco della Fontana , 50m, 25.V.2001, B. Merz & F. Mason leg., 2 ♂, 3 ♀ ( MHNG) . Venetia (Belluno prov.): Lago di Santa Croce , 1.VIII.1988, M. Barták leg., 1♀ ( BCP) . Latium (Latina prov.): P. N. [= Parco Nazionale del] Circeo, Sabaudia , Pantani dell’Inferno, 2.IX.2004, B. Merz, P. Cerretti & G. Nardi leg., 1 ♀ ( MHNG) .

Chorotype. W-Palaearctic element.

Italian distribution. Northern Italy, Sicily ( Dahl et al. 1995), Trentino-Alto Adige ( Hellrigl 1996), Lombardy, Venetia, Latium, Sardinia (present paper).

Ecology. Although a common and widespread species in various habitats over the whole of its range, its larval stages and biology are still unknown.

Notes. The quotation of S. brevicornis from Sardinia in Fauna Europaea ( Haenni 2004b) was based upon the still unpublished above specimens from Monteforte and Bono (Sassari).