Dilophus febrilis ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Haenni, Jean-Paul, 2009, The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of two new species *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 427-439 : 433-434

6. Dilophus febrilis ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Tipula febrilis Linnaeus, 1758: 588

Dilophus vulgaris Meigen, 1818: 306

Dilophus febrilis (L.): Duda 1930: 29

Dilophus febrilis (L.): Haenni 1982: 342

Dilophus febrilis (L.): Krivosheina 1986: 328

Literature records. “Diffuso per molte parti dell’isola [= occurs in many parts of the island]”, 1881 ( Costa 1882); Cagliari prov., Cagliari area, second half of April 1882 ( Costa 1883).

Other records. Italy, Umbria: Perugia prov., Gubbio , Loc. Colonnata, 500m, 19.IV.2003, 1 ♂, D. Whitmore leg. ( CNBFVR) . Latium: Latina prov., Sabaudia, Pantani dell’Inferno, lato nord [= northern side], 14.IV.2004, 1 ♀, G. Nardi leg. ( CNBFVR) .

Chorotype. Sibero-European.

Italian distribution. Northern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia ( Dahl et al. 1995). Lombardy ( Vanin 2002), Trentino-Alto Adige ( Marcuzzi 1956; Hellrigl 1996), Venetia ( Sommaggio et al. 2004), Tuscany ( Vanin 2003), “nel sud Italia [in southern Italy]” ( Rivosecchi & Di Luca 2001), Umbria, Latium (present paper).

Ecology. A widespread and very common species, abundant in all kinds of habitats in Europe, from lower to high elevations. Bivoltine in Central and Southern Europe.

Notes. Not present in the recent CNBFVR material, but the species is easily recognizable at least in females and its presence in Sardinia is not in doubt.