Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) filia Rondani, 1860

Whitmore, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 566-588 : 574-575

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) filia Rondani, 1860

Sarcophaga filia Rondani, 1860: 385 . Type locality: central and northern Italy [taken from the original description; the lectotype (see below) does not carry more precise locality information].

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂: 1006 // = S. filia / sec. Typ. Pand. / det. Böttcher // LECTOTYPE ♂ / Sarcophaga / filia Rond. / T. Pape det. 1986 // Heteronychia / filia (Rond.) / T. Pape det. 1986 ( MZUF) (cf. Pape 1988).

Material from Sardinia. A01: 26.III.2006, 0\1, dRR. A11: 13.IX.2006, 1\1. A21: 25.V.2006, 1\1. C26: 15.VII.2006, 1\0; 16.VII.2006, 1\0. C31: 20–23.V.2006, 0\1; 12–17.VII.2006, 0\1. C35: 18.VII.2006, 0\1. C42: 17.VII.2006, 1\0; 18.VII.2006, 0\1. C44: 16.VII.2006, 1\1. S1: 2–16.V.2006, 2\1; 16–30.V.2006, 12\4; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 29\15; 13–27.VI.2006, 74\37; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 16\9; 11–25.VII.2006, 3\4; 25.VII– 8.VIII.2006, 0\1; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 0\1. S2: 18.IV–2.V.2006, 1\1; 2–16.V.2006, 0\1; 16–30.V.2006, 9\3; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 8\3; 13–27.VI.2006, 26\17; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 6\1; 11–25.VII.2006, 2\3; 25.VII– 8.VIII.2006, 1\0. S3: 13–27.VI.2006, 8\7; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 24\3; 11–25.VII.2006, 0\4; 15.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 3\1; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 1\0.

Additional material. Italy. Abruzzi: L’Aquila prov., Anversa degli Abruzzi , Sorgente Cavuto, 520 m, 30.VII.1997, PC, 1\0 . Apulia: Foggia prov., Monte Gargano, 6 km NW of Monte Sant’Angelo, 600 m, 28.VII.1995, BM, 1\0 ( NHRS) ; Lecce prov.: dint. Leuca , 5.VI.1941, OC, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, 9.VI.1941, OC, 1\0 ( MZUR) . Emilia-Romagna: Bologna prov., Borgo Capanne , VIII.1949, NC, 2\0 ( NHRS) . Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Trieste prov., Monfalcone , 19–26.VII.1987, SA, 1\0 ( ZMUC) . Latium: Latina prov.: Capo Circeo , 20.IX.1939, NC, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, 23.IX.1939, NC, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, VI.1948, GS, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; Rome prov.: Rome [city], Insugherata, IV.1938, GS, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, Ponte Mammolo , 3.V.1942, NC, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, Tenuta della Cervelletta , 2.IV.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 19.VII.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 9.IX.1999, 1\0 ; idem, 2.X.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) ; idem, 3.X.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR) . Marches: Ascoli Piceno prov.: Grottammare , VIII.1940, LR, 1\0 ( MZUR) ; idem, IX.1940, LR, 1\0 ( MZUR, det. G. Saccà) . Venetia: Venice prov., Lignano , Rubus shrubs near sea, 45.41 N / 13.09 E, 28– 29.VIII.1996, BR, 2\0 ( ZMUC) .

Chorotype. European.

Italian distribution. Abruzzi ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Apulia; Emilia-Romagna ( Zangheri 1950; Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953; Zangheri 1969); Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Latium, Liguria, Marches ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Sardinia; Venetia ( Tiensuu 1954).

Biology. One of the best-studied snail parasitoids within the subgenus; it has been bred from Helix spp. and Theba pisana (Müller) ( Gastropoda: Helicidae ), and Cernuella virgata (Da Costa) ( Gastropoda: Hygromiidae ) (cf. Coupland & Barker 2004).

Remarks. New to Sardinia. Recorded from Corsica by Villeneuve (1911).