Rhopalum clavipes (LINNAEUS 1758)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mounts Nebrodi, Biviere di Cesarò, 1270 m (Cesarò, Messina), 1 (G.F. Turrisi leg.); Mount Etna, Milo, 750 m, 21.VII.1998, 1 (G.F. Turrisi leg.); Mount Etna, Casa Pietracannone, 1100 m (Milo, Catania), 12.VII.1998, 1 (G.F. Turrisi leg.); 28.VIII.1996, 1 (G.F. Turrisi leg.).

R e m a r k s: Recently recorded from Sicily by SCHMID- EGGER (2003). Euroasiatic, probably introduced in N-America: U.S.A. It is recorded from penisular Italy, as south as Campania.