Sciophila zaitzevi Bechev, 1988

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122. Sciophila zaitzevi Bechev, 1988 **

Material examined. S1 18.IV–2.V.06 2 ♂♂, 16–30.V.06 2 ♂♂, 17–31.X.06 2 ♂♂. SAR1 20.V–16.VI.05 2 ♂♂.

Chorotype. Type 4 [2.01 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999)]. European.

Italian distribution. Sardinia only.

Notes. This species was described from Bulgaria ( Bechev 1988) and since recorded from Russia and Slovakia ( Ševčík 2005). The figures given by Dziedzicki (1915) of unlocalised specimens in the Winnertz collection under the name Lasiosoma pilosa Meigen, 1838 (a probable misidentification; L. pilosa is currently considered as a probable synonym of Sciophila hirta Meigen, 1838 ) are evidently of the same species;

Winnertz (1863) probably included more than one species under the name pilosa as he described several varieties.

Sciophila spp. ♀

Material examined. C82 11–12.VI.04 1 ♀. S3 4 –18.IV.06 ♀. SAR1 29.IX–21.X.03 1 ♀, 15–30.V.04 ♀, 16.VI–14.VII.05 1 ♀, 13–30.IX.05 1 ♀, 17.X–3.XI.05 1 ♀, 3–16.XI.05 1 ♀, 6.X–5.XI.06 ♀.

Notes. These are dark coloured females, which probably belong to one or more of the above species.