Nemotelus nigrifrons Loew, 1846

Mason, Franco, Rozkošný, Rudolf & Hauser, Martin, 2009, A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 507-530 : 512

Nemotelus nigrifrons Loew, 1846

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Published records. Cagliari prov.: Cagliari, Stagno di Santa Gilla, saline [= saltworks] ( Mason 2005). Carbonia-Iglesias prov.: Gonnesa, Palude Gonnesa ( Mason 2005).

Remarks. A species resembling N. pantherinus ( Linnaeus, 1758) in the male terminalia, but well distinguished by the absence of frontal spots ( Rozkošný 1977, 1983). Recent records of this species from Sardinia are not surprising given its occurrence in Sicily ( Rozkošný 1983; Mason & Krivosheina 1995).

Distribution. Nemotelus nigrifrons seems to be confined to the Mediterranean area, extending from Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and North Africa ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) to Israel ( Rozkošný 1977, 2004).