Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) pandellei ( Rohdendorf, 1937 )

Whitmore, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 566-588 : 581-582

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) pandellei ( Rohdendorf, 1937)

Pierretia (Eupierretia) pandellei Rohdendorf, 1937: 376 . Type locality: France, Var , Cavalière.

Sardinian literature records. Cagliari prov., Costa Rei (Povolný 1997).

Material from Sardinia. A05: 14.VII.2006, 1\0. A11: 13.IX.2006, hn, 1\0. A16: 5.VI.2004, 0\1, dRR. C01: 8.IX.2006, 2\0. C03: 23.V.2006, 2\0; 13.VII.2006, 2\0. C06: 11.VI.2004, 0\1, dRR; 12.VI.2004, 1\0, dRR; 23.IX.2004, 0\2, dRR. C07: 20.V.2006, 3\0; 13.VII.2006, 2\0. C10: 21.V.2006, 0\1. C18: 11.VII.2006, 4\0. C22: 24.V.2006, 2\0. C23: 16.V.2006, 1\0; 19.V.2006, 0\4; 21.V.2006, 1\0; 19–24.V.2006, mt, 1\0; 24.V.2006, 21\0. C26: 24.V.2006, 1\0; 11.VII.2006, 15\0; 16.VII.2006, 1\2; 17.VII.2006, 1\0. C27: 22.V.2006, 4\1. C27a: 22.V.2006, 1\0. C29: 12.IX.2006, 0\1. C31: 20.V.2006, hn, 3\0; 20–23.V.2006, 1\0; 23.V.2006, hn, 3\1; 12.VII.2006, hn, 1\0; 12–17.VII.2006, 10\2. C32: 6.IX.2006, 3\2. C33: 13.VII.2006, 3\4. C34: 12.VII.2006, 16\5. C40: 13.VII.2007, 1\0. C42: 17.VII.2006, 23\2; 18.VII.2006, 3\1. C43: 17.VII.2006, 1\0. C44: 13.VII.2006, 2\2; 16.VII.2006, 9\3; 17.VII.2006, 3\1; 18.VII.2006, 0\1. C49: 9.IX.2006, 1\0. C50: 9.IX.2006, 11\4. C52: 1.IX.2003, 0\1, dRR; 26.IX.2004, 1\0, dRR. C57: 12.IX.2006, 1\0. C82: 9.VI.2004, hn, 3\1, dRR; 10.VI.2004, 7\0; 11.VI.2004, 13\0. C85: 31.VIII.2003, 0\1, dRR; 2.IX.2003, 1\1, dRR. G03: 4.IX.2006, 0\1. G09: 6.IX.2006, 1\0. S1: 18.IV–2.V.2006, 3\0; 2–16.V.2006, 3\1; 16–30.V.2006, 8\5; 30.V– 13.VI.2006, 26\6; 13–27.VI.2006, 37\18; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 12\12; 11–25.VII.2006, 4\4; 13.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 4\0; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 5\3; 8–22.VIII.2006, 1\1; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 3\1; 5– 19.IX.2006, 1\0; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 0\2; 3–17.X.2006, 1\0. S2: 23.IX.2004, hn, DB PC FM DW, 1\0, dRR; 24.IX.2004, hn, idem, 2\0, dRR; 25.IX.2004, hn, idem, 0\6, dRR; 18.IV–2.V.2006, 0\1; 16–30.V.2006, 3\0; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 20\3; 13–27.VI.2006, 9\7; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 9\3; 11–25.VII.2006, 4\3; 12.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 14\2; 8–22.VIII.2006, 3\1; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 9\6; 5–19.IX.2006, 3\1; 7.IX.2006, hn, DA MB DB GN, 7\1; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 1\0. S3: 23.IX.2004, hn, DB PC FM DW, 2\1, dRR; 2–16.X.2006, 1\0; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 0\1; 13–27.VI.2006, 2\1; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 1\2; 11–25.VII.2006, 1\4; 15.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 3\2; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 4\0; 8–22.VIII.2006, 0\1; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 1\1; 5– 19.IX.2006, 1\1; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 2\1. W01: 1–15.IX.1997, 2\3, dRR.

Additional material. Corsica. Cap Corse, Macinaggio , 23–31.VIII.2001, MM, 1/0 ( MZUR) . Italy. Calabria: Reggio Calabria prov., Gioiosa Ionica, 112 m, 12.V.2004, PC DB GN DW, 0\1, dRR. Latium: Latina prov. , Capo Circeo , 22.IX.1939, GS, 1\0 ( MZUR); Rome prov. : Rome, Caffarella, 26.VII.1940, 1\0 ( MZUR); idem, Portonaccio, 25.IV.1942, NC, 1\0 ( MZUR); Riofreddo, 6.IX.1940, [M.] Cerruti, 1\0 ( MZUR); Subiaco, 30.IX.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); Santa Maria della Pace , 30.IX.1999, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); Rome [city], Tenuta della Cervelletta , 19.VIII.1999, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); idem, 2.X.1999, MM, 0\1 ( MZUR, dRR); idem, 3.X.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); Rome [city], Valle dell’Insugherata, 23.IX.1999, MM, 1\0 ( MZUR, dRR); Tivoli, Colle Vescovo, 448 m, 18.IX.1999, 1\2 ( MZUR, dRR). Viterbo prov. , Nepi, 27.IX.1999, MM, 1\1 ( MZUR, dRR). Liguria: La Spezia prov. , Monterosso al Mare, 25.IX.1997, BM, 1\0 ( NHRS). Sicily: Messina prov. , Taormina, Monte Ziretto, 24.V.1950, [F.] Hartig & Grshm [= I. Von Griesheim], 1\0 ( MZUR); Palermo prov. : Bosco della Ficuzza , 30.VII.2003, PC MT, 1\1; idem, 31.VII.2003, PC MT, 1\0 .

Chorotype. Mediterranean.

Italian distribution. Calabria; Latium, Liguria ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Sardinia (Povolný 1997); Sicily, Tuscany ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953).

Biology. Unknown.

Remarks. Species identified using Povolný and Verves (1986). Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) pandellei was by far the most common species of the subgenus in the study area. Males collected at site C23 on 24.V.2006 were attracted to a bait consisting of decaying meat on a bone, whereas the male from C27a was collected near a rubbish container in the centre of the small town of Gonnosfanadiga. These observations indicate that the species is partly synanthropic; this is unusual for species of Heteronychia , which are usually associated with natural environments and are rarely mentioned among the typically synanthropic Sarcophaga , although Rohdendorf (1959) mentioned S. (H.) plotnikovi Rohdendorf, 1925 , S. (H.) shnitnikovi ( Rohdendorf, 1937) and S. (H.) turana ( Rohdendorf, 1937) as showing synanthropic features in Central Asia. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) pandellei was already recorded from Corsica ( Pape 2004a) .