Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) minima Rondani, 1862

Whitmore, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 566-588 : 580-581

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) minima Rondani, 1862

Sarcophaga minima Rondani, 1862: 113 . Type locality: Parma , Italy.

Type material examined. Holotype ♂: 1019 // HOLOTYPE ♂ // Sarcophaga / minima Rond. / T. Pape det. 1986 // Heteronychia / minima (Rond.) / T. Pape det. 1986 ( MZUF).

Material from Sardinia. A01: 26.III.2006, 1\0. A02: 25.V.2006, 3\0. A05: 14.VI.2004, 1\1, dRR. A21: 25.V.2006, 0\1. C26: 15.VII.2006, al, 0\1; 17.VII.2006, 1\0. C42: 17.VII.2006, 0\1; 18.VII.2006, 2\1. C43: 7.IX.2006, al, DA MB DB GN, 1\0. C44: 16.VII.2006, 2\0; 17.VII.2006, 1\0. C52: 26.IX.2004, 1\0, dRR. C70: 23.IX.2004, 1\0, dRR. S1: 16–30.V.2006, 1\0; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 1\0; 13–27.VI.2006, 1\2. G02: 4.IX.2006, 6\2. S2: 24.IX.2004, hn, DB PC FM DW, 14\1, dRR; 25.IX.2004, hn, DB PC FM DW, 4\1, dRR; 16–30.V.2006, 2\1; 30.V–13.VI.2006, 3\0; 13–27.VI.2006, 5\15; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 6\4; 11–25.VII.2006, 3\2; 12.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 0\3; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 0\4; 8–22.VIII.2006, 2\2; 22.VIII– 5.IX.2006, 11\4; 5–19.IX.2006, 3\0; 7.IX.2006, hn, DA MB DB GN, 3\0; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 2\0. S3: 13– 27.VI.2006, 1\1; 11–25.VII.2006, 0\1; 12.VII.2006, hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 7\0.

Additional material. Italy. Abruzzi: Chieti prov., Vasto, Marina di Vasto, seashore vegetation, 7– 12.VIII.2002, BR, 1\0 ( ZMUC). Apulia: Foggia prov., Monte Gargano, Monte Sant’Angelo, 800 m, 29.VII.1995, BM, 1\0 ( NHRS). Latium: Latina prov., Isola di Ponza, Semaforo, 26.VI.1966, NC, 1\0 ( MZUR); Rome prov., Tivoli, Colle Vescovo, 448 m, 16.VIII.2000, MM, 2\0 ( MZUR, dRR). Sicily: Palermo prov.: Bosco della Ficuzza, 900 m, on Ammi visnaga , 30.VII.2003, PC MT, 1\0; idem, Cima Cucco (hill top), 995 m, UTM 33 S 360328 4192550, 25.VI.2005, DW DB PC ML, 6\0; idem, Valle Cerasa, 990 m, UTM 33 S 362011 4190550, 23.VI.2005, 1\0; same data as previous, 24.VI.2005, 0\1, dRR; Corleone, nr. Bivio Ponte Casale, field with Ammi visnaga , 476 m, UTM 33 S 353645 4190330, 2\0; Madonie, Piano Zucchi, 1240 m, 21.V.2004, PC DB GN DW, 1\0; Siracusa prov., Lentini, Reina river, 20 m, 15.VII.1949, FH, 1\0 ( MZUR); Trapani prov., Isola di Favignana, Faro, 2.VII.2005, DW DB PC ML, 3\0. Tuscany: Grosseto prov., Arcipelago Toscano, Isola del Giglio, 8–15.VII.2000, MM, 9\5 ( MZUR, dRR).

Chorotype. Euro-Mediterranean.

Italian distribution. Abruzzi; Apulia; Emilia-Romagna (type locality; Zangheri 1950, 1969); Latium ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Sardinia; Sicily ( Böttcher 1913b; Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953); Giglio Is. (Tuscany); Venetia ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953).

Biology. A suspected parasitoid of Theba pisana ( Gastropoda: Helicidae ), Cernuella virgata and Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin) , and of T. simulata (Ehrenberg) ( Gastropoda: Hygromiidae ) in Israel (cf. Coupland & Barker 2004).

Remarks. New to Sardinia. Recorded from Corsica by Villeneuve (1911, as S. fertoni n. sp.).