Brachypalpus chrysites Egger, 1859

Maritano, Umberto, Bianco, Lorenzo & Torta, Samuele, 2024, New observations on rare and threatened saproxylic hoverflies in North-Western Italy with ecological notes, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 127968-e 127968 : e127968-

Brachypalpus chrysites Egger, 1859

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3718361D-DBF9-52DA-ACDA-DCB46F95426D; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Valdieri (CN); locality: Piana della casa di caccia ; verbatimElevation: 1757 m; verbatimLatitude: 44 ° 12 ' 01 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 7 ° 14 ' 20 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 44.2002777; decimalLongitude: 7.2388888; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2022-06 - 02 / 16; habitat: coniferous forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; collectionID: Umberto Maritano collection

Notes

This species is vulnerable according to the IUCN European Red List of Hoverflies ( Vujić et al. 2022). It was recorded in the 19 th century ( Sommaggio 2007) on a coniferous plantation at low altitude in Stupinigi Park (Fig. 3 ), but a recent attempt made by the authors failed to find it in the same place. A specimen was collected by Malaise trap in a subalpine pastured grassland in Valasco Valley ( CN) during the second year of a survey concerning the effect of grazing on hoverfly assemblages. Other observations that took place regularly in the same year at higher altitudes (2040 m a. s. l.) on a senescent coniferous plant have led to the observation of a single Brachypalpus valgus specimen.

Figures

Figure 3. Distribution map of Brachypalpus chrysites in Piedmont region.