Callicera aurata (Rossi, 1790)

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-

Callicera aurata (Rossi, 1790)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; behavior: foraging; occurrenceID: EB554C3C-E53F-5C50-8978-E2EFC1CE5397; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Bioglio (BI); locality: Rondolere ; verbatimElevation: 1190 m; verbatimLatitude: 45 ° 40 ' 41 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 8 ° 02 ' 42 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 45.6780555; decimalLongitude: 8.045; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: entomological net; eventDate: 2019-08 - 13; habitat: Fagus forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; collectionID: Umberto Maritano Collection

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; behavior: foraging; occurrenceID: 491DD818-EB6C-5D0B-9126-07CC8D530813; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Armeno (NO); verbatimElevation: 962 m; verbatimLatitude: 45 ° 50 ' 34 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 8 ° 28 ' 22 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 45.8427777; decimalLongitude: 8.4727777; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: observation; eventDate: 2006-08 - 30; habitat: Deciduous mixed forest; eventRemarks: iNaturalist; Record Level: type: Stillimage

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; behavior: foraging; occurrenceID: AED2843A-72B8-54B2-AB2A-E71E1FD56496; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Ormea (CN); verbatimElevation: 1792 m; verbatimLatitude: 44 ° 08 ' 42 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 7 ° 50 ' 56 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 44.145; decimalLongitude: 7.8488888; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: observation; eventDate: 2020-08 - 15; habitat: Open grassland high altitude; eventRemarks: iNaturalist; Record Level: type: Stillimage

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; behavior: foraging; occurrenceID: 2A1D9CBB-D2DA-508B-A155-7B1AE7323D41; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Oncino (CN); verbatimElevation: 1723 m; verbatimLatitude: 44 ° 39 ' 47 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 7 ° 09 ' 40 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 44.6630555; decimalLongitude: 7.1611111; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: entomological net; eventDate: 2020-07 - 18; habitat: Open grassland high altitude; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; collectionID: Umberto Maritano Collection

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; behavior: foraging; occurrenceID: 1735F323-CC03-583C-9F03-158F3A01148C; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Frabosa Sottana (CN); verbatimElevation: 573 m; verbatimLatitude: 44 ° 19 ' 10 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 7 ° 48 ' 13 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 44.3194444; decimalLongitude: 7.8036111; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Lorenzo Bianco; Event: samplingProtocol: entomological net; eventDate: 2022-07 - 18; habitat: Deciduous mixed forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; collectionID: Lorenzo Bianco Collection

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; behavior: flying; occurrenceID: 451A1387-B4BF-528B-A7E1-D22C58FEC273; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Nucetto (CN); verbatimElevation: 447 m; verbatimLatitude: 44 ° 20 ' 50 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 8 ° 03 ' 21 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 44.3472222; decimalLongitude: 8.0558333; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Lorenzo Bianco; Event: samplingProtocol: entomological net; eventDate: 2022-08 - 03; habitat: Deciduous mixed forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; collectionID: Umberto Maritano Collection

Notes

This species is reported as vulnerable ( IUCN 2021) and all the data known for the Piedmont region were unpublished (Fig. 4 ). Two observations come from the iNaturalist platform (checked and confirmed by the authors) and four from authors' ( UM, LB) observations. All the specimens collected by the authors were observed during the hottest hours of the day, all on different flowers: the specimen from Sessera Valley was observed on violet Knautia sp. or Scabiosa sp. , the specimen in Oncino was observed on Hypericum sp. , the specimen in Frabosa Sottana was on white Dipsacus sp. and the one in Nucetto was near Fragaria vesca . While for iNaturalist observation the specimen from Ormea was on Scabiosa sp. while the specimen from Armeno was on Carduus sp. or Cirsium sp.

Figures

Figure 4. Distribution map of Callicera aurata in Piedmont region.