Zabrachia tenella ( Jaennicke, 1866 )

Mason, Franco, Rozkošný, Rudolf & Hauser, Martin, 2009, A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 507-530 : 525

Zabrachia tenella ( Jaennicke, 1866)

Material examined. Carbonia-Iglesias prov. : Domusnovas, sa Duchessa, 371 m, N 39°22’27.2” E 8°35’36.7”, 27.VI.-11.VII.2006, G. Chessa leg., 1 ♀ ( FMV) ; Iglesias , near Colonia Beneck, 636 m, N 39°20’51.3” E 8°33’48.7” 1, 5-19.IX.2006, G. Chessa leg., 3 ♀♀, Malaise trap ( FMV, FSMU) ; same data but 11-25.VII.2006, 1 ♀, Malaise trap ( FMV, FSMU) ; same data but 8-22.VIII.2006, 1 ♀, Malaise trap ( FMV) .

Remarks. Recorded in Italy by Stuke (2008) for the first time, from Stelvio National Park (Trentino-Alto Adige region, N Italy). The new records from Sardinia are the southern-most in Europe.

Distribution. A species widespread in Europe and Asia, ranging to the Pacific coast and Kurile Islands (see map in Krivosheina & Rozkošný 1990). In Europe it ranges from Ireland, England and Sweden to France and Italy including Sardinia; also recorded from Ukraine, and northern and central European Russia ( Rozkošný 2004; Stuke 2008).