Oxycera nigricornis Olivier, 1811

Mason, Franco, Rozkošný, Rudolf & Hauser, Martin, 2009, A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 507-530 : 522-524

Oxycera nigricornis Olivier, 1811

Published records. Sardinia (Bezzi 1892; Mason & Krivosheina 1995; Troiano & Toscano 1997; Rozkošný 2004). Ogliastra prov.: Valle di Correboi ( Costa 1884, as O. formosa Meigen, 1822 ). Nuoro prov.: Laconi ( Costa 1884, as O. formosa ).

Material examined. Carbonia-Iglesias prov.: Domusnovas, near Grotta San Giovanni, N 39°20’34.3” E 8°37’39.0”, 11.VI.2004, P. Cerretti, D. Birtele, G. Nardi, M. Tisato & D. Whitmore leg., 1 ♀, sweep net ( FMV) ; Domusnovas, Lago Siuru , N 39°22’12.3” E 8°37’03.7”, 322 m, 20.V.2006, M. Bardiani, D. Birtele, P. Cornacchia & D. Whitmore leg., 1 ♀, Malaise trap ( CNBFVR) ; same locality, 12-17.VII.2006, D. Avesani, M. Bardiani, D. Birtele, P. Cerretti, M. Mei & D. Whitmore, Malaise trap, 1 ♀ ( FMV) .

Remarks. This species had been previously recorded from Sardinia only by Costa (1884) and Bezzi (1892); it was consequently listed from “ Sardinia ” by other authors (see above). The above, recently examined material confirms the old records.

Distribution. A European species ranging from southern-most Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia,

Sicily and Greece, eastwards to the Ukraine ( Rozkošný 2004).