Rhexoza sp.

Haenni, Jean-Paul, 2009, The Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of a new species *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 440-449 : 444

8. Rhexoza sp.

Records. C85: 3–4.IX.2003, 1 ♀. S1: 4–18.IV.2006, 2 ♂; 18.IV–2.V.2006, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 30.Vz– 13.VI.2006, 6 ♂ 1 ♀; 27.VI–11.VII.2006, 1 ♂; 11–25.VII.2006, 2 ♂; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006, 7 ♂ 1 ♀; 8–22.VIII.2006, 2 ♂; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006, 1 ♀; 5–19.IX.2006, 6 ♂ 6 ♀; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 2 ♂ 9 ♀; 3–17.X.2006, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 17–31.X.2006, 2 ♂ 3 ♀. S2: 30.V-13.VI.2006, 1 ♂; 8-22.VIII.2006, m, 1 ♂ 1 ♀. S3: 16–30.V.2006, 2 ♂; 8–22.VIII.2006, 1 ♀; 19.IX–3.X.2006, 1 ♂; 17–31.X.2006, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (all CNBFVR).

Chorotype. A probable W-Mediterranean element.

Italian distribution. Only known from Sardinia.

Ecology. Unknown.

Notes. The abundant Sardinian material belongs to a distinctive new species close to Rhexoza subnitens (Verrall) which was known until now only from Castilla y León in Spain and is being described elsewhere.