New records of acalyptrate Diptera from Sicily (Brachycera, Muscomorpha: Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Carnidae, Lonchaeidae, Odiniidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Piophilidae, Sciomyzidae, Ulidiidae)
Author
Ebejer, Martin J.
Honorary Research Fellow, Entomology Section, Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, UK - martin. ebejer @ btinternet. com
martin.ebejer@btinternet.com
Author
Nicolosi, Giuseppe
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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Fragmenta entomologica
2022
2022-05-15
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http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/766
journal article
10.13133/2284-4880/766
2284-4880
8148054
PIOPHILIDAE
The only species previously known from
Sicily
is the cosmopolitan
Piophila casei
(Linnaeus, 1758)
. Both species recorded below are widespread in Europe and both are known from mainland
Italy
.
Piophilidae
species are late stage carrion feeders as larvae.