A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia * Author Whitmore, Daniel Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “ Bosco Fontana ” - Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Via Carlo Ederle 16 / a, I- 37100 Verona, Italy. E-mail: whitmore _ d @ yahoo. it & Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell’Università 32, I- 00185 Rome, Italy. text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 566 588 journal article 1175-5326 Sarcophaga ( Heteronychia ) minima Rondani, 1862 Sarcophaga minima Rondani, 1862: 113 . Type locality: Parma , Italy . Type material examined. Holotype ♂ : 1019 // HOLOTYPE ♂ // Sarcophaga / minima Rond. / T. Pape det. 1986 // Heteronychia / minima (Rond.) / T. Pape det. 1986 ( MZUF ). Material from Sardinia . A01 : 26.III.2006 , 1\0. A02 : 25.V.2006 , 3\0. A05 : 14.VI.2004 , 1\1, dRR. A21 : 25.V.2006 , 0\1. C26 : 15.VII.2006 , al, 0\1; 17.VII.2006 , 1\0. C42 : 17.VII.2006 , 0\1; 18.VII.2006 , 2\1. C43 : 7.IX.2006 , al, DA MB DB GN, 1\0. C44 : 16.VII.2006 , 2\0; 17.VII.2006 , 1\0. C52 : 26.IX.2004 , 1\0, dRR. C70 : 23.IX.2004 , 1\0, dRR. S1 : 16–30.V.2006 , 1\0; 30.V–13.VI.2006 , 1\0; 13–27.VI.2006 , 1\2. G02 : 4.IX.2006 , 6\2. S2 : 24.IX.2004 , hn, DB PC FM DW, 14\1, dRR; 25.IX.2004 , hn, DB PC FM DW, 4\1, dRR; 16–30.V.2006 , 2\1; 30.V–13.VI.2006 , 3\0; 13–27.VI.2006 , 5\15; 27.VI–11.VII.2006 , 6\4; 11–25.VII.2006 , 3\2; 12.VII.2006 , hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 0\3; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006 , 0\4; 8–22.VIII.2006 , 2\2; 22.VIII– 5.IX.2006 , 11\4; 5–19.IX.2006 , 3\0; 7.IX.2006 , hn, DA MB DB GN, 3\0; 19.IX–3.X.2006 , 2\0. S3 : 13– 27.VI.2006 , 1\1; 11–25.VII.2006 , 0\1; 12.VII.2006 , hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 7\0. Additional material. Italy . Abruzzi : Chieti prov., Vasto, Marina di Vasto, seashore vegetation, 7– 12.VIII.2002 , BR, 1\0 ( ZMUC ). Apulia : Foggia prov., Monte Gargano, Monte Sant’Angelo, 800 m , 29.VII.1995 , BM, 1\0 ( NHRS ). Latium : Latina prov., Isola di Ponza, Semaforo, 26.VI.1966 , NC, 1\0 ( MZUR ); Rome prov., Tivoli, Colle Vescovo, 448 m , 16.VIII.2000 , MM, 2\0 ( MZUR , dRR). Sicily : Palermo prov.: Bosco della Ficuzza, 900 m , on Ammi visnaga , 30.VII.2003 , PC MT, 1\0; idem , Cima Cucco (hill top), 995 m , UTM 33 S 360328 4192550, 25.VI.2005 , DW DB PC ML, 6\0; idem , Valle Cerasa, 990 m , UTM 33 S 362011 4190550, 23.VI.2005 , 1\0; same data as previous, 24.VI.2005 , 0\1, dRR; Corleone, nr. Bivio Ponte Casale, field with Ammi visnaga , 476 m , UTM 33 S 353645 4190330, 2\0; Madonie, Piano Zucchi, 1240 m , 21.V.2004 , PC DB GN DW, 1\0; Siracusa prov., Lentini, Reina river, 20 m , 15.VII.1949 , FH, 1\0 ( MZUR ); Trapani prov., Isola di Favignana, Faro, 2.VII.2005 , DW DB PC ML, 3\0. Tuscany : Grosseto prov., Arcipelago Toscano, Isola del Giglio, 8–15.VII.2000 , MM, 9\5 ( MZUR , dRR). Chorotype. Euro-Mediterranean. Italian distribution. Abruzzi; Apulia ; Emilia-Romagna ( type locality; Zangheri 1950 , 1969 ); Latium ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953 ); Sardinia ; Sicily ( Böttcher 1913b ; Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953 ); Giglio Is. ( Tuscany ); Venetia ( Saccà & Rivosecchi 1953 ). Biology. A suspected parasitoid of Theba pisana ( Gastropoda : Helicidae ), Cernuella virgata and Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin) , and of T. simulata (Ehrenberg) ( Gastropoda : Hygromiidae ) in Israel ( cf . Coupland & Barker 2004 ). Remarks. New to Sardinia. Recorded from Corsica by Villeneuve (1911 , as S. fertoni n. sp. ).