A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia * Author Mason, Franco Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale “ Bosco Fontana ” - Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Via Carlo Ederle 16 / a, I- 37100 Verona, Italy. E-mail: fmason @ tin. it Author Rozkošný, Rudolf Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlá ská 2, CZ- 61137 Brno, Czech Republic. Author Hauser, Martin Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832 - 1448, U. S. A. E-mail: phycus @ gmail. com text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 507 530 journal article 1175-5326 Chloromyia formosa ( Scopoli, 1763 ) Published records. Sardinia (Bezzi 1892; Mason & Krivosheina 1995 ; Rozkošný 2004 ). Cagliari prov.: Cagliari ( Costa 1883 ); Cagliari; Capoterra, sponde [= banks of] Rio Santa Lucia ; Geremeas ( Mason 2005 ); Sarrabus ( Troiano & Toscano 1997 ). Nuoro prov.: Sorgono ( Rozkošný 1982 ). Oristano prov.: Tirso [torrent] ( Mason 2005 ). Sassari prov.: Ploaghe ( Troiano & Toscano 1997 ); Porto Conte; Sassari ( Mason 2005 ). Material examined. Cagliari prov. : Geremeas , 2.VI.2003 , L. Fancello leg., 3 ♂ , net ( CNBFVR ); Carbonia-Iglesias prov. : Iglesias , near Colonia Beneck , N 39°20’51.3” E 8°33’48.7” , 636 m , 2-16.V.2006 , G. Chessa leg., 2 ♂ , Malaise trap ( CNBFVR ) . Distribution. Palaearctic species, extending from central Scandinavia to North Africa and eastwards to eastern Siberia ( Rozkošný 1982 ).