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 ) bulgarica ( Enderlein, 1936 ) Helicobia bulgarica Enderlein, 1936: 100 . Type locality: Bulgaria , Sliven . Material from Sardinia . C01 : 23.V.2006 , 1\0; 8.IX.2006 , 1\0. C26 : 11.VII.2006 , 2\0; 15.VII.2006 , 1\0; 16.VII.2006 , 1\0. C33 : 13.VII.2006 , 0\2. C34 : 12.VII.2006 , 1\0. C42 : 17.VII.2006 , 4\0. C44 : 13.VII.2006 , 6\2; 16.VII.2006 , 9\4; 17.VII.2006 , 0\1. S1 : 18.IV–2.V.2006 , 1\0; 2–16.V.2006 , 0\1; 13–27.VI.2006 , 2\1; 11– 25.VII.2006 , 1\0; 8–22.VIII.2006 , 1\0; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006 , 1\0. S2 : 30.V–13.VI.2006 , 2\0; 13–27.VI.2006 , 1\0; 27.VI–11.VII.2006 , 1\0; 11–25.VII.2006 , 3\0; 12.VII.2006 , hn, DA MB DB PC MM DW, 13\1; 8– 22.VIII.2006 , 2\0; 22.VIII–5.IX.2006 , 4\0; 7.IX.2006 , hn, DA MB DB GN, 3\3; 3–17.X.2006 , 2\0. S3 : 16– 30.V.2006 , 0\1; 11–25.VII.2006 , 2\0; 15.VII.2006 , hn, idem , 2\0; 25.VII–8.VIII.2006 , 1\0. Additional material. Italy . Abruzzi : L’Aquila prov. , Cappadocia , Camporotondo , 1500 m , 23– 27.VIII.2000 , MM, 1\0 ( MZUR , dRR); Chieti prov. : Abetina di Rosello , hill top, 1000 m , UTM 33 T 445947 4637768, 21.V.2005 , DW MB DB, 0\1; Palena , 1300 m , 19.VIII.2000 , MM, 1 ♂ ( MZUR , dRR); Rosello , 930 m , 17.VI.2003 , PC, 0\1 . Emilia-Romagna : Bologna prov. , Borgo Capanne , VIII.1949 , NC, 2\0 ( NHRS ) . Latium : Rome prov. : Acilia , 21.III.1945 , OC, 1\0 ( MZUR ); Castelporziano, Tenuta Trafusa, near Trafusina, 30.V.1997 , PC, 0\1; Gerano, 24.VII.2000 , MM, 1\0 ( MZUR , dRR); Percile, 4.VII.2000 , MM, 0\1 ( MZUR , dRR); Tenuta della Cervelletta , 4.V.1999 , MM, 1\0 ( MZUR , dRR) ; idem , 22.VIII.1999 , MM, 0\1 ( MZUR , dRR) ; idem , 17.IX.1999 , MM, 0\1 ( MZUR , dRR) ; idem , 26.IX.1999 , MM, 0\2 ( MZUR , dRR) ; idem , 7.X.1999 , MM, 1\0 ( MZUR , dRR) ; idem , 9.X.1999 , MM, 1\0 ( MZUR , dRR) ; idem , 15.IV.2000 , MM, 1\0 ; idem , 6.VIII.2000 , MM, 1\0 . Liguria : Genoa prov. , Appennino di Genova, Nostra Signora della Vittoria , VIII.1941 , GM, 1\0 ( MZUR ) ; idem , VIII.1943 , GT, 1\0 ( MZUR ) . Lombardy : Mantua prov. , Marmirolo , Bosco della Fontana , 8.IV.2001 , PC, 1\0 . Sicily : Caltanissetta prov. , San Cataldo , VIII–IX.1928 , WH, 1\0 ( ZMUC ); Palermo prov. : Bosco della Ficuzza , Pulpito del Re, 865 m , UTM 33 S 358963 4194405, 26.VI.2005 , DW DB PC ML, 1\0 ; idem , Valle Cerasa , 990 m , UTM 33 S 362296 4190870, 24.VI.2005 ; idem , 1\0 ; idem , UTM 33 S 362011 4190550, 28.VI.2005 , 1\0 ; idem , 1075 m , UTM 33 S 361516 4190767, 28.VI.2005 , 0\1 ; idem , Parco delle Madonie , 29.VI.2005 , 1\0 . Tuscany : Florence , 10–18.V.1986 , TP, 1\0 ( ZMUC ) . Venetia : Verona prov. : Monte Pastello , near Monte , 5.IV.2002 , PC MT, 2\0; Monte Baldo , Malcesine , Prea , 300 m , 18.V.2002 , DB, 1\0 . Chorotype. European. Italian distribution. Abruzzi, Emilia-Romagna , Latium , Liguria , Lombardy , Sardinia , Sicily , Tuscany , Venetia . Previously recorded only from Emilia-Romagna ( Zangheri 1969 ) and mentioned generically from southern mainland Italy by Pape (1995a) . Biology. According to Povolný and Verves (1990 , as Heteronychia ( Spatulapica ) boettcheriana ( Rohdendorf, 1937 )) , Sarcophaga bulgarica is a snail parasite competing with S. ( Heteronychia ) haemorrhoa , the latter being a parasitoid of Helix sp. and Cepaea hortensis (Müller) ( Gastropoda : Helicidae ) ( cf . Coupland & Barker 2004 ). Remarks. Species identified using Pape (1987 , as Heteronychia boettcheriana ( Rohdendorf, 1937 )) ( cf . Pape 1995b ). Records by Saccà and Rivosecchi (1953) of Sarcophaga haemorrhoa from Latium and Liguria refer, in part, to S. bulgarica . The species is new to Sardinia, but was already recorded from Corsica ( Pape 2004a ) .