Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of Sardinia: second contribution to the gall midge fauna of Italy

  • Skuravà, Marcela
  • Skuhravy, Vaclav
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Publication date
October 2016
Publisher
Entomologica
Language
Italian

Abstract

The present gall midge fauna of Sardinia includes 44 species. During investigations in 1997 at 15 localities, situated from the seaside up to the altitude of 700 m a.s.l., 35 species were found of which 31 are new records for Sardinia. Of them, four species (Cystiphora schmidti, Dasineura papaveris, Giraudiella inclusa and Lasioptera arundinis) are new records of Italian fauna. The present fauna of Italy now includes 385 species. During investigations in Sardinia 2-15 gall midge species were found at individual localities, on average 6.5 species per locality. The highest number (15 species) were found at the locality San Pantaleo in the most northern part of Sardinia. The gall midge fauna is formed of 52% Mediterranean, 14% European, 30% Eu...

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