Palloptera muliebris

Palloptera muliebris (Harris, 1780) Material examined: 1♂, 1♀, Sicily, Etna, Bronte, Monte Minardo, 345m, 11.vi.1999, M.J. Ebejer. This species was swept from the leaves on the lower branches of oak trees. It is a common species in Europe and Italy. New record for Sicily.Published as part of Ebejer, Martin J. & Nicolosi, Giuseppe, 2022, New records of acalyptrate Diptera from Sicily (Brachycera, Muscomorpha: Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Carnidae, Lonchaeidae, Odiniidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Piophilidae, Sciomyzidae, Ulidiidae), pp. 101-104 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/766, http://zenodo.org/record/814805