An updated list of chironomid species from Italy with biogeographic considerations (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Abstract

In a first list of chironomid species from Italy from 1988, 359 species were recognized. The subfamilies represented were Tanypodinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae, Orthocladiinae and Chironominae. Most of the species were cited as widely distributed in the Palearctic region with few Mediterranean (6), Afrotropical (19) or Panpaleotropical (3) species. The list also included five species previously considered Nearctic. An updated list was thereafter prepared and the number of species raised to 391. Species new to science were added in the following years further raising the number of known species. The list of species known to occur in Italy is now updated to 580, and supported by voucher specimens. Most species have a Palearctic distribution, but many species are distributed in other biogeographical regions; 366 species are in common with the East Palaearctic region, 281 with the Near East, 248 with North Africa, 213 with the Nearctic, 104 with the Oriental, 23 species with the Neotropical, 23 with the Afrotropical, 16 with the Australian region, and 46 species at present are known to occur only in Italy. On the basis of new findings in Italy and in nearby areas it is stated that the knowledge of chironomid fauna is still incomplete.

DNA barcoding of Chironomidae from the Lake Skadar region: Reference library and a comparative analysis of the European fauna

“…Chironomus . lugubris has a North‐Central European distribution, even though Rossaro et al (2019) preliminary identified some exuviae found in Italy as belonging to this species. The species was also reported from Switzerland and Hungary (Rossaro et al, 2019).…”

“…(2019) preliminary identified some exuviae found in Italy as belonging to this species. The species was also reported from Switzerland and Hungary (Rossaro et al, 2019). The nine specimens whose barcodes are present in BOLD were collected from Spitsbergen (Norway) and assigned to one BIN (BOLD: AAB4581).…”

Survey of Insects in Some Southern Iraqi Marshes

“…Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978; Iran (Nilsson, 2011); Kuwait (Edmonds et al, 2019). (Sasa, 1989) Nearctic Region (Oliver et al, 1990); Italy (Rossaro et al, 2019); Iran (Aydın and Samin, 2020). Paratendipes annularis (Meigen, 1804) Material examined: 7 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vi.2019.…”

“…Paratendipes annularis (Meigen, 1804) Material examined: 7 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vi.2019. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al, 2009; Nearctic Region (Oliver et al, 1990); Korea (Na et al, 2010); Polish (Larocque-Tobler, 2014); Turkey (Aydin and Güher, 2017); Italy (Rossaro et al, 2019); Wisconsin (Egan et al, 2019); Iran (Mohammadi et al, 2021). (Linnavuori, 1994); Known from the Balkan Peninsula and SW Asia to SE Asia (Linnavuori, 1994), Croatia (Kment and Beran, 2011), Israel (Novoselsky et al, 2018), Kuwait (Amr, 2021).…”

Synorthocladius federicoi sp. nov., a new species occurring in the middle basin of the Adige River, northern Italy (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)

“…According to data on the taxonomy and geographical distribution of known Synorthocladius species from the Palaearctic and neighbouring biogeographical regions ( Pankratova 1970 ; Sasa and Yamamoto 1977 ; Sasa 1981 ; Cranston et al 1989 ; Reiss 1989 ; Evrard 1995 ; Liu and Wang 2005 ; Langton and Pinder 2007 ; Lencioni et al 2011 , 2012 , 2018 ; Ashe and O’Connor 2012 ; Moubayed-Breil and Ashe 2012 ; Plociennik and Pesic 2012 ; Sæther and Spies 2013 ; Plociennik and Karaouzas 2014 ; Makarchenko and Makarchenko 2017 ; Kettani and Moubayed-Breil 2018 ; Murray et al 2018 ; Yavorskaya et al 2018 ; Rossaro et al 2019 ; Moubayed-Breil 2020 ), there are eight valid species of the genus worldwide, of which only one, S. semivirens (Kieffer, 1909), was reported from Europe. The present description of S. federicoi sp.…”