Open AccessFirst report of <em>Symphoromyia immaculata</em> (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Italy, with the description of its attack and blood-feeding behaviour on human hosts
Author(s) -
Federico Romiti,
Claudio De Liberato,
Adele Magliano,
Arianna Ermenegildi,
Irene Del Lesto,
P.L.T. Beuk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of entomological and acarological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2279-7084
pISSN - 2038-324X
DOI - 10.4081/jear.2021.9315
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , biting , blood sucking , ecology
Specimens from a swarm of Symphoromyia immaculata (Meigen, 1820) were collected in the act of biting people in a farmhouse in Central Italy. The species is distributed in West and Central Europe and eastwards in Northwest Russia. This is the first record of S. immaculata in Italy, with a documented case of humans suffering from bites of this species.