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  • Biodiversity Journal, 16 (3): 411-413

    Angelo Ditta, Marcello Consolo & Salvatore Surdo
    First record of Leia arsona Hutson, 1978 (Diptera Mycetophilidae) a new alien species for Italy
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2025.16.3.411.413

    ABSTRACT
    Leia arsona     Hutson, 1978 is a species of Diptera Mycetophilidae, not common in Europe. This species is widespread around the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea with records from the Cape Verde Islands, Madeira, Azores, Algeria, Tunisia, England, Switzerland, Malta and Israel. In Italy it is the first report as species, in Sicily it is the first report as genus and species.