title: Updated Italian checklist of Soldier Flies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae).
abstract: An updated checklist for Stratiomyidae of Italy is presented. Previous knowledge and information are put together in a comprehensive way, integrated also with results obtained by sampling with Malaise traps in some of the test areas of the LIFE+ project ManFor C.BD. At the time of writing, with 91 known species, the Italian fauna of Stratiomyidae is the richest in Europe. Neopachygaster meromelas (Dufour, 1841) and Zabrachia minutissima (Zetterstedt, 1838) are new to the Italian fauna. A comprehensive key to the European species of Chorisops Rondani, 1856 is given.
authors.affiliation: MiPAAF, Corpo Forestale dello Stato, CNBFVR, Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale "Bosco Fontana" di Verona, Via Carlo Ederle 16/a, I - 37100 Verona, Italy ; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (CNR-IBAF). Via Salaria km 29,300 - 00015 Monterotondo (Rome, Italy).
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mason
keywords: Italy; Life Project; checklist; faunistic; forest; identification keys