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Hi Sarah,

There is an update on the Italian checklist concerning Opomyzidae (Zuijlen, J.W.A. van, 1999. Additions to recently published checklists of Opomyzidae (Diptera).-- Studia dipterologica 6(1): 205-206.). In this paper Geomyza nartshukae was recorded from Italy by me (and also from Germany and England). So this species is officially recorded from Italy. It has only relatively recently been described (1993) from Spain. I also recorded this species in other papers from Belgium, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, and Andorra. I do agree that G. tripunctata is much more common than G. nartshukae, but the latter is certainly not rare in southern Europe. I have checked my notes and it turned out that untill now I have only seen three Italian specimens of G. nartshukae. I must add though that I have seen rather few specimens of the Opomyzidae from Italy. Additional material is always welcome!
In most collections it is certainly worthwhile to check if the material identified as G. tripunctata actually belongs to this species or to G. nartshukae.

Jan Willem