Allophroides boops

Allophroides boops (Gravenhorst, 1829) Distribution Palaearctic (Western Palaearctic). Asserted distribution in Italy: Italy (Horstmann 1971); North Italy (Scaramozzino 1995); PIE (Gravenhorst 1829, as Porizon boops Gravenhorst, 1829; Frilli and Horstmann 1982, as Ophion italicus (Gravenhorst, 1829)); LIG (Gravenhorst 1829, as Porizon italicus Gravenhorst, 1829); EMR (Zangheri 1969, as Allophrys boops (Gravenhorst, 1829)). Notes Horstmann (1971) recorded the species for "? Italy (Gravenhorst) ", acknowledging uncertainty in the synonymisation of the sole damaged type specimen of Porizon italicus Gravenhorst, 1829 in Gravenhorst’s collection with this species.