Brachypalpus chrysites Egger 1859

Brachypalpus chrysites Egger, 1859 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3718361D-DBF9-52DA-ACDA-DCB46F95426D; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Valdieri (CN); locality: Piana della casa di caccia; verbatimElevation: 1757 m; verbatimLatitude: 44 ° 12 ' 01 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 7 ° 14 ' 20 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 44.2002777; decimalLongitude: 7.2388888; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2022-06 - 02 / 16; habitat: coniferous forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; collectionID: Umberto Maritano collection Notes This species is vulnerable according to the IUCN European Red List of Hoverflies (Vujić et al. 2022). It was recorded in the 19 th century (Sommaggio 2007) on a coniferous plantation at low altitude in Stupinigi Park (Fig. 3), but a recent attempt made by the authors failed to find it in the same place. A specimen was collected by Malaise trap in a subalpine pastured grassland in Valasco Valley (CN) during the second year of a survey concerning the effect of grazing on hoverfly assemblages. Other observations that took place regularly in the same year at higher altitudes (2040 m a. s. l.) on a senescent coniferous plant have led to the observation of a single Brachypalpus valgus specimen.