Velia currens

Velia currens (Fabricius, 1794) Material examined. • 1 ♀, Ligornetto, 1886, Pavesi leg., anonymous det., F. Cianferoni revid., MSNP; • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Lugano, anonymous leg., M. Dethier det., V. Cosandey revid., NMB; • 1 ♀, Bioggio, Tessin, 12.VI.1956, Simonet leg., M. Dethier det., V. Cosandey revid., MHNG; • 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Medeglia, TI, 6.V.1992, Filippo Rampazzi leg., M. Dethier det., V. Cosandey revid., MSNL; • 1 ♂ Stabio, TI, 21.X.2021, V. Cosandey leg., det. & coll.; • 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Alto Malcantone, TI, 3.VI.2024, V. Cosandey leg., det. & coll. Remark. The first record of Velia in Switzerland was published by De Carlini (1887) who reported V. currens from “ Lugano, Ligornetto ”, quoted subsequently by Griffini (1896) and Servadei (1967) in their catalogues. This record is anterior to the revision of Tamanini (1947) and was overlooked by Dethier and Matthey (1977). Therefore, the specimens cited by De Carlini (1887) may also have referred to another congener (and potentially to V. gridellii). A single female collected by Pavesi in 1886 (“ Ligornetto | Pavesi 86 ”) presumably corresponding to the specimen reported by De Carlini is deposited in the entomological collection of the Natural History Museum of Pavia, Italy (S. Maretti pers. comm.; Fig. 2). This specimen was revised by the second author and does, indeed, belong to V. currens.