Back from the dead II: Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer, 1798) (Diptera: Piophilidae) resurfaces in France after a 183-year-long absence |
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| Authors: | Xavier Léal Pierre Mourieres François Lamarque Frédéric Azémar |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Office pour les Insectes et leur Environnement de Midi-Pyrénées, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 2 place Philadelphe-Thomas, Gaillac 81600, France;2. Fédération Aude Claire, 32 rue des Augustins, Limoux 11300, France;3. Idem, Fédération départementale des Chasseurs de l’Ariège, Foix, 09000, France;4. Département Langues Vivantes et Gestion, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, 31062, France;5. EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France |
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| Abstract: | SummaryLast seen in France in 1836 by Robineau-Desvoidy, the orange-headed necrophagous fly Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer, 1798) has long been considered as extinct. However, it was rediscovered in 2010 in Spain. We report its first sighting in France after a 183-year-long absence. In February 2019, four specimens were collected in southern France (Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat, Ariège), in the Pyrenees. |
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| Keywords: | Lazarus species lost species insect extinction silent extinction |
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