Abstract
Six species are identified in the Iteaphila setosa group (I. arundela sp. n., I. caucasica sp. n., I. italica Loew, 1873, I. kubaniensis sp. n., I. merzi sp. n., I. setosa (Bezzi, 1924)). This species group is distributed from southern England in the west, through southern Europe and northern Africa, to the Caucasus and Middle Asia (Uzbekistan).
Highlights
At higher northern latitudes and montane regions, the genus Iteaphila Zetterstedt, 1838 is one of the first pollinators active in early spring, primarily visiting flowers of Prunus and Salix and other spring flowers
During a revision of the entire Iteaphila group we discovered that I. setosa represented a distinct species group and included I. italica Loew, 1873
Tuomikoski (1958) questioned whether I. italica Loew was congeneric given the shape of the antenna and male terminalia as illustrated in Engel (1941) and the southern distribution of this otherwise northern or montane genus
Summary
At higher northern latitudes and montane regions, the genus Iteaphila Zetterstedt, 1838 is one of the first pollinators active in early spring, primarily visiting flowers of Prunus and Salix and other spring flowers. Apart from these collection records, little is known about the biology of Iteaphila. During a revision of the entire Iteaphila group we discovered that I. setosa represented a distinct species group and included I. italica Loew, 1873. We prefer to retain this group within Iteaphila until a thorough revision and phylogenetic analysis is completed for the entire Iteaphila group This is the first of several revisions on this genus group and describes five additional species related to I. setosa
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