Faunistic data of Sepsidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries including the first Swiss record of Meroplius fukuharai (Iwasa, 1984)
Author
Patrick T. Rohner
Author
Gerhard Bächli
text
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft
2016
89
237
260
journal article
37348
10.5281/zenodo.192634
686640dd-99b6-4839-94f7-1cc035ba7a39
192634
Themira minor
(Haliday, 1833)
Material
:
Switzerland
:
AG
:Aristau, 400 m, x.1975 (leg. Wunderlich).
LU
:Dierikon, 550 m, 2000 (leg. Duelli); Luzern 550 m, 24.vi.–5.viii.2006 (leg. Sattler); Ruswil, 800 m, 2001 (leg. Duelli).
TI
:Bolle di Magadino, 200 m, 19.vi.1995 (leg. Merz &Bächli).
Romania
:Calimani, 1700 m, 25.v.83; Cimpulung, 600 m, 25.v.1976; 800 m, 3.viii.1975; Cornetu, 23.v.1984 (all leg. Ceianu).
Distribution
:Holarctic (
Ozerov 2005
).
Comments
:Often associated with waterfowl droppings, but can also be found on cow dung (which it readily accepts as breeding substrate under laboratory conditions).