A Second European Axysta Species (Diptera: Ephydridae) Author Stuke, Jens-Hermann text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2022 2022-05-16 68 2 159 168 http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.2.159.2022 journal article 10.17109/AZH.68.2.159.2022 2064-2474 7160754 Axysta cesta (Haliday, 1833) ( Figs 2–3 , 6 ) Ephydra cesta Haliday, 1833: 177 ; type-locality: “Holywood in Downshire” [ Northern Ireland ]; lectotype m, des. by CLAUSEN 1983 , deposited in National Museum of Ireland, Dublin ( DE COURCY WILLIAMS & O’CONNOR 1989 ). Material examined. GERMANY : 1 f, 23.v.2010 , Bavaria , Isaraue NW Rosenau ( 4 km s Moosburg a. d. Isar) [ 48,442°N 11,932°E ]; 1 m , 23.v.2010 , Bavaria , gravel pit 2 km W Mitterlern ( 11 km ESE Freising) [ 48,387°N 11,898°E ]; 1 m , 3.iv.2007 , Bavaria , Inning am Ammersee, Martinsberg [ 48,088°N 11,163°E ], 550 m , leg. W. Schacht; 1 m , 29.iv.2007 , Bavaria , Inning, Martinsberg, Toteisloch, swamp [ 48,085°N 11,169°E ], 570 m , leg. W. Schacht; 1 f, 9.viii.2014 , Brandenburg , Kolpinsee [ 52,349°N 12,798°E ]; 1 f, 12.v.2013 , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Peene valley S Trantow [ 53,967°N 13,200°E ]; 1 m , 26.v.2003 , Lower Saxony , Ahlhorner Teiche [ 52,928°N 8,139°E ]; 1 m 1 f, 6.iv.2009 , Lower Saxony , Dollart, Dyksterhusen [ 53,294°N 7,242°E ]; 1 m 1 f, 6.viii.2008 , Lower Saxony , Elbe valley Jasebeck [ 53,163°N 11,135°E ]; 1 m , 6.viii.2008 , Lower Saxony , Elbe valley Kaltenhof [ 53,126°N 11,248°E ]; 1 m , 25.v.2017 , Lower Saxony , forest 1 km S Volzendorf [ 52,883°N 11,263°E ]; 1 m 1 f, 28.v.2017 , Lower Saxony , forest NW Gudow [ 53,298°N 11,000°E ]; 1 m , 29.iv.2007 , Lower Saxony , Grosses Giebelmoor [ 52,508°N 10,940°E ]; 1 m , 23.v.2009 , Lower Saxony , limeswamp Beierfelde [ 51,698°N 10,248°E ]; 1 f, 4.iv.2017 , Lower Saxony , Leer, Westerhammrich [ 53,241°N 7,440°E ]; 1 f, 1.v.2005 , Lower Saxony , Markatal SW Markhausen [ 52,923°N 7,827°E ]; 1 m , 17.viii.2008 , Lower Saxony , Meppener Kuhweide [ 52,666°N 7,257°E ]; 1 m , 11.v.2008 , Lower Saxony , Penkefitzer lake [ 53,136°N 11,129°E ]; 1 m , 16.viii.2009 , Lower Saxony , Thülsfelder reservoir [ 52,910°N 7,948°E ]; 1 f, 29.iii.2003 , Lower Saxony , Timmeler Meer [ 53,355°N 7,510°E ]; 1 f, 3.v.2008 , Lower Saxony , Zwischenahner Meer, Meyerhausen [ 53,207°N 8,032°E ]; 1 m , 25.vii.2010 , Saxony Anhalt, Elbe valley SE Schelldorf, Tangermünde [ 52,461°N 11,988°E ]; FINLAND : 1 m , 18.vii.2020 , Central Finland , Kolima 7.9 km ESE Pihtipudas [ 63,308°N 25,649°E ]; 1 m , 20.vii.2020 , Northern Ostrobothnia , Iijoki N Kauppila [ 65,331°N 25,381°E ]; 1 m , 27.vii.2020 , Northern Ostrobothnia , Kantoselkä 2.4 km E Lahokas [ 65,887°N 29,330°E ]; GEORGIA : 3 ff, 10.vii.2019 , small lake 2.2 km ENE Imera [ 41,650°N 44,215°E ]; 1 m , 3.vii.2019 , Snostskali River 0.6 km SE Achkhoti [ 42,618°N 44,624°E ]; GREAT BRITAIN : 1 m , 21.vii.1982 , East Norfolk , Catfield Great Fen, dykeside vegetation [ 52,735°N 1,494°E ], leg. et det. A. G. Irwin, coll. Norwich Castle Museums; 1 m , 5.vii.1985 , West Norfolk , Caudlesprings, south side of pond [ 52,572°N 0,861°E ], leg. et det. A. G. Irwin, coll. Norwich Castle Museums; 1 m , 6.viii.1983 , West Norfolk , Thompson Common dry Ranunculus / Cladium pool, [ 52,527°N 0,843°E ], leg. et det. A. G. Irwin, coll. Norwich Castle Museums. Remarks. The identification of this species is based on the interpretation of CLAUSEN (1983) , which was subsequently adopted by KRIVOSHEINA and MATHIS (2010) . CLAUSEN (1983) designated the lectotype and illustrated the terminalia, which clearly show the relevant identification characters. Axysta cesta is report- ed to be widely distributed in the Palaearctic, with by far the most published records being from central and northern Europe ( KRIVOSHEINA & MATHIS 2010 ). The records from Georgia presented here are the first for that country.