The genus Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Czech Republic with first records of twelve species Author Kejval, Zbyněk Muzeum Chodska, Chodské náměstí 96, CZ- 344 01 Domažlice, Czech Republic Author Pollet, Marc 0000-0001-5198-5928 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Operational Directory Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Entomology, Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. mpollet. doli @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5198 - 5928 mpollet.doli@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-09 5254 1 69 93 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.1.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.1.4 1175-5326 7710858 A7B92D56-B267-4EBE-9896-187B043274F7 Medetera glaucella Kowarz, 1877 Material examined. Bohemia : Březno (5546), near Hutná stream, 50°24′24″N 13°23′21″E , MT, 1–14.v.2000 , M. Barták lgt., J. Olejníček det., 1 ♁ ( NMPC ) . Štítary (6442), 49°33′53″N 12°49′15″E , 410–430 m , dry hillside above river, rocks, 17.vi.2021 , 1 ♁ ( MCH ) . Slatina (6545), Bělýšov ridge, 49°27′07″N 13°12′06″E , 650–690 m , top rocky outcrops, 8.vi.2022 , 3 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀ ( MCH ) . Rabí (6747) castle ruins env., 49°16′42″N 13°37′06″E , 500–520 m , limestone rocks, 26.v.2022 , 6 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀ ( MCH , MAPC ) . Moravia , Perná (7165), Kotel , limestone quarry, MT, 30.v.1995 , J. Vaňhara lgt., 1 ♁ ( NMPC ) . Distribution. Widespread in Europe (except British Isles and Scandinavia), and ranging eastwards as far as Ukraine and the western part of Russia . Status in CZ. Previously recorded from both Bohemia and Moravia : Vráž ( Naglis et al. 2016b ), Lednice ( Vaňhara 1981 ) and Podyjí (Havraníky) ( Olejníček et al. 2005 ). There are two correctly identified male specimens from Havraníky (1.5 km SW, 27.v.–7.vii.2001 , M. Barták & Š. Kubík lgt.) deposited in NMPC. The above listed specimen from Pálava (Perná) was erroneously identified as M. bisecta and recorded as such by Olejníček (1998) . Ecology. On rocks or rocky outcrops, in relatively open and mostly drier biotopes.