Shore fly communities from Ria de Aveiro, with new records for Portugal (Diptera: Ephydridae) Author Castro, Catarina Prado E Ecomare, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal - catarinapcastro @ ua. pt; vasco. miguel @ live. ua. pt; olga. ameixa @ ua. pt catarinapcastro@ua.pt Author Santos, Vasco Ecomare, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal - catarinapcastro @ ua. pt; vasco. miguel @ live. ua. pt; olga. ameixa @ ua. pt catarinapcastro@ua.pt Author Ameixa, Olga M. C. C. Ecomare, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal - catarinapcastro @ ua. pt; vasco. miguel @ live. ua. pt; olga. ameixa @ ua. pt catarinapcastro@ua.pt text Fragmenta entomologica 2022 2022-05-15 54 1 95 100 http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/715 journal article 10.13133/2284-4880/715 2284-4880 8148235 Philotelma defectum Haliday 1833 Specimens examined: 10.IX.2020 , 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ . Cambeia ( 40°44’08.0”N 8°37’40.7”W ) and Cacia ( 40°41’44.2”N 8°37’31.4”W ) , saltmarsh area, on Juncus maritimus . Comments: Holarctic distribution ( Mathis et al. 2009 ). Larvae of this species are unknown, adults have been collected in salt meadows, salt marshes, alkaline playas, and along the shores of a pond. Specimens are generally uncommon in collections, but common in partially alkaline or saline habitats ( Mathis et al. 2009 ). In a saltmarsh in Central Europe, this species was collected from March to November with greatest abundance in September but with an earlier peak in May ( Kubátová-Hiršová 2005 ). First record for the Iberian Peninsula.