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
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Fragmenta entomologica
2022
2022-05-15
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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.