Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Author
Pollet, Marc
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Andrade, Rui
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Gonçalves, Ana
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Andrade, Pedro
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Jacinto, Valter
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Almeida, Jorge
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Braekeleer, Anja De
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Calster, Hans Van
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Brosens, Dimitri
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-01
4649
1
1
69
journal article
25532
10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1
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1175-5326
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Teuchophorus monacanthus
Loew, 1859
(Sympycninae)
—
new to
Portugal
Number of specimens recorded.
35.
Distribution.
Europe.
Portugal
: two northern provinces.
Ecology.
Recorded from a park and two riverbanks in
Portugal
. The species was found in rather large numbers only at a mountainous location crossed by a small river which was bordered by
Salix
sp.
,
Fraxinus
sp.
,
Acacia
sp.
and
Alnus glutinosa
. In northwestern Europe, it is most frequently found near open water, on riverbanks, and in marshlands and swamps.
Rarity (%).
3.4 (rare). Fairly common (FL).
Activity period.
May, October.