Nemopoda pectinulata Loew, 1873

Patrick T. Rohner & Gerhard Bächli, 2016, Faunistic data of Sepsidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries including the first Swiss record of Meroplius fukuharai (Iwasa, 1984), Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 89, pp. 237-260 : 242

Nemopoda pectinulata Loew, 1873

Material: Switzerland: BE:Guttannen, 1000 m, 6.viii.1999. GL:Klöntal, 11.– 14.ix.1974; Richisau, 7.–11.viii.1995. GR:Landquart, 9.–12.viii.1974. LU:Menzberg, 3.–6.viii.1983. SG:Rheineck, 14.–17.viii.1973. ZH:Dietikon, 8.–16.vi.1984; Zürich/Hönggerberg, 15.–19.vii.1989;

Bosnia/Herzegovina:Dobro Polje, 25.–28.vii.1984. France: Colmar, 18.–22.1957, leg. Burla. Romania:Cimpulung, 600 m, 21.v.1977, 23.v.1975, 7.vii.1976, 10.vii.1983, 30.vii.1985, 23.viii.1976, 700 m, 21.v.1988, 5.vi.1986, 13.vi.1986, 8.viii.1987, 26.ix.1988; 800 m, 26.v.1983, 3.vi.1987, 13.vi.1987, 14.vii.1974, 7.viii. 1982, 24.viii.1981, 31.viii.1976; Cornetu, 10.vi.1981, 15.vi.1981, 20.vi.1981, 4.vii. 1984; Rarau, 1500 m, 3.viii.1978; Snagov, 14.ix.1976; Solca, 500 m, 10.vii.1979; Val. Pulnei, 900 m, 28.v.1985, 30.v.1981, 15.vii.1974; 1000 m, 2.vii.1976, 18.vii.1981, 10.viii.1982 (all leg. Ceianu). South Korea:Mount Sulak, 3.– 25.vii.1985, leg Choi.

Distribution:Oriental, Palaearctic ( Ozerov 2005).

Comments:This species looks very similar to N. nitidula and often occurs in sympatry, but can be distinguished from the latter by the more pronounced setulae on the katepisternum ( Pont &Meier 2002).