Themira putris (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 258

Themira putris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material: Switzerland: GR:Dischmatal, 1600 m, 1.–15.vii.1991 (leg. Brodmann). Czech Republic:Borova Lada, 900 m, 26.viii.1998; Romania:Cimpulung, 600 m. 28.iv.1983, 6.v.1984, 9.v.1982, 1.vii.1988; Cornelu, 22.vi.1988; Gara Jegalia, 3.vi.1982; Hantesti, 19.vii.1978; Morile, 18.v.1976; Val. Pulnei, 900 m, 20.v.1978; 1000 m, 25.v.1977 (all leg. Ceianu).

Distribution:Holarctic ( Ozerov 2005).

Comments:This relatively large species prefers liquid and quite filthy substrates such as stale manure or wet dung heaps as characteristic breeding grounds.