Medetera saxatilis Collin, 1941

Material examined. 1 female, Balzan, 10 Apr. 1976, MJE; 1 female, Balzan, 28 March 1977, MJE; 1 female, Balzan, 24 March 1977, MJE; 3 females, Buskett, 14 Apr. 1977, MJE; 1 male, 2 females, Wied is-Sewda, 17 March 1977, MJE; 1 male, Salina, 16 Apr. 1977, MJE; 1 male, 5 females, Marfa Ridge, 8 Apr. 1985, MJE; 1 male, Wied Qannotta, 4 Jan. 1987, MJE; 2 males, 1 female, Wied Qannotta, 5 May 1988, MJE; 1 male, 3 females, Marfa Ridge, 17 Apr. 1992, MJE; 3 males, 1 female, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 23 Apr. 1992, MJE; 1 male, 1 female, Gozo, Mgarr ix-Xini, 23 Apr. 1992, MJE; 4 males, 2 females, Wied Babu, 1 May 1993, MJE; 2 males, 1 female, Fiddien, 11 May 1992, MJE; 1 male, 1 female, Mgiebah, 7 June 1994, MJE; 2 males, Wied Babu, 20 Apr. 1994, MJE; 1 male, Gozo, Ramla, dunes, 21 Apr. 1994, MJE; 5 males, Buskett, 25 Apr. 1994, MJE; 1 male, Comino, Sta Marija, 29 Apr. 1994, PG; 1 male, Wied Incita, 20 Apr. 1997, MJE; 1 male, 1 female, Bahrija, 25 Apr. 1994, MJE; 3 males, Comino, 28–30 March 2002, MJE; 2 males, 2 females, Buskett, mixed woodland, Arundo, 3 May 2001, MJE; 1 male, Mtahleb, swept from Ferula and Euphorbia, 16 Apr. 2000, MJE.

Note. Many specimens were compared with the type material of M. saxatilis and all conformed to that species.

Distribution. Western Europe. New record for the Maltese Islands.