Chelipoda ( Phyllodromia ) melanocephala ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2025, Report on Brachystomatidae and Empididae (Hemerodromiinae, Clinocerinae) from continental Portugal and neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 5722 (3), pp. 345-368 : 349

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17893232
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scientific name	Chelipoda ( Phyllodromia ) melanocephala ( Fabricius, 1794 )
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Chelipoda ( Phyllodromia) melanocephala ( Fabricius, 1794)

Empis melanocephala Fabricius, 1794: 407 View in CoL .

Material examined. Portugal: 1 ♂, 29.III.2012, Aveiro, Estarreja, Canelas e Fermelã, 40°43'22.7"N, 8°34'20.6"W GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀, 07. V.2017, Aveiro, Estarreja, Canelas e Fermelã, 40°42'49.6"N, 8°35'09.3"W GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, 27. VI.2023, Vila Real, Montalegre, Pitões das Júnias ( Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês ), 41°49'48.7"N, 7°57'01.3"W GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, 31. V.2012, Porto, Valongo, Campo e Sobrado ( Parque das Serras do Porto), 41°10'31.9"N, 8°28'48.5"W GoogleMaps ; all leg. RA. 1 ♂, 25.VIII.2013, Santarém, Ourém, Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais ( Agroal), 39°40'39.4"N, 8°26'19.1"W GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀, 28. VI.2019, Coimbra, Pampilhosa da Serra , Fajão — Vidual, 40°09'07.4"N, 7°55'26.0"W GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂, 29. VI.2021, Bragança, Vinhais, Quirás e Pinheiro Novo ( Parque Natural de Montesinho ), 41°55'11.9"N, 7°07'20.7"W GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀, summer 2016 (no further date), Bragança, Vinhais, Celas, 41°41'12.1"N, 6°56'01.7"W GoogleMaps ; all leg. AG.

Remarks. A widely distributed species in Europe; recently introduced in North America ( Sinclair 2024); cited for Spain (Cobo et al. 2003), new for Portugal.