Rhagio scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grootaert, Patrick, Raemdonck, Hugo & O. D., Alain Drumont, 2020, The Rhagionidae or Snipeflies of the Botanical Garden Jean Massart (Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium) with notes on the identity of the rare European species Archicera avarorum Szilády, 1934 and Ptiolina obscura (Fallén, 1814) (Diptera: Rhagionidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 104, pp. 1-18 : 1-18

Rhagio scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca scolopacea Linnaeus, 1758

Rhagio monotropus (Harris, 1780)

Rhagio solitarius (Harris, 1780)

Sylvicola monotropus Harris, 1780

Sylvicola solitarius Harris, 1780

Rhagio haehnlei Lindner, 1923

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region: Auderghem, Jardin botanique Jean Massart, 1 female, 13–21 May 2015, MT2 ; 1 female, 28 May – 4 June 2015, MT1 ; 1 male, 1 female, 4–10 June 2015, MT2 ; 1 male, 1 female, 4–10 June 2015, MT1 ; 1 male, 1 female, 1–8 July 2015, MT2 .

ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS: 3 males, 7 females, 24 May – 1 June 2017, MT2 ; 2 males, 5 females, 24 May – 1 June 2017, MT6 ; 7 females, 24 May – 1 June 2017, MT5 ; 4 females, 17– 24 May 2017, MT2 ; 3 males, 4 females, 11–17 May 2017, MT2 ; 2 females, 11–17 May 2017, MT4 ; 3 females, 1–8 June 2017, MT2 ; 1 female, 8–15 June 2017, MT2 (leg. A. Drumont & H. Raemdonck) .

COMMENTS

Rhagio scolopaeus is common in the Garden and also one of the most common species occurring all over Belgium with 174 localities cited by KRIZELJ (1971). In the Netherlands, it is together with R. tringarius the most often recorded Rhagio .