Rhagio lineola Fabricius, 1794

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 lineola Fabricius, 1794

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region: Auderghem, Jardin botanique Jean Massart, 1 female, 4–10 June 2015, MT1 ; 4 males, 17–26 June 2015, MT1 ; 1 female, 17–26 June 2015, MT2 ; 1 male, 26 June – 1 July 2015, MT2 ; 1 male, 2 females, 1–8 July 2015, MT1 ; 1 male, 3 females, 1–8 July 2015, MT2 ; 2 females, 8–15 July 2015, MT1 ; 1 male, 1 female, 8– 15 July 2015, MT2 ; 1 female, 15–22 July 2015, MT1 ; 1 female, 22–30 July 2015, MT1 ; 1 male, 22–30 July 2015, MT2 ; 1 female, 6–12 August 2015, MT1 (leg. A. Drumont & H. Raemdonck) .

COMMENTS

With 22 specimens that we recorded, this species seems rather common here in the Garden. KRIZELJ (1971) reports it from 74 localities in Belgium . It has a wide distribution all over Belgium. VAN DER GOOT (1985) says that it is common in not very dry forests all over the Netherlands .