Medetera saxatilis Collin, 1941

Ebejer, M. J., 2021, Flies of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Brachycera), excluding the Microphorinae and Parathalassinae, from the Maltese Islands with notes on their habitats and phenology, Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1), pp. 25-39 : 31

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.