Hydrophorus balticus (Meigen, 1824) (Hydrophorinae)

Pollet, Marc, Andrade, Rui, Gonçalves, Ana, Andrade, Pedro, Jacinto, Valter, Almeida, Jorge, Braekeleer, Anja De, Calster, Hans Van & Brosens, Dimitri, 2019, Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), Zootaxa 4649 (1), pp. 1-69 : 40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448888
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scientific name	Hydrophorus balticus (Meigen, 1824) (Hydrophorinae)
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69. Hydrophorus balticus (Meigen, 1824) (Hydrophorinae) View in CoL — new to Portugal

Number of specimens recorded. 18.

Distribution. Europe; also North Africa. Portugal: two northern provinces.

Ecology. Apart from one record from a park, all other Portuguese records originate from riverbanks and mountainous sites. Hydrophorus balticus has been collected in very large numbers in boggy sites and near seeps on a mountainous slope in the eastern Pyrenees (Pollet unpubl. data).

Rarity (%). 4.6 (rare).

Activity period. May.