Dolichopus vitripennis Meigen, 1824 (Dolichopodinae)

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 : 36-37

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448859
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scientific name	Dolichopus vitripennis Meigen, 1824 (Dolichopodinae)
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56. Dolichopus vitripennis Meigen, 1824 (Dolichopodinae) View in CoL

Number of specimens recorded. 1.

Distribution. Europe. Portugal: one province (Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro) (see also Meuffels 1976; Dyte unpubl. data).

Ecology. The only site in Portugal with this species can be described as a riparian corridor bordered by Salix sp. that crosses mountain meadows; the mountains are covered by shrubland (with several heathers and brooms,

Cytisus sp. or Genista sp. ) and patches of Quercus pyrenaica forest. In northwestern Europe as well, it is restricted to oligotrophic fenland and humid heathland ( Pollet 2000).

Rarity (%). 1.1 (very rare). Fairly common (FL).

Activity period. June.