Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824 (Medeterinae)

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 : 44

85. Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824 (Medeterinae) — new to Portugal

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Number of specimens recorded. 39.

Distribution. Europe, not previously recorded from the Iberian peninsula. Portugal: five northernmost provinces.

Ecology. Recorded in Portugal from both forests, agricultural land (incl. parks), and riverbanks. In northwestern Europe, M. muralis has been collected on walls, trunks of deciduous trees and on other hard substrates along streams.

Rarity (%). 14.9 (common). Rare (FL).

Activity period. April–July.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Selected Portuguese species. A. Hercostomus germanus (♂); B. Hercostomus pilifer (♂); C. Hydrophorus oceanus (♀); D. Hydrophorus praecox (♀); E. Liancalus virens (♀); F. Machaerium maritimae (copula); G. Medetera ambigua (♂); H. Medetera dendrobaena (♂); I. Medetera flavipes (♂); J. Medetera mixta (♀); K. Medetera muralis (♂); L. Medetera peloria (♂); M. Medetera petrophiloides (♀); N. Medetera truncorum (♂); O. Muscidideicus praetextatus (♂); all photos by Rui An- drade.