Tachytrechus insignis (Stannius, 1831) (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 : 58

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10449021

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scientific name

Tachytrechus insignis (Stannius, 1831) (Dolichopodinae)
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137. Tachytrechus insignis (Stannius, 1831) (Dolichopodinae) View in CoL — new to Portugal

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Number of specimens recorded. 22.

Distribution. Europe; also North Africa. Portugal: 5 provinces, all over the country (also Dyte unpubl. data).

Ecology. Recorded in Portugal from different kinds of forests, and a riverbank. Most specimens were retrieved from a Mediterranean habitat with Quercus suber and Quercus ilex . In northwestern Europe, this species is restricted to bare shallow banks of dune slacks and lakes on sandy soil ( Pollet 2000).

Rarity (%). 8.0 (fairly rare). Rare (FL).

Activity period. March–May, August–October.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Dolichopodidae

Genus

Tachytrechus

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