Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)

Pollet, Marc & Ivković, Marija, 2018, Dolichopodidae of riverbeds and springs in Croatia with an updated checklist of Croatia (Diptera), Zootaxa 4455 (3), pp. 401-428 : 417

70. Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805) ( SCIAPODINAE ) – new to Croatia

[2] 1♀, 14.VI.2012, SW/ASP.

Habitat. RECORDED FROM TREE TRUNKS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF HAbITAT TYPES.

71.? Sybistroma discipes (Germar, 1817) ( DOLICHOPODINAE ) – new to Croatia

[5] 1♀, 13.VI.2012, SW/ASP.

Habitat. RECORDED FROM WET DECIDUOUS FORESTS, SOMETIMES AT WATERFALLS.

Remarks. THIS SPECIMEN HAS bEEN COMPARED TO AN AUSTRIAN SPECIMEN THAT HAD bEEN IDENTIFIED WITH AbSOLUTE CERTAINTY (I.E., MSSCS IN THE MALE SPECIMENS EXACTLY MATCH THOSE IN THE SPECIES DESCRIPTION). BOTH SPECIMENS ARE VERY SIMILAR IN ALL ASPECTS EXCEPT FOR THE TARSUS/TIbIA RATIO IN THE MID LEG, WHICH IS 1.3 IN THE AUSTRIAN SPECIMEN (WHICH CORRESPONDS WITH THE KEY bY PARENT 1938), WHEREAS THE MID TARSUS IS ONLY SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN THE MID TIbIA IN THE CROATIAN SPECIMEN. HENCE THE qUESTION MARK.