Rhagio maculatus (De Geer, 1776)

Grootaert, Patrick, Raemdonck, Hugo & O. D., Alain Drumont, 2020, The Rhagionidae or Snipeflies of the Botanical Garden Jean Massart (Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium) with notes on the identity of the rare European species Archicera avarorum Szilády, 1934 and Ptiolina obscura (Fallén, 1814) (Diptera: Rhagionidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 104, pp. 1-18 : 1-18

Rhagio maculatus (De Geer, 1776)

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region: Auderghem, Jardin botanique Jean Massart , 1 female, 4–10 June 2015, MT2 ; 1 male, 10–17 June 2015, MT1 .

ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS: 2 males, 24 May – 1 June 2017, MT1 ; 4 males, 1 female, 24 May – 1 June 2017, MT2 ; 2 females, 24 May – 1 June 2017, MT6 ; 1 male, 17–24 May 2017, MT2 ; 3 males, 1–8 June 2017, MT2 (leg. A. Drumont & H. Raemdonck) .

COMMENTS

KRIZELJ (1971) reports this species from only 10 localities in Belgium. With a single record in the North of Belgium (prov. West-Vlaanderen: Loppem), a record from Mid-Belgium (Brussels-Capital Region: Auderghem) and 8 localities in the southern part of Belgium where it thus seems more common.