Podocera soniae ( Merz & Roháček, 2005 )

Roháček, Jindřich, 2011, Taxonomy of Stenomicra cogani, with description of S. gracilior sp. nov. from Turkey and comparative morphology of terminalia in Stenomicridae (Diptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 697-722 : 714-715

Podocera soniae ( Merz & Roháček, 2005)

Material examined. SWEDEN: SÖDERMANLAND: Tyresta N. P., Brandfält från 1999 vid Lycksjöhagen: Malaisefalla, 11.vi.–17.vii.1999, 1 J, Bert Viklund leg. ( NHRS).

Discussion. The specimen listed above was examined in 2003 by B. Merz and identified as Stenomicra delicata . However, this record was forgotten and, hence, the specimen was not revised by MERZ & ROHÁČEK (2005). During my 2011 visit in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Stockholm), the specimen was re-examined and found to belong to S. soniae . ROHÁČEK (2009) discussed the probable occurrence of S. soniae in Sweden (Småland) on the basis of notes by ANDERSSON (1991) but stated that without the revision of a voucher specimen this record cannot be verified. Thus, the above listed male specimen represents the first reliable record from Sweden (Södermanland) and the northernmost known locality of S. soniae .

Distribution. Hitherto the species has been recorded from Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic ( Bohemia, Moravia), Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria (see MERZ & ROHÁČEK 2005), northern Italy (VON TSCHIRNHAUS 2008) and Sweden (new).