Dolichopus signifer Haliday, 1838 (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 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448853
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scientific name	Dolichopus signifer Haliday, 1838 (Dolichopodinae)
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53. Dolichopus signifer Haliday, 1838 (Dolichopodinae) View in CoL — new to Portugal

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Number of specimens recorded. 21.

Distribution. Europe; also North Africa. Portugal: four northern provinces in this study, and Algarve (Dyte unpubl. data).

Ecology. Although being collected in a variety of biotopes in Portugal, most of them encompassed riverbanks. In northwestern Europe, D. signifer prefers muddy spots in open marshlands, in particular in salt marshes and brackish marshes ( Pollet 2000).

Rarity (%). 5.7 (fairly rare). Fairly common (FL).

Activity period. April–July, September–October.