Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809 (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 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448936
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scientific name	Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809 (Dolichopodinae)
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94. Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809 (Dolichopodinae) View in CoL — new to Portugal

Number of specimens recorded. 5.

Distribution. Europe; also North Africa. Portugal: three central and southern provinces.

Ecology. Recorded in Portugal from a flower-rich meadow in Mediterranean shrubland, a river margin of a Mediterranean nature, and a mixed forest / orchard. O. nigrocoerulea , like other species of this genus, is a frequent flower visitor, where it is most often observed.

Rarity (%). 3.4 (rare).

Activity period. March–April.