Psilopa compta (Meigen, 1830)

Castro, Catarina Prado E, Santos, Vasco & Ameixa, Olga M. C. C., 2022, Shore fly communities from Ria de Aveiro, with new records for Portugal (Diptera: Ephydridae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 95-100 : 97

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/715
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8172986
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8535E960-6C6E-FFE3-FCD2-E4A8ABC5FB0E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Psilopa compta (Meigen, 1830)
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Psilopa compta (Meigen, 1830) View in CoL View at ENA

Specimens examined: 07.IX.2020 and 10.IX.2020, 3 ♂. Salinas (40°40’35.0”N 8°40’20.0”W) and Cacia (40°41’44.2”N 8°37’31.4”W), saltmarsh area on Spartina patens and Atriplex patula .

Comments: Holarctic distribution (Zatwarnicki 2011). Larvae of the genera Psilopa are known to mine leaves of saltmarsh plants ( Foote 1995). First record for Portugal.