Limnophora pulchriceps ( Loew, 1860 )

Pont, Adrian C. & Ivković, Marija, 2013, The hunter-flies of Croatia (Diptera: Muscidae: genus Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy), Journal of Natural History 47 (15 - 16), pp. 1069-1082 : 1073

Limnophora pulchriceps ( Loew, 1860)

CROATIA: Mrežnički brig, River Mrežnica , 10.ix.2011, 1♂ 7♀ ; Plitvice Lakes, Tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, P5, em. 25.vii.2007, 3♀; the same, P5, em. 30.viii.2007, 1♀; the same, P5, em. ix.2010, 1♀; Plitvice stream, P3, em. vi.2008, 5♀; the same, P6, em. x.2008, 1♀; Plitvice Lakes, Tufa barrier Labudovac, P2, em. 31.v.2007, 1♀; the same, P3, em. v.2010, 1♀; the same, P3, em. 30.vi.2007, 1♀; the same, P3, em. vii.2010, 3♀; the same, P3, em. 26.vii.2007, 4♀; the same, P3, em. viii.2009, 1♂ 1♀; the same, P3, em. viii.2010, 1♂; the same, P3, em. 31.viii.2007, 1♂ 4♀; the same, P3, em. ix.2008, 1♀; the same, P3, em. ix.2009, 1♂ 2♀; the same, P3, em. ix.2010, 1♀; the same, P6, em. 30.vi.2007, 1♂; the same, P6, em. 26.vii.2007, 4♂ 3♀; the same, P6, em. 31.viii.2007, 6♀; Plitvice Lakes: Tufa barrier Novakovića Brod, P2, em. vii.2008, 3♂ 6♀; the same, P2, em. viii.2008, 1♂ 2♀; Roški Slap, Krka River , 28.iv.2011, 10♂ 5♀ ; the same, 25.v.2011, 2♂.

Described by Loew (1860: 23) from Dalmatia, without a more precise locality. Also mentioned from Dalmatia by Kowarz (1893: 51). An uncommon species in Central and southern Europe, possibly reaching to Turkey and Israel.