Themira leachi (Meigen, 1826)

Patrick T. Rohner & Gerhard Bächli, 2016, Faunistic data of Sepsidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries including the first Swiss record of Meroplius fukuharai (Iwasa, 1984), Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 89, pp. 237-260 : 257

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.192634
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6073893
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0399D016-830B-3210-A493-FBDE66C1FA9D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Themira leachi (Meigen, 1826)
status

Treatment

Themira leachi (Meigen, 1826) View in CoL

Material: Switzerland: FR:Nuvilly, 650 m, 2001 (leg. Duelli). GL:Richisau, 1100 m, 7.–8.viii.1991. GR:Surrein, 1300 m, 11.vii.1991. LU:Dierikon, 550 m, 2005 (leg. Duelli); Kriens, 600 m, 20.viii.–3.ix.1997 (leg. Röösli). ZG:Holzhäusern, 2.v.–30.viii.1996 (leg. Röösli). ZH:Dietikon, 390 m, 6.vi.2015; Flaach, 350 m, 30.vi.2000.

Germany:BW, Oberbergen, 300 m, 28.v.2011.

Distribution:Holarctic ( Ozerov 2005).

Comments:Male forelegs and sternites are strikingly modified ( Pont &Meier 2002). Both sexes have rather short wings and are poor fliers.