Dolichopus strigipes Verrall, 1875

Ebejer, M. J., 2021, Flies of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Brachycera), excluding the Microphorinae and Parathalassinae, from the Maltese Islands with notes on their habitats and phenology, Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1), pp. 25-39 : 29-30

Dolichopus strigipes Verrall, 1875

Material examined. 1 male, Salina , 31 May 1992, MJE ; 4 males, 3 females, Salina , 13 July 1992, MJE ; 2 males, 1 female, Salina , 13 July 1992, PG ; 2 males, 2 females, Marsaxlokk, 26 July 1992, MJE ; 1 male, Marsaxlokk, 24 Apr. 1993, PG ; 1 male, 1 female, Salina , 7 July 1993, PG ; 3 males, 3 females, Salina , 22 Apr. 1994, CED ( NHMUK) ; 1 male, Salina , 22 Apr. 1994, PG .

Distribution. In many countries of Europe, where it has an affinity for salt marshes. New record for the Maltese Islands.

Comments. Each locality encompassed more than one habitat and the sampling area extended along the length of the watercourse where this occurred, and on any accessible adjacent slopes (generally by several hundred square metres) to include garigue, maquis and steppic habitats wherever these occurred.

Some localities not listed in Table 1 : The localities of Balzan and Rabat without further localisation are suburban gardens. Wied il-Mistra is a valley with maquis vegetation west of Mistra that leads to Mistra (locality 2). Tal-Hzejjen is a specific part of the valley Wied Ghajn Rihana (locality 11) near its source; Zebbieh is a village where this valley starts. Marfa Ridge is the whole area north of Ghadira (locality 22). Gharb is a village where the valley Wied il-Mielah (locality 28) starts.

1 Surface water available for long periods, i.e. more than just a few days after rain.

2 More sites have been visited, and more frequently than there are records for Dolichopodidae .

3 “Wied” is the Maltese word for valley or watercourse; it is given here to associate this type of habitat with the locality data for the species.