Syntormon pseudospicatum Strobl, 1899 (Sympycninae)

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 : 56-57

130. Syntormon pseudospicatum Strobl, 1899 (Sympycninae)

Number of specimens recorded. 11.

Distribution. Scattered all over Europe; also North Africa. Portugal: four northern provinces and Ribatejo in this study, and Algarve (Dyte unpubl. data).

Ecology. Recorded equally frequently from forests, parks and riverbanks in Portugal. In northwestern Europe, this species is restricted to saltmarshes and brackish marshes.

Rarity (%). 5.7 (fairly rare). Rare (FL).

Activity period. July–September.