Thrypticus cuneatus (Becker, 1917) (Medeterinae)

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 : 60

146. Thrypticus cuneatus (Becker, 1917) (Medeterinae) — new to Portugal

Number of specimens recorded. 2.

Distribution. Mainly recorded from northern Europe, but also from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. Portugal: one province in the centre (Estremadura), and one in the south (Baixo Alentejo).

Ecology. The only two Portuguese specimens were recorded from Mediterranean shrubland crossed by a river, and from a marshland with Phragmites australis , Typha latifolia and several Cyperaceae . In Britain, Thrypticus cuneatus is considered a wetland species most likely associated with spike-rush Eleocharis spp. ( Drake 1999, 2018).

Rarity (%). 2.3 (rare).

Activity period. May, November.