Choerades fuliginosa (Panzer, 1798)

Pires, Fernando, Fidalgo, Piluca Álvarez & Almeida, Jorge Mota, 2022, A new contribution to the knowledge and distribution of the asilids of Portugal (Diptera: Asilidae),, Arquivos Entomolóxicos 25, pp. 167-172 : 169

Choerades fuliginosa (Panzer, 1798)

Guarda: Lagoa Comprida , 27.07.2021, 1 ♀ ( Fig. 1 ), photographed in situ FP , det. RVDB and PAF; Nave de Sto. António , 14.07.2010, 2 ♂♂, leg. and det. JMA .

West Palaearctic distribution. Present in most of Europe to the east to Turkey ( Lehr, 1988). In the Iberian Peninsula it is known from Andorra and Spain, from the provinces of Huesca ( Oldroyd, 1972), Barcelona and Gerona ( Carles-Tolrá, 2016), Almería, León and Zamora ( van den Broek et al., 2018).

New species for Portugal.

Figures

Fig. 1.– Choerades fuliginosa (Panzer, 1798), female, Lagoa Comprida (Guarda, Portugal), 27.07.2021. Photo taken by F. Pires.