Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824

Kejval, Zbyněk & Pollet, Marc, 2023, The genus Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Czech Republic with first records of twelve species, Zootaxa 5254 (1), pp. 69-93 : 84-85

Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824

Material examined. Bohemia: Bílina, ca 3 km E (5449), Chloumek , 50°32′38″N 13°51′32″E, 480 m, hilltop steppe, MT, 13–28.v.1998, M. Barták lgt., 1 ♁ ( NMPC) . Štítary (6442), 49°33′53″N 12°49′15″E, 410–430 m, dry hillside above river, on rocky outcrops, 17.vi.2021, 2 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀ ( MCH) . Vranov, 2 km S (6542), Velká skála Mt. , 49°27′48″N 12°44′28″E, 850 m, rocky outcrops, 21.vii.2021, 6 ♁♁ 6 ♀♀ ( MCH) . Slatina (6545), Bělýšov ridge, 49°27′07″N 13°12′06″E, 650–690 m, top rocky outcrops, 8.vi.2022, 1 ♁ 2 ♀♀ ( MCH) . Česká Kubice, 6 km W (6642), Dlouhá skála Mt. , 49°22′15.5″N 12°46′28″E, 920–969 m, rocky outcrops, 22.vii.2020, 4 ♁♁ ( MCH) . Pec (6642), Čerchov Mt. , 49°23′00″N 12°47′01″E, 1030–1041 m, rocky outcrops, 5.vii.2020, 4 ♁♁ 1 ♀ ( MCH) . Pec (6642), Čerchovské hvozdy NNR, SE slope, 49°22′01″N 12°48′22″E, 750– 500 m, Fagus , 10.vii.2020, 1 ♁ ( MCH) . Prášily, 4 km NE (6846), Šerlův dvůr, 49°8′18″N 13°23′30″E, 820 m, boulders at forest margin, 4.ix.2021, 4 ♁♁ 4 ♀♀ ( MCH) ; Modrava, ca 5 km SW (6946), Rokytecká slať, 49°00′59″N 13°25′05″E, 1100 m, peat bog, MT, 20.viii.–24.ix.1999, M. Barták & Š. Kubík lgt., 1 ♁ ( NMPC) .

Distribution. Widespread in Europe, Russia (European part, northern Caucasus) and Turkey.

Status in CZ. Previously recorded only from southern Moravia: Valtice ( Olejníček 1982, erroneously as Medetera tertia ), Dolní Věstonice, Pálava ( Olejníček 1998), and from six localities within Podyjí National Park ( Olejníček et al. 2005). The first records from Bohemia are presented herein.

Ecology. Medetera muralis has been collected from soils, walls and trunks of deciduous trees ( Pollet et al. 2011). The above listed records originate mostly from rocks and rocky outcrops.