Medetera apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843)

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 : 72-73

Medetera apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Material examined. Bohemia: Kateřina (5840), Soos NNR, 50°09′02″N 12°24′15″E, 440 m, Betula / Populus , 5.vii.2021, 3 ♁♁ ( MCH); ditto, 50°08′53″N 12°24′28″E , 10.vi.2022, 1 ♁ ( MCH). Železná (6341), Farský potok (stream) env., 49°35′53″N 12°34′40″E, 500 m , Populus , 5.vi.2021, 1 ♁ ( MCH); ditto , 15.viii.2021, 1 ♁ ( MCH). Javorná, 3 km S (6845), Starý Brunst, Křemelná stream env., 49°11′27″N 13°18′23″E, 935 m , 3.vii.2022, 1 ♁ ( MCH) .

Distribution. Widespread Holarctic species, for details see Negrobov & Naglis (2016).

Status in CZ. Previously recorded both from Bohemia and Moravia: Aš ( Kowarz 1884), České Budějovice ( Gelbič & Olejníček 2011), and Vranov nad Dyjí ( Franz 1989). No relevant specimens were available for study and additional male specimens from Podyjí NP, provisionally identified by J. Olejníček (common handwritten label “ M. apicalis ”), were found to be misidentified, belonging to four different species: M. abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955 (mostly), M. caeruleifacies Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 , M. belgica Parent, 1936 , and M. tristis (Zetterstedt, 1838) . The new records from Bohemia confirm its presence.

Ecology. All specimens examined were found on trunks of deciduous trees near wetlands.