Thrypticus cuneatus (Becker 1917) Medeterinae
- Dataset
- Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Dolichopodidae
- genus
- Thrypticus
- species
- Thrypticus cuneatus
materials_examined
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.