Flies of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Brachycera), excluding the Microphorinae and Parathalassinae, from the Maltese Islands with notes on their habitats and phenology

M.J. Ebejer

Abstract. All 41 species of Dolichopodidae in 22 genera (excluding one species each in the subfamilies Microphorinae and Parathalassinae) known to occur on the Maltese Islands are reviewed, with 31 of these being recorded for the first time. Habitat preferences and flight periods of the species recorded are tabulated and discussed.

Key words: long-legged flies, faunistics, distribution, phenology, habitat, the Mediterranean, Malta, Dolichopodidae, new records

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2021, 30(1): 25-39 ▪ Published online 8 May 2021

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.25 ▪ Open full article

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