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Table 3 in Flies of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Brachycera), excluding the Microphorinae and Parathalassinae, from the Maltese Islands with notes on their habitats and phenology
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Table 3. Habitat preferences of the species of Dolichopodidae in the Maltese Islands. Species with strong affinities for a particular habitat are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Species | Typical habitat(s) | Dominant vegetation | Light preference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sciapus euzonus | valleys, gardens, orchards | none specific | sheltered, shade |
| 2 | Sciapus zonatulus * | sandy coasts | scanty xerophytes | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 3 | Sciapus glaucescens * | sandy coasts | scanty xerophytes | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 4 | Dolichopus strigipes | salt marsh | Phragmites, Chenopodaceae | sheltered bright sunlight |
| 5 | Dolichopus signifer * | clay seepage | Poaceae, Phragmites | sheltered, bright sunlight |
| 6 | Ortochile soccata | garigue, dunes, ruderal | flowering plants | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 7 | Sybistroma dufouri | valleys | xerophytic herbs | sunlight |
| 8 | Tachytrechus notatus | valleys, freshwater | herbs | part sunlight |
| 9 | Medetera flavipes | walls, tree-trunks, gardens | none specific | shade |
| 10 | Medetera micacea | garigue | ? | ? |
| 11 | Medetera roghii | ? coastal caves | ? | ? shade |
| 12 | Medetera saxatilis | rocks, garigue, rubble walls, valleys | Poaceae, Rhamnus, Pistachia | sheltered, part shade |
| 13 | Medetera truncorum | garigue | xerophytic herbs | exposed sunlight |
| 14 | Medetera sp. | rocks, garigue | Poaceae, Rhamnus, Pistachia, herbs | sheltered, sunlight |
| 15 | Thinophilus flavipalpis * | salt marsh | Phragmites, Chenopodaceae | sheltered, sunlight |
| 16 | Thinophilus achilleus * | salt pans | none specific | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 17 | Hydrophorus praecox * | salt marsh, freshwater | none specific | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 18 | Hydrophorus balticus * | pools on clay seepage | Tamarix, Juncus, Poaceae | sunlight |
| 19 | Liancalus virens * | vertical rock seepage, algae | none specific | part shade |
| 20 | Aphrosylus piscator * | rocky coasts, intertidal | none | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 21 | Aphrosylus venator * | rocky coasts, intertidal | none | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 22 | Syntormon denticulatum | any water | Poaceae, | sheltered, sunlight |
| 23 | Syntormon miki | ? | ? | ? |
| 24 | Syntormon pallipes | any water | Poaceae | sheltered, sunlight |
| 25 | Syntormon metathesis | any water | Poaceae | sheltered, sunlight |
| 26 Machaerium thinophilum * | salt marsh | Tamarix, Phragmites, Chenopodaceae | exposed, sunlight | |
| 27 | Rhaphium sp. | clay seepage, garigue | flowering herbs | exposed, bright sunlight |
| 28 | Diaphorus sp. | ? | ? | ? |
| 29 | Argyra argentina | stream in woodland, maquis | Populus, Phragmites, Poaceae | dense shade to dappled sunlight |
| 30 | Argyra argyria | stream in woodland, maquis | Populus, Phragmites, Poaceae | dense shade to dappled sunlight |
| 31 | Chrysotus albibarbus | freshwater, damp herbage | Rubus, herbs | sheltered, sunlight |
| 32 | Asyndetus separatus | salt marsh | Chenopodaceae, Poaceae | exposed, sunlight |
| 33 | Asyndetus transversalis | valleys | Poaceae, herbs | exposed, sunlight |
| 34 | Teuchophorus cristulatus | seepage, valleys | Poaceae | sheltered, part shade |
| 35 | Teuchophorus spinigerellus | freshwater, damp herbage | Poaceae | sheltered, part shade |
| 36 | Campsicnemus crinitarsis * | valleys, slow flowing freshwater | Poaceae | sheltered, shade |
| 37 | Campsicnemus simplicissimus * | valleys, slow flowing freshwater | Phragmites, Poaceae | sheltered, shade |
| 38 | Campsicnemus umbripennis * | clay seepage, grass | Poaceae, Juncus, Tamarix | sheltered, part shade |
| 39 | Lamprochromus defectivus | seepage | Rubus, Prunus, herbs | sheltered sunlight, dense vegetation |
| 40 | Micromorphus albipes | freshwater, salt marsh, reeds | Phragmites, Poaceae, Chenopodaceae | sheltered, shade |
| 41 | Telmaturgus simplicipes | ? | ? | ? |
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Published as part of Ebejer, M. J., 2021, Flies of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Brachycera), excluding the Microphorinae and Parathalassinae, from the Maltese Islands with notes on their habitats and phenology, pp. 32 in Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.25, http://zenodo.org/record/10124234
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