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	?	?	?