Published November 20, 2025 | Version v1

Kowarzia bipunctata

  • 1. University of Kassel, FB 10, Biology-Zoology, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D- 34132 Kassel, Germany
  • 2. Rua Calouste Gulbenkian 237 4 H 3, 4050 - 145 Porto, Portugal
  • 3. Graduate Program in Entomology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Avenida André Araújo, 2223, Bairro Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil CEP 69.067 - 375

Description

Kowarzia bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)

Heleodromia bipunctata Haliday, 1833: 159

Material examined. Portugal: 7 ♂, 4 ♀, 08.X.2023, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Cortes do Meio (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 40°15'25.1"N, 7°34'57.2"W; 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 23.VIII.2023, Guarda, Seia, Seia, São Romão e Lapa dos Dinheiros (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 40°23'04.4"N, 7°42'23.1"W; 4 ♂, 7 ♀, 17. VI.2023, Bragança, Bragança, Castro de Avelãs, 41°48'42.0"N, 6°50'27.4"W; ibidem: 5 ♂, 4 ♀, 16. VI.2023; 4 ♂, 5 ♀, 23.VIII.2023, Guarda, Seia, Seia, São Romão e Lapa dos Dinheiros (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 40°23'43.3"N, 7°41'40.1"W; 4 ♂, 15 ♀, 21.VIII.2023, Guarda, Manteigas, São Pedro (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 40°22'21.7"N, 7°31'00.1"W; 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 28. VI.2023, Vila Real, Montalegre, Pitões das Júnias (Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês), 41°49'48.7"N, 7°57'01.3"W; 8 ♂, 10 ♀, 04.VII.2023, Guarda, Guarda, Trinta (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 40°30'31.1"N, 7°22'21.7"W; 4 ♂, 3 ♀, 17.VII.2023, Viana do Castelo, Melgaço, Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro (Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês), 41°59'39.4"N, 8°10'03.7"W; all leg. RA.

Remarks. The species is widely distributed in Europe but mostly rare. New for Portugal.

Notes

Published as part of Wagner, Rüdiger, Andrade, Rui & Gonçalves, Ana, 2025, Report on Brachystomatidae and Empididae (Hemerodromiinae, Clinocerinae) from continental Portugal and neighbouring countries, pp. 345-368 in Zootaxa 5722 (3) on page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17892510

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Haliday
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Empididae
Genus
Kowarzia
Species
bipunctata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Kowarzia bipunctata (Haliday, 1833) sec. Wagner, Andrade & Gonçalves, 2025

References

  • Haliday, A. H. (1833) Catalogue of Diptera occurring about Holywood in Downshire. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 1, 147-180.