Microcercis insularis Foster 2024
Creators: name: Foster, George A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chloropidae
Microcercis
Microcercis insularis

description: Microcercis insularis (Malloch, 1914)
USA.
CALIFORNIA. Contra Costa Co.: Pt. Molate, (37°56′27.24″N 122°24′34.56″W), 3 May 2021, P. Rude (2♂, 8♀; EMEC; [EMEC1423912 – EMEC1423921]); Pt. Molate, (37°56′15.61″N 122°24′42.62″W), Bay Mud Flats, 13 May 2022, P. Rude (9♂, 5♀; GAF). CONNECTICUT. Fairfield Co.: S. Norwalk, 5 July 1930, A. L. Melander (1♂; NMNH); Westport, 13 July 1932, A. L. Melander (3♂, 1♀; NMNH); New Haven Co.: Branford, salt marsh, “1975”, N. Olmstead (1♀; NMNH); Milford-West Haven, W. Dennis, 11Aug 1978, B. A. Steinly (6♂, 1♀: NMNH); Milford-West Haven, Indian River, 16 Aug 1978, B. A. Steinly (20♂, 5♀; NMNH); same data, Anchor Beach, 5, 6, 15 Aug 1978, 6 June 1979, (8♂, 3♀; NMNH); Milford, Oyster River, 8 June 1979, B. A. Steinly (2♂; NMNH). DELAWARE. Sussex Co.: Angola, Sally Cove, salt marsh, wet and dry sand zones, (38°38′54.70″N 75°07′45.64″W), 17–25 July 2021, G. A. and A. M. Foster (20♂, 7♀; GAF); same data, dry sand zone, (4♂, 1♀; GAF); same data, salt marsh, dry sand zone Spartina, 15–16 June 2021, (2♂; GAF); same data, wet sand zone Spartina, 15–16 June 2021, (26♂, 4♀; GAF); same data, salt marsh and dry sand Spartina, 08 July 2020, (1♂, 2♀; GAF); same data, sweeping salt marsh grasses, 24–27 Aug, 27 Sep–02 Oct 2021, (25♂, 3♀; GAF); same data, sweeping beach grasses, 24–27 Aug, 27 Sep–02 Oct 2021, (24♂, 10♀; GAF); Angola, Lynch Thicket, (38°37′35.01″N 75°05′29.35″W), 07 Sept 2015, (3♂; GAF). FLORIDA. Brunswick Co.: Brunswick, 26 June 1931, no collector (1♂; NMNH); Gulf Co.: St. Joseph State Park, 1–3 May 1970, W. W. Wirth (2♂; NMNH); St. Joseph Peninsula, 4 May 1973, G. C. Steyskal (4♂; NMNH); Levy Co.: Cedar Key, salt marsh, 25 Apr 1970, W. W. Wirth (5♂, 1♀; NMNH); Volusia Co.: Daytona Beach, 5 Feb 1939, A. L. Melander (1♂, 4♀; NMNH); same data, 23 Jan 1936, (2♂, 2♀; NMNH); Wakulla Co.: Panacea, 1 mi. E, swept from shoreline vegetation, 16 April 1989, B. A. Foote (2♂, 9♀; NMNH); same data and with additional date of 11 April 1989, swept from sand flat, (1♂, 1♀; NMNH); same data, swept from sandy flat Salicornia, (1♀; NMNH); same data, swept from Spartina marsh algae, (2♀; NMNH); same data, swept from Spartina alterniflora, (1♂; NMNH); same data, swept from beach wrack, (7♂, 14♀; NMNH); Walton Co.: Grayton Beach State Park, swept from vegetation on dunes, 14 April 1989, B. A. Foote (1♂; NMNH); same data, swept from sedge marsh on dunes, (2♂; NMNH). GEORGIA. Chatham Co.: Tybee Island, 7 Apr 1984, G. F. and J. F. Hevel (1♀; NMNH); Glynn Co.: Jekyll Island, 21 Mar 1974, L. V. Knutson (1♀; NMNH); McIntosh Co.: Sapelo Island, 1 Aug 1959, E. F. Menhinick, (2♂, 2♀; NMNH);. MARYLAND. Baltimore Co.: Soldier’s Delight, 3 mi. W. Deer Park, 29 Oct 1986, W. E. Steiner et al. (1♀; NMNH); Calvert Co.: Chesapeake Beach, on fresh cut of oak, 27 July 1913, R. C. Shannon (1♂; NMNH); Chesapeake Beach, 1 Aug 1930, J. M. Aldrich (4♀; NMNH); Talbot Co.: Wittman, 11 May 1986, W. E. Steiner (1♂, 1♀; NMNH); Queen Anne’s Co.: Kent Island, 1 June 1973, Seek and Nixon (1♀; NMNH). MASSACHUSETTS. Barnstable Co.: Cape Cod, Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh, 19 June 1974, Susan Vince (1♂; NMNH); Falmouth, 11 Aug 1979, A. Freidberg (2♀; NMNH); Orleans, Town Cove, (41°47′31.21″N 69°58′49.60″W), 15 Aug 1984, B. A. Foote (6♀; PADA); Woods Hole, 21 July 1954, M.R. Wheeler (1♂; NMNH); Woods Hole, Sep 1916, A. H. Sturtevant (1♀; NMNH); same data, July 1918, (1♀; NMNH); Sandwich, 22 June 1924, no collector (1♀; NMNH); E. Sandwich, E. Sandwich Beach, 10 Aug 1978, B. A. Steinly (2♂; NMNH); Essex Co.: Parker River N.W.R., (42°47′25.79″N 70°48′23.43″W), swept from Spartina alterniflora, 14 Aug 1984, B. A. Foote (1♂, 4♀; PADA); Ipswich, salt marsh, 22 July 1961, W. W. Wirth (1♂, 1♀; NMNH). MISSISSIPPI. Harrison Co.: Pass Christian, 8 June 1917, J. M. Aldrich (1♀; NMNH). NEW HAMPSHIRE. Rockingham Co.: Seabrook, (42°53′18.62″N 70°50′03.58″W), fore dunes, sweep grasses, 31 May 1989, D. S. Chandler (1♀; UNHC); same data, sweep, 28 June, 7 July 1989, (2♂, 1♀; UNHC); same data, fore dunes, sweep dune vegetation, 6 July 1989, (1♂; UNHC). NEW YORK. Suffolk Co.: Cold Spring Harbor, 29 June, 5 July 1927, A. L. Melander (1♂, 2♀; NMNH). NORTH CAROLINA. Brunswick Co.: Southport, 10 Oct 1948, C. W. Sabrosky (1♀; NMNH); Hatteras Island: Salvo, on beach grass, (35°32′22.79″N 75°27′57.81″W), 05 July 1975, G. Foster (1♂; GAF). SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston Co.: 6mi. S of Adams Run, swept from salt marsh, (32°38′31.16″N 80°20′27.94″W), 12 Apr 1984, B.A. Foote (8♂, 25♀; PADA); Colleton Co.: Edisto Beach St. Pk, swept from salt marsh, (32°29′51.56″N 80°19′09.76″W), 12 Apr 1984, B. A. Foote (2♂, 16♀; PADA). TEXAS. Kleberg Co.: Kingsville, 8–9 June 1936, R. H. Painter (1♂; NMNH). VIRGINIA. Accomack Co.: Assateague Island, 23 July 1969, C. W. Sabrosky (1♂, 1♀; NMNH); same data, salt marsh, 18 May 1968, W. W. Wirth (1♂; NMNH); Norfolk Co.: Ocean View, 14 Aug 1969, G. C. Steyskal (2♂; NMNH); Northampton Co.: Kiptopeke, 4–6 Oct 1986, W. E. Steiner et al. (2♂, 8♀; NMNH).
description: Published as part of Foster, George A., 2024, Revision of Nearctic Microcercis Beschovski (Diptera: Chloropidae), with Synonymy of Incertella Sabrosky, pp. 401-439 in Zootaxa 5481 (4) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12780285