Abstract
Specimens of the enigmatic, monotypic European genus Zuskamira Pont, 1987 (Sepsidae) were initially collected only from the lower central Swedish provinces of Darlana, Uppland and Västmanland. However, the same species was subsequently found much more south in Lower-Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein although Germany is overall well sampled for sepsid flies. Here we report a further (longitudinal) range expansion based on new localities in Southern Finland. New localities for Finland and Sweden are here added and we discuss briefly the habitat requirements of the species.
Highlights
Sepsidae (Acalyptratae: Cyclorrhapha), or ant-like scavenger flies, form a small to medium-sized, cosmopolitan, family-ranked clade of saprophagous flies with ca. 370 described species (Ozerov 2005)
One of the more surprising finds of the last 30 years was the discovery of two new monotypic genera in Europe (Zuskamira, Susanomira) of which Zuskamira was until recently only known from a few localities in Sweden (Pont 1987)
The species was found in Germany (Stuke 2005) which was surprising because this country is overall fairly well sampled for Sepsidae (Pont and Meier 2002)
Summary
Sepsidae (Acalyptratae: Cyclorrhapha), or ant-like scavenger flies, form a small to medium-sized, cosmopolitan, family-ranked clade of saprophagous flies with ca. 370 described species (Ozerov 2005).
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