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Dolichopus nitidus

Synonyms: Dolichopus azureus (heterotypic); Dolichopus caeruleicollis; Dolichopus coeruleicollis (heterotypic); Dolichopus jucundus (heterotypic); Dolichopus ornatus (heterotypic)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cors Caron 2130 Wales, United Kingdom
Corsydd Llyn/ Lleyn Fens 701 Wales, United Kingdom
Morecambe Bay 151985 England, United Kingdom
River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake 4529 England, United Kingdom

Predators

Promachus yesonicus[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Mentha longifolia var. asiatica (mint)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0