Sphegina verecunda Collin, 1937

Examined material. Styria: Graz-Umgebung, Übelbachgraben 860 m, 47°13’36’’ N, 15°07’ E, 28.6.2016 (1♂), leg. & det. H. Heimburg ; Carinthia: Klagenfurt, Lendspitz-Maiernigg, SW Klagenfurt am Wörthersee 443 m, 46°36’38’’ N, 14°15’6’’ E, 11.6.2021 (1♂), leg. & det. H. Heimburg.

Notes. The specimen collected in Styria was found in a submontane humid Picea spp. forest, near a small shaded stream. The fly was hovering in between dense tall-herb vegetation.Another male was collected in Carinthia in a shady forest. The distribution area in Europe ranges from Great Britain and Denmark to Central Europe to the north of France and Italy (Speight 2020).