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Chlorops scutellaris Zetterstedt , 1838, Chloropidae. [Synonyms: C. laevicollis Becker, 1910, C. freyi Duda, 1933]. This is one of the few very dark Palaearctic Chlorops species which can be misidentified with dark varieties of C. speciosus, C. rufescens or C. laccatus. Redescriptions were published by Nartshuk (1998). Ent. fenn. 9: 159, 171-2 in 153-183 and by Ismay (1999): Ent. mon. Mag. 135: 19-20 in 1-37. The large dark ocellar triangle (compare the image) is one typical character, a shiny scutum and dark tergites are others. Nothing is known on the larval habit, but von Tschirnhaus (Drosera 2007: 99-136) on p. 118 & 128 reported a series from the German dune island Mellum. I add here that it was swept in July exclusively on Agropyron junceum (Poaceae).