First record of the grass flies (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Khabarovskii krai and Jewish Autonomous region
Author
Nartshuk, E. P.
text
Far Eastern Entomologist
2017
2017-08-11
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.338.4
journal article
10.25221/fee.338.4
2713-2196
7163533
D741CAA7-884A-42EC-B9DA-16F35410A83D
Thaumatomyia notata
(Meigen, 1830)
MATERIAL.
Island
opposite of
Khabarovsk on Amur River
,
21–22.VIII 1979
,
15 ex.
(Nartshuk);
Kherzig
,
Levaya River
,
15–18.VII 1983
,
6 ex.
(Kaspsryan);
Londoko W Bira
,
2.VIII 1981
,
2 ex.
(Kaspsryan);
Sobolevo
,
20 km
S Vyazemski
,
20.VII 1978
,
2 ex.
(Kaspsryan);
Khabarovsk
, 26.VII,
14.VIII 1973
,
2 ex.
(Elberg); Bolshekhekhzir Natural
Reserve,
26.VIII 1979
,
8 ex.
(Nartshuk).
DISTRIBUTION. Widespread species, recorded in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and
Oriental Regions. In Palaearctic known from British Isles to
Japan
.
NOTES. Adults hibernate, aggregate before hibernating, and search any holes, can penetrate autumn onto buildings. Larvae carnivorous, live in rhizome of plants and feed on root aphids.