Diversity, distribution and biology of Romanian flat-footed flies (Diptera, Opetiidae and Platypezidae) with taxonomic notes on Callomyiasaibhira Chandler
Author
Tkoc, Michal
Author
Rohacek, Jindrich
text
ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8376
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8376
1313-2970-459-95
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Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae
Agathomyia collini Verrall, 1901
Published records.
Mehadia,
Karas-Severin
[Caraș-Severin, Banat], 3.vii.1912, Oldenberg coll. (SMNS) (
Czerny 1930
,
Chandler 2001
).
Distribution.
Palaearctic species. Recorded in the Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Russia (ER, FE) and Georgia (North Ossetia) in the Caucasus (
Shatalkin 1992
).
Biology.
Larvae are unknown;
Chandler (2001)
mentioned possible association with
Phellinus pomaceus
growing on apple or plum trees based on information provided by
Morley (1918)
. However, this host association needs confirmation. The adults can be swept on forest undergrowth formed mainly by
Lunaria rediviva
(
Rohacek
and
Sevcik
2011
; pers. obs.). Adults occur in
IV-IX
.