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
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8376
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8376
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Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae
Agathomyia falleni (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Figure 3
Published
records.
Szaszka
[
Szaszka
, Banat,
Caraș-Severin
] (
Szilady
1941
).
Distribution.
Palaearctic species. Recorded in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia (ER).
Biology.
Host fungus is
Bjerkandera adusta
(see
Chandler 2001
). The females can be observed during oviposition on sporocarps of the host
fungi
on tree stumps (Figure 3). It is a species with autumnal activity; adult flight period is in
IX-XI
.
Figure 3.
Agathomyia falleni
(Zetterstedt, 1838), female ovipositing on undetermined yellow slime mold (
Mycetozoa
) on stump overgrown by
Bjerkandera adusta
. Photo by M.
Tkoc
.