Ophiomyia ranunculicaulis Hering, 1949

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. 3 km N Chop, floodplain meadow on Latorytsa River bank, 4.05.2018, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ; Kamianytsia, 7.05.2018, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ ; “ Skalka ”, 7.05.2018 and 14– 15.06.2017, 4 ♂, 3 ♀ ; 2–4 km E Dilove, motley grass along Potik Bilyi, 14– 15.06.2017, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ ; Shoimul Mt., motley grass on a slope, 15, 18.06.2018, 7 ♂, 7 ♀ ; 5 km SEE Rakhiv, motley grass on a slope near the forest edge, 17– 18.06.2017, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ ; Kuzyi, motley grass along the Potik Kuzyi, 500 m a. s. l., 19.06.2018, 1 ♀ ; Vorochovo, meadow, 24.06.2018, 1 ♂; Kamianytsia, 26.06.2018, 1 ♀ ; Nova Stuzhytsa, 6.07.2019, 1 ♀ .

Distribution. Belarus, British Isles, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden (Papp & Černý, 2015). In Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Poltava and Sumy Regions (Guglya, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 a, 2017); Transcarpathia (first record).

Bionomics. Common and numerous in Ukraine. Collected material dates from 2 May to 14 August.