Agathomyia vernalis Shatalkin, 1981

Tkoc, Michal & Rohacek, Jindrich, 2014, Diversity, distribution and biology of Romanian flat-footed flies (Diptera, Opetiidae and Platypezidae) with taxonomic notes on Callomyiasaibhira Chandler, ZooKeys 459, pp. 95-118 : 98

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8376

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C1654D2-6923-4754-8679-3AFE152F8E30

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3FA748AD-8E92-87EA-4998-1477AA604B53

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scientific name

Agathomyia vernalis Shatalkin, 1981
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

* Agathomyia vernalis Shatalkin, 1981 View in CoL Figure 5

Material examined.

1 ♀, 19. v. 2011, Alba, Alba Iulia, 1 km E, 380 m a.s.l., 46°04'18"N, 23°32'02"E, sweeping on Fagus sylvatica , MT leg.

Distribution.

Palaearctic species. Recorded in the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland and Russia (ER). New record for Romania.

Biology.

Very rare species with early flight period. The individuals are collected only in IV and V and were almost exclusively females. Larval biology and host fungus are unknown. Tkoč and Barták (2013) recorded this species in numbers from a pyramidal (emergence) trap baited with dead wood.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Platypezidae

Genus

Agathomyia