Pneumia pilularia (Tonnoir, 1940)

Omelková, Markéta & Ježek, Jan, 2012, A new species of the genus Trichomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) and new faunistic data on non-phlebotomine moth flies from the Podyjí NP and its surroundings (Czech Republic), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 505-533 : 523

Pneumia pilularia (Tonnoir, 1940)

Published records. Hnanice, Havraníky, Čížovský rybník pond, Zadní Hamry, Faltýskův Mlýn ( JEŽEK et al. 2005).

Material examined. Vranov nad Dyjí, Braitava (4), J, ix., Inv. No. 5376; Vranov nad Dyjí, Rybníky U Jekala (5), J, ix., Inv. No. 5347; Čížov, marshes (12), J, ix., Inv. No. 5353; Horní Břečkov, pond (26), J, ix., Inv. No. 6794; Vranov nad Dyjí, Lesná (31), J, ix., Inv. No. 6813; Šafov, Cihelný rybník pond (39), J, ix., Inv. No. 6782; Olbramkostel, Šimberk – hájovna (43), J, ix., Inv. No. 6069; Štítary, Horní Štítarský rybník pond (50), J, ix., Inv. No. 6818; Štítary, runnel (52), J, ix., Inv. No. 6071; Vranov nad Dyjí, Šumná (53), J, ix., Inv. No. 6070; Olbramkostel, Vracovice, Vracovický rybník pond (55), J, ix., Inv. No. 6035.

Comment. Distributed almost throughout Europe including Spain, the British Isles and Scandinavia, collected also in Algeria, Morocco and Tajikistan, but relatively rare. The larvae occur in mosses in running water habitats, e.g. spring areas and brooks from lowlands to mountains.