Thaumatomyia rufa (Macquart, 1835)

Nartshuk, E. P., 2017, First record of the grass flies (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Khabarovskii krai and Jewish Autonomous region, Far Eastern Entomologist 338 (338), pp. 21-28 : 27

Thaumatomyia rufa (Macquart, 1835)

MATERIAL. Khabarovsk, dendropark, 31.VII 1978, 1 ex. (Kasparyan); island opposite of Khabarovsk on Amur River, 21–22.VIII 1979, 42 ex. (Nartshuk); 40 km NNW Amurzet ,

River Samaus , 27.VII 1981, 1 ex. (Kasparyan); Amurzet, 18.VI 1985, 2 ex. (Kasparyan) ;

Londoko W Bira, 30.VII 1985, 2 ex. (Kasparyan); Kherzir, Levaya River , 30.VI 1983, 1 ex.

(Kasparyan); Khabarovsk, 22.VIII 1982, 8 ex. (Zinovijev) ; Khabarovsk, 26.VII 1973, 3 ex.

(Elberg); Khabarovsk, island on the Amur River , 29.VII 1927, 2 ex. (Stackelberg); Sobolevo ,

20 km S Vyazemski , 30.VII 1978, 1ex. (Kasparyan); Dormidonovka, 92 km S Khabarovsk,

28. VI 1978, 1 ex. (Kasparyan).

DISTRIBUTION. Transpalaearctic species, known from British Isles to Japan and southwards to North Africa, but more common and numerous in the Asian part of range.

NOTES. Larvae carnivorous, live in rhizome of plants and feed on root aphids.