Agathomyia collini Verrall, 1901

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 : 97

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

Agathomyia collini Verrall, 1901

Published records.

Mehadia, Karaš-Severin [Caraș-Severin, Banat], 3.vii.1912, Oldenberg coll. (SMNS) ( Czerny 1930, Chandler 2001).

Distribution.

Palaearctic species. Recorded in the Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Russia (ER, FE) and Georgia (North Ossetia) in the Caucasus ( Shatalkin 1992).

Biology.

Larvae are unknown; Chandler (2001) mentioned possible association with Phellinus pomaceus growing on apple or plum trees based on information provided by Morley (1918). However, this host association needs confirmation. The adults can be swept on forest undergrowth formed mainly by Lunaria rediviva ( Roháček and Ševčík 2011; pers. obs.). Adults occur in IV–IX.