Callomyia elegans Meigen, 1804

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 : 99-100

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

Callomyia elegans Meigen, 1804 Figure 8

Published records.

Mehádia [Mehadia, Caraș-Severin, Banat] ( Thalhammer 1899).

Distribution.

Palaearctic species. Recorded in Andorra, Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania and Russia (ER).

Biology.

Unknown, the larvae probably live on mycelia under bark of fallen trunks of various trees (similarly to other species of Callomyia , see Krivosheina 2008). Rare species with no recent records from Central and South Europe, population densities of this species are very low or undetectable. Adult flight period is in IV–VIII.