Agathomyia setipes Oldenberg, 1916

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

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

Agathomyia setipes Oldenberg, 1916 Figure 4

Published records.

1 ♂, Czerna Ufers [=Cerna river banks], Herkulesbad [Băile Herculane, Caraș-Severin, Banat], 13.vii.1912 ( Oldenberg 1916, Czerny 1930).

Distribution.

Palaearctic species. Recorded in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Russia (FE).

Biology.

Unknown. Adults are usually swept from vegetation along brooks in forests ( Roháček and Ševčík 2009). Very rare species known from only a few specimens from the whole of Europe; adult flight period is in VII–X.