Agathomyia viduella (Zetterstedt, 1838)

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 : 98-99

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

Agathomyia viduella (Zetterstedt, 1838) Figure 6

Published records.

Mehádia [Mehadia, Caraș-Severin, Banat] ( Szilády 1941).

Material examined.

1 ♀, 1. vi. 2008, Banat, Sfânta Elena, 4 km NE, Kulhavá skála, Vranovec cave (Figure 17), 300 m a.s.l., 44°42'12"N, 21°43'52"E, sweeping vegetation along brook, JR leg.

Distribution.

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

Biology.

Uncommon species with adults occurring in undergrowth and along brooks in humid deciduous and mixed forests ( Roháček and Ševčík 2009) and are often observed running on Petasites sp. leaves together with Agathomyia antennata (pers. obs.). The main flight period of adults ranges from V to VII. Host fungus is unknown.