Callomyia speciosa Meigen, 1824

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 : 103-104

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

Callomyia speciosa Meigen, 1824 Figure 11

Published records.

1 ♂, Retezatului Mts, near Hobita, Calana [Hobița, Hunedoara], 29. vi. 1969, in mature pine forest, B.H. Cogan and R.I. Vane-Wright leg. (BMNH) ( Chandler 2001, in litt.).

Material examined.

1 ♀, 31. v. 2011, Banat, Sfânta Elena, 1 km E, Alibeg brook valley (Figure 18), 230 m a.s.l., 44°40'37"N, 21°43'32"E, sweeping undergrowth of deciduous forest, JR leg.; 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.; 1 ♀, 3. vi. 2008, Banat, Sfânta Elena, 1 km E, Alibeg brook valley (Figure 18), 230 m a.s.l., 44°40'37"N, 21°43'32"E, sweeping vegetation along brook, JR leg.

Distribution.

Palaearctic species. Recorded in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia (ER) and Caucasus.

Biology.

Less common than Callomyia amoena but widely distributed throughout Europe. The larvae also live on mycelia under bark of various trees (reared from mycelium on surface of a fallen hazel trunk by Krivosheina (2008)). Adults fly in V–IX.