Agathomyia antennata (Zetterstedt, 1819)

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 antennata (Zetterstedt, 1819) Figure 2

Published records.

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

Material examined.

1 ♀, 31. v. 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 undergrowth of deciduous forest, JR leg.; 3 ♀♀, 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 ♀, 4. vi. 2008, Banat, Berzasca, 2 km NE, Berzasca river valley, 85 m a.s.l., 44°39'09"N, 21°57'47"E, sweeping riverside vegetation, JR leg.; 1 ♀, 19. v. 2011, Alba, Alba Iulia, 1 km E, 380 m a.s.l., 46°04'18"N, 23°32'02"E, sweeping on Quercus sp., MT leg.

Distribution.

Palaearctic species reaching to Oriental region (Taiwan). Recorded in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia (ER, FE).

Biology.

Most common species of the genus in the Palaearctic Region. The adults of both sexes are often found running on Petasites sp. leaves (pers. obs.). Larvae develop in Bjerkandera adusta ( Ševčík 2010). Adult flight period is in IV–IX.