Ophiomyia maura (Meigen, 1838)

Material examined.

AG: Würenlingen [47°32'N, 8°16'E, 420m a.s.l.], 1 ♂, 6.vii.2000. VS: Pfynwald [46°38'N, 7°37'E, 600m a.s.l.], 1 ♂, 19.v.1996, B. Merz & G. Bächli leg.

Distribution.

North America: Canada; Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy incl. Sicily, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain incl. Canary Islands, Sweden, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia; Asia: China, Japan, Oman, Turkey, Yemen (Papp and Černý 2015). First record from Switzerland.

Biology.

Host plants Aster, Erigeron, Solidago .