Callomyia amoena 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 : 99

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Platypezidae

Callomyia amoena Meigen, 1824 Figure 7

Published records.

Mehádia [Mehadia, Caraș-Severin, Banat]; Orsova [Orșova, Mehedinți, Banat] ( Thalhammer 1899); 1 ♂, 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 ♀, 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 ♂ 1 ♀, 2. vi. 2008, Banat, Radimna near Pojejena, 140 m a.s.l., 44°49'17"N, 21°33'31"E, sweeping undergrowth of alder forest, 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 Acer campestre , MT leg.

Distribution.

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

Biology.

Common species, the larvae live on mycelia under bark of fallen trunks of various trees. A record from mycelia on bark on the underside of aspen trunks lying on the ground was mentioned by Krivosheina (2008). Flight period of adults ranges from V to X.