Elachiptera tuberculifera (Corti, 1909)

Nartshuk, E. P., 2017, First record of the grass flies (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Khabarovskii krai and Jewish Autonomous region, Far Eastern Entomologist 338 (338), pp. 21-28 : 23

Elachiptera tuberculifera (Corti, 1909)

MATERIAL. Amurzet, 18.VI 1981, 1 ex. (Kasparyan); island opposite of Khabarovsk on

Amur River , 21.VII 1979, 1 ex. (Nartshuk) .

DISTRIBUTION. This species is widely distributed in the Palearctic Region eastwards to

Mongolia, China, Russia (Khabarovskii krai, Jewish Autonomous Region, Kuril Islands), and

Japan.

NOTES. Common on different kind of wetlands, adult hibernated. Larvae phytosaprophagous develop in stems of different, mostly Monocotyledonous, plants damaged by other insects.