Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypezidae male, NE HU, June 2009
Posted by pwalter on 27-01-2010 00:25
#1
Hi, I found this male on an arid slope with lots of Quercus pubescens and Cerasus mahaleb and Colutea. It was sitting on leaves. I've never seen a Platypezid in an arid area. Is it Agathomyia?
Posted by pwalter on 27-01-2010 00:25
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Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-01-2010 05:01
#3
Lindneromyia hungarica.
Posted by pwalter on 30-01-2010 10:53
#4
Wow, a species described only in 2001! Thank You very much for this and recent helps!
Is the habitat preference of this fly known? I will go back to that area,
Kisgyor (link) in N-E Hungary this spring. I think it has hardly ever been researched dipterologically, but many other interesting insects are recorded there, e.g. Saga pedo.
Posted by michal tkoc on 30-01-2010 15:03
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Their larvae develop in various fungus
Agaricus species, so it is possible to find it on dry meadows as well as in most types of forest since the Agarics are presented, good collecting monts are V, VI, VII. Next time, if you find an agaric fungus, just observe it for a while, sometimes you can observe females laying eggs and it is possible to collect directly from the fungus body.
Michal