Posted by michal tkoc on 06-12-2007 18:15
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In contrast with Black, I found/observed some females of
Lindneromyia dorsalis directly on
Agaricus sp. mushrooms walking and ovipositing between the gills (that was really valued experience for me :)). I also reared these
L. dorsalis and very similar
L. hungarica from various species of
Agaricus (
A. arvensis mostly), in one case it was hundrets of individuals from one fruting body of this fungus.
Very easy for me was rearing of
Paraplatypeza atra from very common fungus
Pluteus cervinus, I have many reared specimens from numerous fruiting bodies and we agreed on (with two Czech Platypezid specialist) that this fly is most common Platypezid in Czech Republic.
I found some
Agathomyia sp. too,
A. wankowiczii as larvae in galls of
Ganoderma lipiense (syn
G. apllanatum), adult rearing is still in progress. And one female of
A. unicolor on
Bjernadera adusta.
Everything was in various woodland habitats, also in coniferous or mixed forests.
I never found some Platipezidae fly by sweeping or on some leaves :(
PS: I'am very interested in exchanging material/literature and advices how to collect/find specific species of Platypezidae. So be free if you want to know some details of my rearings etc.