Elachiptera diastema Collin, 1946

Nartshuk, Emilia P., Polevoi, Alexei V. & Przhiboro, Andrey A., 2020, A review of grass flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) of Karelia and Murmansk Province of Russia, Fauna norvegica 40, pp. 47-92 : 51

** Elachiptera diastema Collin, 1946

Material examined: Murmansk Province. Lim: 1 female, Laplandskii Nature Reserve, Vtoroi Stream , 29.V.2014, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; 1 male, Umba , 13.VIII.1995, Gorodkov ( ZISP) . Karelia. Kk: 2 males, 1 female, Kartesh , 4.VIII.1996, 8.VII.1997, 4.IX.2005, Przhiboro ( ZISP) ; 1 female, Gridino , 9.VIII.2006, Polevoi; Kpoc : 1 female, Island Russkii Kuzov , 19.VII.2001, Humala; Kon : 1 female, Kivach , 15.V.1997, Polevoi ; 1 female, Kurgenitsy , 18.VII.2000, Polevoi ; 1 male, Gomsel’ga , 4–6.VII.2012, Polevoi ; 1 male, Pin’guba , 17.VI.2007, Polevoi; Kton : 1 male, Sukhaya Vodla River, 24.VIII.2006, Polevoi ( FRIP) .

Distribution: Euro-Mediterranean polyzonal species.

Biological notes: Meadows and agricultural fields. Larvae phytosaprophagous, develop in stems of plants damaged by other insects. Hibernate as adults.