Lasiambia palposa (Fallén, 1820)

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 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v40i0.3406
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16912869
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389DE16-FFF2-FF98-5A6F-684C982A9E28
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lasiambia palposa (Fallén, 1820)
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Lasiambia palposa (Fallén, 1820) View in CoL

Material examined: Karelia. Kpor : 1 female, Nadvoitsy ( NHMH) ; Kon : 1 female, Kondopoga , 22.VIII.2012, A. Kainelainen ( ZISP) ; 2 males, 2 females, Vorob’i , 6–8.VIII.1996, Polevoi ( ZISP) ; 1 male, Solomennoe , Sahlberg ( NHMH) ; Kol : 2 males, 1 female, Gizhino , 15.IX.1941, Tiensuu ; 1 male, 2 females, Sheltozero , 25–29.VIII.1942, Tiensuu ( NHMH) . Leningrad Province. Kol : 3 males, 4 females, Vazhiny , 14.06– 28.IX.1942, Tiensuu ( NHMH) .

Published records: Karelia. Surroundings of Ladoga Lake ( Chydenius & Furuhjelm 1859); Kol : Petrozavodsk ( Frey 1934).

Distribution: Widely distributed Palaearctic species, distributed from Europe to Mongolia and Israel.

Biological notes: Meadows and forest edges. Larvae carnivorous, live in and may feed on egg pods of Acrididae . It is possible that larvae will feed on other food too.