Oscinella frit (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 53-54

Oscinella frit (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined: Murmansk Province. Lt: 1 female, Mishukovo , 7.VIII.1997, Przhiboro ( ZISP) ; Lmur: 1 male, + 4 specimens, Dal’nie Zelentsy, 10.VIII.1981, Gorodkov ; 4.VIII.1997, Przhiboro ( ZISP) ; Lim: 1 male, 1 female, Monchegorsk, 20–24.VII.1995, Kozlov ; 1 female, Island Berezhnoi Vlasov , 16.VIII.1993, Przhiboro ( ZISP) . Karelia. Kk: 13 males, 9 females, + 48 specimens, Kartesh, 16–20.VII.1966, Tanasijtshuk ; 23.VII.1975, Gorodkov ; 27.VII–16.VIII.1989, Sugonyaev ; 23.VII.1975, Gorodkov ; 15.VII.1996, 21.VIII.1996, 2.VII.1997, 3–5. VII.2000, Przhiboro ; 26.VII.2010, Nartshuk ; 3 females, Primorskii , 17.VIII.1996, Przhiboro ; 1 male, 2 females, Nikol’skaya Bay , 28.VII.1996, Przhiboro ; 12 specimens, Chupa , 30.VI.2000, Przhiboro ( ZISP) ; 1 female, Island Malyi Andronin , 20.VII.2010, Nartshuk ( ZISP) ; 2 females, Syrovatka , 18.VII.2003, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; Kpoc: 1 male, Island Nemetskii Kuzov, 17.VII.2001, Humala ; 1 male, Island Lodeinyi , 21.VII.2001, Humala ( FRIP) ; Kpor: 1 female, Segezha , 29.VII.1996, Gorodkov ( ZISP) ; Kon : 2 males, 1 female, Shaidoma, 11.VIII.2018, Polevoi; 1 male, 10 females, Konchezero , 4–6.VII.2012, Polevoi ; 1 male, 1 female, Kizhi , 15.VI.1994, Polevoi ; 1 male, Island Radkol’e , 30.VII.2018, Polevoi ; 1 male, Lelikovo , 24.VI.2003, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; Kol : 5 males, 2 females, Vidlitsa, 3–4.IX.2018, Polevoi; 2 males, Ust’e Tuloksy , 5.IX.2018, Polevoi ; Kton : 1 male, Besov Nos , 18.VII.2006, Polevoi ( FRIP) .

Published records: Karelia. Surroundings of Ladoga Lake ( Chydenius & Furuhjelm 1859); Ks: Paanajärvi ( Krogerus 1960); Kton: Besov Nos ( Humala & Polevoi 2009, as O. vindicata Meigen, 1830 ; misidentification).

Nartshuk, Polevoi and Przhiboro: A review of grassfiles of Karelia and Murmansk, Russia

Distribution: One of the commonest species of the family, possibly representing a group of closely related species. Widely distributed species, recorded from all zoogeographical regions of the World.

Biological notes: Meadows, forest edges and agricultural fields. Two or three generations in a year. Larvae phytophagous, develop in shoots and in spikelets of cereals (wheat, barley, rye, oat) and many wild grasses. The species may seriously damage cereals and fodder grasses.