Aphanotrigonum cinctellum (Zetterstedt, 1848)

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 : 48-49

Aphanotrigonum cinctellum (Zetterstedt, 1848) .

Material examined: Karelia. Kol : 1 female, Petrozavodsk ( NHMH). Distribution: Widely distributed in the Palaearctic. Tschirnhaus

Nartshuk, Polevoi and Przhiboro: A review of grassfiles of Karelia and Murmansk, Russia Fauna norvegica 40: 47–92. 2020

(1981) recorded this species as A. fasciellum (Zetterstedt 1855) from Biological notes: Wet habitats near lakes and rivers. Larvae the Afrotropical region (mangrove flowers in Gambia). phytophagous, feed gregariously in unsheathed inflorescences of Biological notes: Dry habitats and coastal salt marshes, in which it is Glyceria spp. the second abundant chloropid after Oscinimorpha albisetosa (Duda 1932) along an investigated German coast section along the North Sea ( Tschirnhaus 1981). Adults were reared from different species of * Calamoncosis oscinella (Becker, 1910) Poaceae .

Material examined: Karelia. Kon : 1 female, Gomsel’ga, 6.VI.2013 ,

Polevoi; 1 female, Polya, 26.VI.2013, Polevoi ( FRIP) .

Aphanotrigonum nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1848) Distribution: Rare European species. Few specimens are known from

Finland, Sweden, Norway and Germany. This is the first record from

Material examined: Karelia. Ks : 1 female, Paanajärvi , Frey ( NHMH); Russia. Kk: 23 males, 7 females, Kartesh, 9–16.VIII.1989, Sugonyaev; 20–21. VIII.1996, 3–5.VII.2000, 12–20.VI.2002, Przhiboro ( ZISP); Kpor: 1 male, Island Kondostrov, 20.VIII.2002, Humala ( FRIP); Kon : 1 male, Conioscinella frontella (Fallén, 1820) Vegoruksy , 24–29.VI.2013, Polevoi ( FRIP); Kol : 1 male, Lososinnoe, 28–31.V.2013, Polevoi ( FRIP); 1 female, Petrozavodsk, Frey ( NHMH). Material examined : Murmansk Province. Lps : 1 male, Trifonovo, Published records : Karelia. Kol : Petrozavodsk ( Frey 1934, as 1 female, Pechenga ( NHMH); Lim: 2 females, Lake Bolshoi Vudjavr, Conioscinella cinctella Zetterstedt, 1848 ; misidentification). 13.VIII.1931, Fridolin; 21.VIII.1931, Belyakova; ( ZISP) . Karelia. Kk : Distribution : Holarctic boreal species. 1 female, Kartesh, 22.VII.1975, Gorodkov ( ZISP); Kon : 2 females, Biological notes: Meadows and wetlands, including the sea intertidal Semchezero ( NHMH); 1 male, Nizhnee Myagrozero, 20–24.VII.2012, and supralittoral zones. In pitfall traps of a dune ecosystem in Polevoi; Kl: 1 male, Valaam, 31.VII.2009, Polevoi; Kol : 1 male, Denmark ( Nielsen et al. 2019) it was the second abundant chloropid Lososinnoe, 28–31.V.2013, Polevoi ( FRIP). after Conioscinella zetterstedti Andersson 1966 . Larvae develop in Published records : Murmansk Province. Li: Kola ( Frey 1934). stems of plants damaged by other insects. Hibernate as adults. Adults Distribution: Widely distributed in the Palaearctic, ranges from were collected on and reared from stems of cereals. Europe to Mongolia and Israel .

Biological notes: Meadows and agricultural fields. Larvae phytophagous, develop in different species of Poaceae , hibernate in

Aphanotrigonum trilineatum (Meigen, 1830) the basal tillers of grasses and pupate next spring. Kleptoparasite of predaceous insects and spiders ( Tschirnhaus et al. 2015).

Material examined: Murmansk Province. Lim: 1 female, Kandalaksha ( NHMH). Karelia. Ks: 2 males, 2 females, Paanajärvi, Frey ( NHMH); Kon : 1 male, Island Bukol’nikov, 25.VI.2003, Polevoi * Conioscinella gallarum ( Duda, 1933) (FRIP) ; Kol : 1 female, Lososinnoe, 28–31.V.2013, Polevoi ( FRIP); 3 males, 2 females, Petrozavodsk; 1 female, Sheltozero, 29.VIII.1942, Material examined: Karelia. Kl: 5 males, Harlu, 9–10.VI.1933, Tiensuu ( NHMH). reared from Cirsium inflorescences, Tiensuu ( NHMH). Distribution: Holarctic boreal species. Distribution: Euro-Caucasian species. Nartshuk & Andersson (2013) Biological notes: Meadows and wetlands, sometimes agricultural mention Karelia in the “Biology” section, but do not indicate it fields. Larvae develop in stems of Poaceae including plants damaged formally in the catalogue. We hence consider this species new for the by other insects. Hibernate as adults. region.

Biological notes: The species was earlier reared from galls of

Andricus sp. and Biorhiza pallida Olivier 1791 ( Hymenoptera ,

* Calamoncosis aprica (Meigen, 1830) Cynipidae ) on Quercus , from cones of Larix decidua Mill. , buds of Populus tremula L. and inflorescences of Cirsium ( Duda 1933;

Material examined: Karelia. Kon : 1 female, Gomsel’ga, 9.VIII.2018, Nartshuk & Andersson 2013). Polevoi ( FRIP). Distribution: European species. Biological notes: Wet meadows and wetlands. Larvae phytophagous Conioscinella livida Nartshuk, 1970 . or phytosaprophagous, living as inquilines in stems of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. damaged by larvae of Platycephala Material examined: Murmansk Province. Lps: 1 female, Yläluostari, planifrons (Fabricius 1798) or rarely by caterpillars of Archanara Hellen ; 1 male, Pechenga; 1 male, Lotta River, Platonoff ( NHMH). geminipuncta (Haworth 1809) ( Lepidoptera , Noctuidae ) (Tschirnhaus Distribution: European species, known from Estonia, Leningrad 1981; Grochowska 2002). Grochowska (2002) studied the life cycle of Province and Germany (Bavaria). the species in Poland. Biological notes: Bogs.