Melanum laterale (Haliday, 1833)

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 : 61

Melanum laterale (Haliday, 1833)

Material examined: Murmansk Province. Lp : 1 female, Ponoi, Frey ( NHMH) . Lim: 2 females, Island Berezhnoi Vlasov , 16.VIII.1993; 1 female, Luvenga, 2.IX.1993, Przhiboro ( ZISP) . Karelia. Kk: 40 males, 13 females, Kartesh, 21–25.VII.1973, 27.VII–16.VIII.1989, Sugonyaev ; 15.VII–21.VIII.1996, 3–5.VII.2000, Przhiboro , 22–24. VII.2010, Nartshuk ; 1 pupa (reared to adult), Kartesh , 13.VII.1996, Przhiboro ; 1 male, 2 females, Island Malyi Andronin , 29.VII.2010, Nartshuk ; 1 female, Primorskii, 17.VIII.1996, Przhiboro ( ZISP) ; 7 males, 11 females, Gridino, 5–9.VIII.2006, Polevoi; 7 males, 3 females, Island Luda Lesovata , 9.VIII.2006, Polevoi ; 3 females, Sonostrov , 6.VIII.2006, Polevoi ; 1 female, Syrovatka, 19.VII.2003, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; Kpoc: 1 female, Island Lodeinyi, 21.VII.2001, Humala ; 3 males, 4 females, Island Nemetskii Kuzov , 22.VIII.2002, Humala ; 2 females, Island Taparukha, 17.VIII.2002, Humala ( FRIP) ; Kpor: 3 males, 2 females, Island Kondostrov, 20–21.VIII.2002, Humala ; 2 males, 6 females, Island Myagostrov , 14.VIII.2002, Humala ; 2 males, Perkhludy, Island Yuzhnyi, 16.VIII.2002, Humala ( FRIP) .

Published records: Karelia. Ks: Paanajärvi ( Krogerus 1960); Kon : Shueretskoe ( Frey 1934; Nartshuk 1998).

Distribution: Transpalaearctic species.

Biological notes: Wetlands, especially salt marshes along the sea coasts, but also at lake shores and river banks. Not uncommon in the upper intertidal and supralittoral zones (sea shore meadows) of the White Sea. Reared from Juncus gerardii Loisel. ( Tschirnhaus 1981; Przhiboro unpubl. data).