Lasiosina herpini (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843)

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

Lasiosina herpini (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843)

Material examined: Karelia. Kon : 1 female, Konchezero , 24–26. VIII.2011, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; Kol : 1 male, Gizhino , 15.IX.1941, Tiensuu ; 1 female, Kolatsel’ga , 9.V.1942, Tiensuu ( NHMH) ; Kton : 1 female, Sukhaya Vodla River, 24.VIII.2006, Polevoi ( FRIP) .

Published records: Karelia. Kton: Sukhaya Vodla ( Humala & Polevoi 2009, as L. cinctipes (Meigen, 1830) . Leningrad Province. Kol : Gumbaritsy ( Nartshuk 1999a).

Distribution: Transpalaearctic species.

Biological notes: Dry meadows and agricultural fields. Larvae develop in shoots of different grasses, including cereals rye, wheat, oats, barley, as secondary invaders. In applied literature usually given as L. cinctipes due to misidentification.

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