Tricimba cincta (Meigen, 1830)

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 : 56

Tricimba cincta (Meigen, 1830)

Material examined: Murmansk Province. Lps : 1 male, Lotta River, Poppius; Lt: 2 males, Kola ; Lim : 2 males, Kandalaksha (all in ZMNH) . Karelia. Kk: 1 female, Kartesh, 21.VIII.1996, Przhiboro ; 1 female, Kartesh, 22–24.VII.2010, Nartshuk ( ZISP) ; Kon : 2 females, Semchezero ( NHMH) ; 1 female, Girvas, 16.VII.2002, Polevoi; 1 female, Ar’koila , 20–21.VI.2018, Polevoi ; 3 females, Vendery , 29–31. VIII.2017, Polevoi ; 1 male, 5 females, Kivach, 26.VI–10.VII.1990, 26.VI–7.VII.2000, 1.VIII.2003, 26.V–23.VI.2016, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; 2 females, Konchezero, 4–6.VII.2012, Polevoi ; 1 female, Vorob’i, 20.VIII.2008, Humala ( FRIP) ; 1 female, Yalguba ( NHMH) ; Kl : 1 male, Sortavala ( NHMH) ; Kol : 1 female, Kolatselga; 1 female, Sändeba ; 2 females, Petrozavodsk ( NHMH) ; 1 female, Sheltozero , 13.VII.2004, Polevoi ( FRIP) . Arkhangelsk Province. Kton: 1 female, Vozhosel’ga , 8.VII–2.VIII.2014, Polevoi ( FRIP) .

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Published records: Karelia. Surroundings of Ladoga Lake ( Chydenius & Furuhjelm 1859) .

Distribution: Holarctic species.

Biological notes: Meadows, forests and agricultural fields. Recorded within houses in autumn together with Thaumatomyia notata (Meigen, 1830) . The species exhibits a wide ecological plastiсity in relation to food substrate. It was reared from stems of cereals infested by other insects, from mushrooms, berries of Sambucus racemosa L., dead molluscs, caterpillars. Hibernate as adults.