AnimaliaDipteraPlatypezidaeTkočMichalRoháčekJindřichDiversity, distribution and biology of Romanian flat-footed flies (Diptera, Opetiidae and Platypezidae) with taxonomic notes on Callomyia saibhira ChandlerZookeys212201420144599511810.3897/zookeys.459.8376 Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg, 1916)Figure 12Published records.

1 ♂, Herkulesbad [Băile Herculane, Caraș-Severin, Banat], 6.vi.1904, Kertész lgt. (Oldenberg 1916, Czerny 1930); Mehádia [Mehadia, Caraș-Severin, Banat] (Szilády 1941).

Distribution.

Palaearctic species. Recorded in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia (ER, FE).

Biology.

Rather rare in Europe but more common in the Far East of Russia (Shatalkin 1985, Chandler 2001). Its larvae develop in several species of Polyporus (Ševčík 2010). Adults occur in VI–VII and IX.

Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg, 1916), male habitus. Photo by D. Gavryushin.

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