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Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) a species and genus new to the Norwegian fauna

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The lance fly Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848) is reported from Norway representing the first time that not only this species but also this genus has been recorded from the country. E. lonchaeoides is recorded from Viken and Vestfold og Telemark. Comments on biology, distribution, habitat, and identification characters are provided.
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Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) a
species and genus new to the Norwegian fauna
JØRN R. GUSTAD & IAIN MACGOWAN
Gustad, J.R. & MacGowan, I. 2020. Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Diptera, Lonchaeidae)
a species and genus new to the Norwegian fauna. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 67, 132–135.
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Jørn R. Gustad, Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences, Molde University College –
Specialized University in Logistics, P.O. Box 2110, NO-6402 Molde, Norway.
E-mail: jorn.r.gustad@himolde.no
Iain MacGowan, Honorary Research Associate, National Museums of Scotland, Collection Centre,
242 West Granton Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1JA, U.K. E-mail: imacgowan9@gmail.com
Introduction
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into two sections, placing the Lonchaeidae in the
“lower Tephritoidea”, along with Piophilidae,
Pallopteridae and Richardiidae. Morphological
support is limited for the exact reso lution of the
relationships among the lower tephritoid families.
The genus comprises thirteen species in the
Palaearctic and eight from Nearctic and is not
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realm (MacGowan 2020a). Knowledge of the
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in conifer cone seeds (McAlpine 1958), whilst
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Earomyia lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt, 1848)
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of six known Earomyia species from the Nordic
FRXQWULHVWKHRWKHUVEHLQJE. argenta MacGowan,
2019, E. netherlandica MacGowan, 2004, E.
schistopyga Collin, 1953, E. viridana (Meigen,
1826) and E. virilis Collin, 1953 (Kahanpää 2020,
MacGowan 2019).
Diagnostic characters
The general impression of E. lonchaeoides is of an
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Material and methods
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(Figures 1–2), leg./det. Jørn R. Gustad/conf. Iain
MacGowan. The specimen was not collected. The
site is situated near the coast in the inner Oslofjord
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male resting on house wall/photographed 19
March 2019 (Figures 3–4), leg. Morten Angard
Mjelde/det. Iain MacGowan. The specimen was
1 2
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2 records of E. schistopyga Collin, 1953, and 12
records of E. viridana (Meigen, 1826). In Sweden
E. argenta MacGowan, 2019, E. lonchaeoides, E.
netherlandica MacGowan, 2004, E. schistopyga,
E. viridana and E. virilis Collin, 1953 are present
(MacGowan 2015, MacGowan 2019). Of the
6 species recorded in Sweden 3 species were
reported from the Swedish Malaise Trap project
results again indicating that E. lonchaeoides is
the far the most common Earomyia in Sweden
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viridana (2) and E. virilis (1). From Denmark E.
argenta, E. lonchaeoides and E. virilis are known
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Acknowledgements. We thank Morten Angard Mjelde for
details on his record and for use of his photos in this article.
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