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==Distribution==

This species is present in most of [[Europe]] ([[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Russia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Ukraine]]) and in the [[Near East]]. <ref name = FE> [https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dddd7f15-3ba6-4ff6-8c2f-d0fdc8577f0f Fauna Europaea]</ref><ref name=URSS/> It is adventive in North America. <ref name =BUG>[https://bugguide.net/node/view/114172 Bug Guide]</ref><ref>[https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62005-Platystoma-seminationis Inaturalist] </ref>

This species is present in most of [[Europe]] ([[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Russia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Ukraine]]) and in the [[Near East]].<ref name = FE> [https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dddd7f15-3ba6-4ff6-8c2f-d0fdc8577f0f Fauna Europaea]</ref><ref name=URSS/> It is adventive in North America.<ref name =BUG>[https://bugguide.net/node/view/114172 Bug Guide]</ref><ref>[https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62005-Platystoma-seminationis Inaturalist] </ref>

==Habitat==

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==Description==

”Platystoma seminationis” can reach a body length of {{convert|5.5|-|6.5|mm}}. In these flies the interocular space and the epistomes are black and the eyes are reddish-brown. Thorax is greyish. The wings are translucent, greyish brown, with light spots. The abdomen is black, without punctuation. Tarsi are monochromatic black. The largest tarsal segments are reddish near the base, or show reddish hairs on lower side. Moreover [[halteres]] have a blackish brown club. <ref name = URSS> Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) [https://books.google.com/books?id=dsoUAAAAIAAJ&dq=Platystoma+seminationis+URSS&pg=PA195 ”Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR”], Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-205-0080-6}}</ref><ref>Séguy, E. (1934) ”Diptères: Brachycères”. II. ”Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae”. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 [http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/E.SEGUY(FdeFr28)Dipt.Brachyceres.pdf Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf]</ref>

”Platystoma seminationis” can reach a body length of {{convert|5.5|-|6.5|mm}}. In these flies the interocular space and the epistomes are black and the eyes are reddish-brown. Thorax is greyish. The wings are translucent, greyish brown, with light spots. The abdomen is black, without punctuation. Tarsi are monochromatic black. The largest tarsal segments are reddish near the base, or show reddish hairs on lower side. Moreover [[halteres]] have a blackish brown club.<ref name = URSS> Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) [https://books.google.com/books?id=dsoUAAAAIAAJ&dq=Platystoma+seminationis+URSS&pg=PA195 ”Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR”], Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-205-0080-6}}</ref><ref>Séguy, E. (1934) ”Diptères: Brachycères”. II. ”Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae”. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 [http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/E.SEGUY(FdeFr28)Dipt.Brachyceres.pdf Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf]</ref>

==Biology==

Adults can be found from May to October. <ref name = NS> [https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/platystoma-seminationis Nature Spot] </ref> They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of the cypress spurge (”[[Euphorbia cyparissias]]”), green spurge (”[[Euphorbia esula]]”) and other [[ Euphorbiaceae]], as well as on feces. Larvae develop in and feed on decaying vegetable material, <ref name=NS/> on mushrooms and on roots of mushroom-infected plants and are probably saprophages. <ref name=BUG/>

Adults can be found from May to October.<ref name = NS> [https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/platystoma-seminationis Nature Spot] </ref> They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of the cypress spurge (”[[Euphorbia cyparissias]]”), green spurge (”[[Euphorbia esula]]”) and other [[ Euphorbiaceae]], as well as on feces. Larvae develop in and feed on decaying vegetable material,<ref name=NS/> on mushrooms and on roots of mushroom-infected plants and are probably saprophages.<ref name=BUG/>

These flies have a highly developed ritual of courtship, during which after a dance of rapprochement the male and female “kiss” each other, touching together with their large proboscis for 5-15 seconds. <ref>[https://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=18810 Macroid] </ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/index.php?id=4367&L=1 |title=Naturbildarchiv |access-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413164303/http://www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/index.php?id=4367&L=1 |archive-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

These flies have a highly developed ritual of courtship, during which after a dance of rapprochement the male and female “kiss” each other, touching together with their large proboscis for 5-15 seconds.<ref>[https://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=18810 Macroid] </ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/index.php?id=4367&L=1 |title=Naturbildarchiv |access-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413164303/http://www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/index.php?id=4367&L=1 |archive-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Gallery==

Species of fly

Platystoma seminationis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Platystomatidae
Genus:	Platystoma
Species:	P. seminationis
Binomial name
*Platystoma seminationis*
Synonyms
Musca seminationis Fabricius, 1775 Musca fulviventris Schrank, 1781 Platystoma valachiae Hendel, 1913 Platystoma rufimana Loew, 1873 Megaglossa vegetationis Rondani, 1869 Platystoma biseta Loew, 1868 Platystoma frauenfeldi Nowicki, 1867 Platystoma angustipennis Loew, 1854 Musca variolosa Schrank, 1837 Platystoma transversa Fabricius, 1805 ^[1]

Platystoma seminationis, the dancing “kiss fly”, is a species of fly in the family Platystomatidae.^[2]

Subspecies include: ^[2]^[3]

Platystoma seminationis angustipenne Loew, 1854
Platystoma seminationis bisetum Loew, 1868
Platystoma seminationis frauenfeldi Nowicki, 1867
Platystoma seminationis rufimanum Loew, 1873
Platystoma seminationis seminationis (Fabricius, 1775)

This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands and Ukraine) and in the Near East.^[3] It is adventive in North America.^[5]^[6]

These flies inhabit forest fringes or hedges, primarily on low herbaceous vegetation in shady places.

Platystoma seminationis can reach a body length of 5.5–6.5 millimetres (0.22–0.26 in). In these flies the interocular space and the epistomes are black and the eyes are reddish-brown. Thorax is greyish. The wings are translucent, greyish brown, with light spots. The abdomen is black, without punctuation. Tarsi are monochromatic black. The largest tarsal segments are reddish near the base, or show reddish hairs on lower side. Moreover halteres have a blackish brown club.^[7]

Adults can be found from May to October.^[8] They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of the cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias), green spurge (Euphorbia esula) and other Euphorbiaceae, as well as on feces. Larvae develop in and feed on decaying vegetable material,^[8] on mushrooms and on roots of mushroom-infected plants and are probably saprophages.^[5]

Joachim und Hiroko Haupt: Fliegen und Mücken: Beobachtung, Lebensweise. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-278-4.

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