Muscidae

Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Muscidae Latreille, 1802

František Gregor¹, Rudolf Rozkošný²

¹Loosova 14, CZ-638 00 Brno, Czech Republic

²Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic; rozk@sci.muni.cz

Slender to robust (1.8-18.0 mm) calyptrate flies. Body colour yellow to deep black, sometimes with greyish or yellow markings, or entirely metallic blue to green. Male frons broad to very narrow, but at least with narrow fronto-orbital plates usually developed; female frons broad; with a piercing proboscis in several species. Meron without strong brisles (with one exception) and anal vein of wing never complete. The larvae are maggot-like, subcylindrical, with a rounded posterior spiracular disc, but aquatic forms may be strongly modified. The larvae develop in various kinds of decaying organic matter, often showing facultative or even obligative carnivorous behaviour in at least the third larval instar. The larvae of some other species, including the aquatic forms, appear to be predaceous during their entire larval life. The number of larval instars can be reduced, and then dimorphic (two instars) or even monomorphic (one instar) larvae may occur. Adults feed on nectar or plant sap, sometimes also on decaying liquids, whilst some species are predaceous. Some species are adapted to anthropogenically changed ecosystems and are well known as hemisynanthropic or even eusynanthropic forms. Certain species are blood-suckers and, like several secretophagous species, may transfer various pathogens to animals or to man.

Altogether 562 species (572 with subspecies) in 44 genera are known to occur in Europe (Pont 2005) and 325 are listed in the present checklist: 299 in the Czech Republic (276 in Bohemia, 260 in Moravia) and 250 in Slovakia. Since the last version of the checklist (Gregor 1997a), 38 additional species have been recorded from the Czech Republic (38 from Bohemia and 37 from Moravia) and 15 from Slovakia. Faunistic research on the Muscidae is relatively advanced in the Czech Republic, which is one of the best-investigated countries in Europe, whereas at least some 50 additional species may be expected in Slovakia.

The identification of the Central European species is possible using the monograph by Gregor et al. (2002), which also summarises the adult morphology, development and biology, diagnostic characters and distribution of all the Central European species (from Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary). The classical monograph by Hennig (1955-1964) and a key by d'Assis Fonseca (1968) may also be consulted.

For financial support, the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic and the Masaryk University, Brno (grant No. MSM 0021622416) are acknowledged.

References

[1] Barták M. 1995: Diptera communities of „Osecká“ dump near Duchcov and its environment. In Bitušík P. (ed.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 7. Technical University, Zvolen, 202 pp.

[2] Barták M., Gregor F. & Rozkošný R. 2004: New records of interesting Palaearctic Muscidae. In Kubík Š. & Barták M. (eds): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 11. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 109: 7-16.

[3] Čepelák J. & Rozkošný R. 1997: Faunistic records from the Czech and Slovak Republics: Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Muscidae. In Vaňhara J. & Rozkošný R. (eds): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 8. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 95: 229.

[4] d'Assis Fonseca E.C.M. 1968: Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Calyptrata. Section (b), Muscidae. Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol. 10, part 4b. Royal Entomological Society, London, pp. 1-119.

[5] Gregor F. 1989: Faunistic records from Czechoslovakia. Diptera, Muscidae. Acta entomologica bohemoslovaca 86: 479-480.

[6] Gregor F. 1997a: Muscidae. In Chvála M. (ed.): Check List of Diptera (Insecta) of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Karolinum – Charles University Press, Prague, pp. 93-96.

[7] Gregor F. 1997b: Faunistic records from the Czech and Slovak Republics: Diptera: Fanniidae, Muscidae. In Vaňhara J. & Rozkošný R. (eds): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 8. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 95: 229-233.

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[10] Gregor F. & Rozkošný R. 1999: Faunistic records: Muscidae. In Jedlička L. (ed.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 9. Slovak Entomological Society, Bratislava, p. 214.

[11] Gregor F. & Rozkošný R. in press: Thricops albibasalis (Zetterstedt, 1849) and some other records of interesting Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) from Central Europe. Studia dipterologica.

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[14] Hennig W. 1955-1964: Muscidae. In Lindner E. (ed.): Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, Vol. 7 (2). Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1110 pp.

[15] Kohoutová M. 1999: Muscidae. In Rozkošný R. & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO II. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 100: 393-401.

[16] Pont A.C. 1984: A revision of the Fanniidae and Muscidae described by Fallén. Entomologica scandinavica 15: 277-297.

[17] Pont A.C. 1986: A revision of the Fanniidae and Muscidae described by J. W. Meigen. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (B) 87: 197-253.

[18] Pont A.C. 2005: Fauna Europaea: Muscidae. In Pape T. (ed.): Fauna Europaea: Diptera, Brachycera. Fauna Europaea version 1.2, http://www.faunaeur.org.

[19] Pont A.C., Buck M. & Rozkošný R. 2000: Coenosia emiliae Lukasheva, 1986 (Muscidae), newly recorded in Central Europe. Studia dipterologica 7: 91-92.

[20] Rozkošný R., Gregor F. & Barták M. 2004: Additions and corrections to the “Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe” I. In Bitušík P. (ed.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 12. Acta Facultatis Ecologiae 12, Suppl. 1: 123-127.

[21] Rozkošný R. & Vaňhara J. 1995: Monitoring Diptera in southern Moravia by pitfall traps. In Bitušík P. (ed.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 7. Technical University, Zvolen, pp. 143-159.

[22] Zinoviev A.G. 1987: On the taxonomy of flies of the genus Phaonia R.-D. (Diptera, Muscidae). Entomologicheskoie obozrenie 66: 436-442.

ACHANTHIPTERINAE

Achanthiptera Rondani, 1856

rohrelliformis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

MUSCINAE

REINWARDTIINI

Muscina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

angustifrons (Loew, 1858)

)

levida (Harris, 1780)

)

pascuorum (Meigen, 1826)

)

prolapsa (Harris, 1780)

)

stabulans (Fallén, 1817)

)

AZELIINI

Azelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

aterrima (Meigen, 1826)

)

cilipes (Haliday, 1838)

)

gibbera (Meigen, 1826)

)

monodactyla Loew, 1874

)

nebulosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

parva Rondani, 1868

(

)

trigonica Hennig, 1956

(

)

triquetra (Wiedemann, 1817)

)

zetterstedti Rondani, 1866

)

Thricops Rondani, 1866

aculeipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)

albibasalis (Zetterstedt, 1849)

)

beckeri (Pokorny, 1893)

)

culminum (Pokorny, 1889)

cunctans (Meigen, 1826)

)

diaphanus (Wiedemann, 1817)

)

genarum (Zettersetdt, 1838)

)

innocuus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

lividiventris (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

longipes (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

nigrifrons (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

nigritellus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

rostratus (Meade, 1882)

)

semicinereus (Wiedemann, 1817)

)

simplex (Wiedemann, 1817)

)

sudeticus (Schnabl, 1888)

)

tatricus Gregor, 1988

Drymeia Meigen, 1826

alpicola (Rondani, 1871)

brumalis (Rondani, 1866)

)

hamata (Fallén, 1823)

)

tetra (Meigen, 1826)

)

vicana (Harris, 1780)

)

Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830)

)

albipuncta (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

armipes (Fallén, 1825)

)

borussica Stein, 1899

)

capensis (Wiedemann, 1818)

)

cinerea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

cyrtoneurina (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

dentipes (Fabricius, 1805)

)

diabolus (Harris, 1780)

)

floccosa Macquart, 1835

)

glabricula (Fallén, 1825)

ignava (Harris, 1780)

)

irritans (Fallén, 1823)

)

meridionalis Portschinsky, 1882

)

meteorica (Linnaeus, 1758)

)

militaris (Meigen, 1826)

)

nidicola Malloch, 1925

(

)

palaestrica (Meigen, 1826)

)

pandellei Stein, 1899

)

parva Meade, 1889

(

)

pellucens Portschinsky, 1879

)

pilipes Stein, 1903

)

pilitibia Stein, 1916

ringdahli Stein, 1916

)

similis Meade, 1887

)

tuberculata Rondani, 1866

)

velutina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

Potamia Robineau-Desvoidy

littoralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

MUSCINI

Mesembrina Meigen, 1826

intermedia Zetterstedt, 1848

meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758)

)

mystacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

)

resplendens Wahlberg, 1844

Polietes Rondani, 1866

domitor (Harris, 1780)

)

lardarius (Fabricius, 1781)

)

Musca Linnaeus, 1758

autumnalis De Geer, 1776

)

domestica Linnaeus, 1758

)

larvipara Portschinsky, 1910

osiris Wiedemann, 1830

)

tempestiva Fallén, 1817

)

Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

asetosa Baranov, 1925

)

in previous version erroneously omitted for Moravia

hortorum (Fallén, 1817)

)

podagrica (Loew, 1857)

)

simplex (Loew, 1857)

)

Neomyia Walker, 1859

cornicina (Fabricius, 1781)

)

viridescens (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

Pyrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

rapax (Harris, 1780)

)

vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

Eudasyphora Townsend, 1911

cyanella (Meigen, 1826)

)

cyanicolor (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

zimini (Hennig, 1963)

)

Dasyphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

albofasciata (Macquart, 1839)

(

)

penicillata (Egger, 1865)

)

pratorum (Meigen, 1826)

)

STOMOXYINI

Stomoxys Geoffroy, 1762

calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)

)

Haematobia Le Peletier & Serville, 1828

irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)

)

Haematobosca Bezzi, 1907

atripalpis (Bezzi, 1895)

stimulans (Meigen, 1824)

)

PHAONIINAE

EGINIINI

Eginia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

ocypterata (Meigen, 1826)

)

ATHERIGONINI

Atherigona Rondani, 1856

varia (Meigen, 1826)

(

)

PHAONIINI

Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

aeneiventris (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

alpicola (Ztterstedt, 1845)

amabilis (Meigen, 1826)

)

amicula Villeneuve, 1922

(

)

angelicae (Scopoli, 1763)

)

angulicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

apicalis Stein, 1914

)

atriceps (Loew, 1858)

)

bitincta (Rondani, 1866)

)

boleticola (Rondani, 1866)

)

pura (Loew, 1873)

in previous version as Ph. candicans (Pandellé, 1898) [22]

canescens Stein, 1916

)

cincta (Zetterstedt, 1846)

)

consobrina (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

czernyi Hennig, 1963

)

disjuncta Stein, 1916

)

errans (Meigen, 1826)

)

erronea (Schnabl, 1887)

)

exoleta (Meigen, 1826)

)

falleni Michelsen, 1977

)

fuscata (Fallén, 1825)

)

goberti (Mik, 1881)

)

gracilis Stein, 1916

)

halterata (Stein, 1893)

)

hybrida (Schnabl, 1881)

)

incana (Wiedemann, 1817)

)

jugorum (Strobl, 1910)

)

laeta (Fallén, 1823)

)

latipalpis Schnabl, 1911

)

liliputa Zinovev, 1990

)

meigeni Pont, 1984

)

in previous version as Ph. lugubris (Meigen, 1826) [17]

magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

lugubris (Meigen, 1826)

)

in previous version as Ph. morio (Zetterstedt, 1845) [17]

mystica (Meigen, 1826)

)

nymphaearum (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

pallida (Fabricius, 1787)

)

palpata (Stein, 1897)

)

perdita (Meigen, 1830)

)

pratensis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

profugax (Pandellé, 1899)

(

)

pullata (Czerny, 1900)

)

impura Zinoviev 1987

(

)

in previosus version as Ph. pura (Loew, 1873) [22]

rufipalpis (Macquart, 1835)

(

)

rufiventris (Scopoli, 1763)

)

serva (Meigen, 1826)

)

siebecki Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911

)

steinii (Strobl, 1898)

)

subfuscinervis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

subventa (Harris, 1780)

)

tiefii (Schnabl, 1888)

)

trimaculata (Bouché, 1834)

)

tuguriorum (Scopoli, 1763)

)

valida (Harris, 1780)

)

villana Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

(

)

vivida (Rondani, 1871)

)

wahlbergi Ringdahl, 1930

)

zugmayeriae (Schnabl, 1888)

)

Lophosceles Ringdahl, 1922

cinereiventris (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

frenatus (Holmgren, 1872)

mutatus (Fallén, 1825)

Helina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

abdominalis (Zetterstedt, 1846)

(

)

allotalla (Meigen, 1830)

)

annosa (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

arctata Collin, 1953

)

atricolor (Fallén, 1825)

)

balsaci (Séguy, 1946)

)

calceata (Rondani, 1866)

)

celsa (Harris, 1780)

)

ciliatocosta (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

cilipes (Schnabl, 1902)

cinerella (van der Wulp, 1867)

in previous version erroneously omitted

concolor (Czerny, 1900)

)

confinis (Fallén, 1825)

)

consimilis (Fallén, 1825)

)

cothurnata (Rondani, 1866)

)

crinita Collin, 1953

(

)

decipiens Mihályi, 1974

)

deleta (Stein, 1914)

)

depuncta (Fallén, 1825)

)

evecta (Harris, 1780)

)

fratercula (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

impuncta (Fallén, 1825)

)

interfusa (Pandellé, 1899)

)

intermedia (Villeneuve, 1899)

)

lasiophthalma (Macquart, 1835)

)

latitarsis Ringdahl, 1924

)

laxifrons (Zetterstedt, 1860)

)

in previous version erroneously omitted

maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

in previous version erroneously omitted

moedlingensis (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911)

)

obscurata (Meigen, 1826)

)

obscuratoides (Schnabl, 1887)

)

obtusipennis (Fallén, 1923)

parcepilosa (Stein, 1907)

)

in previous version erroneously as H. calceataeformis (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911) [13]

pertusa (Meigen, 1826)

)

protuberans (Zetterstedt, 1845)

pubiseta (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

pubescens (Stein, 1893)

(

)

quadrinotata (Meigen, 1826)

)

quadrum (Fabricius, 1805)

)

reversio (Harris, 1780)

)

setiventris Ringdahl, 1924

)

sexmaculata (Preyssler, 1791)

)

subvittata (Séguy, 1923)

)

tetrastigma (Meigen, 1826)

)

trivittata (Zetterstedt, 1860)

)

veterana (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

vicina (Czerny, 1900)

)

Brontaea Kowarz, 1873

tonitrui (Wiedemann, 1824)

MYDAEINAE

Mydaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

affinis Meade, 1891

)

ancilla (Meigen, 1826)

)

anicula (Zetterstedt, 1860)

)

corni (Scopoli, 1763)

)

deserta (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

electa (Zetterstedt, 1860)

)

humeralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

)

maculiventris (Zetterstedt, 1846)

)

lateritia (Rondani, 1866)

(

)

nebulosa (Stein, 1893)

)

nubila Stein, 1919

)

obscurella (Malloch, 1921)

)

orthonevra (Macquart, 1835)

)

palpalis Stein, 1916

)

setifemur Ringdahl, 1924

)

sootryeni Ringdahl, 1928

)

urbana (Meigen, 1826)

)

Myospila Rondani, 1856

alpina Hendel, 1901

bimaculata (Macquart, 1834)

)

meditabunda (Fabricius, 1781)

)

Hebecnema Schnabl, 1889

fumosa (Meigen, 1826)

(

)

nigra (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

nigricolor (Fallén, 1825)

)

umbratica (Meigen, 1826)

)

vespertina (Fallén, 1823)

)

Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

maculata (Scopoli, 1763)

)

minor Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

(

)

COENOSIINAE

LIMNOPHORINI

Spilogona Schnabl, 1911

acrostichalis (Stein, 1916)

)

alpica (Zetterstedt, 1845)

in previous version erroneously omitted

atricans (Pandellé, 1899)

)

brunneisquama (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

carbonella (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

contractifrons (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

denigrata (Meigen, 1826)

)

depressula (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

dispar (Fallén, 1823)

)

kuntzei (Schnabl, 1911)

leucogaster (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

falleni Pont, 1984

)

in previous version as S. litorea (Fallén, 1823) [16]

litorea (Fallén, 1823)

)

syn. S. longipes Ringdahl, 1918 [11]

meadei (Schnabl in Becker & al., 1915)

)

pacifica (Meigen, 1826)

)

scutulata (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911)

)

in previous version omitted

solitariana (Collin, 1921)

)

surda (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

exuta (Kowarz, 1893)

)

latevittata Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki,1911

)

maculosa (Meigen, 1826)

)

nigripes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

pollinifrons Stein, 1916

)

pulchriceps (Loew, 1860)

)

riparia (Fallén, 1824)

)

rufimana (Strobl, 1893)

(

)

scrupulosa (Zetterstedt, 1849)

)

tigrina (Am Stein, 1860)

)

triangula (Fallén, 1825)

)

Lispe Latreille, 1796

caesia Meigen, 1826

)

consanguinea Loew, 1858

)

flavicincta Loew, 1847

)

loewi Ringdahl, 1922

)

longicollis Meigen, 1826

(

)

melaleuca Loew, 1847

)

nana Macquart, 1835

)

pygmaea Fallén, 1825

)

superciliosa Loew, 1861

(

)

tentaculata (De Geer, 1776)

)

uliginosa Fallén, 1825

)

COENOSIINI

Pseudocoenosia Stein, 1916

abnormis Stein, 1916

)

solitaria (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

Limnospila Schnabl, 1902

albifrons (Zetterstedt, 1849)

)

Lispocephala Pokorny, 1893

alma (Meigen, 1826)

)

brachialis (Rondani, 1877)

)

erythrocera (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

falculata Collin, 1963

)

pallipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1845)

)

spuria (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

ungulata (Rondani, 1866)

)

verna (Fabricius, 1794)

)

Orchisia Rondani, 1878

costata (Meigen, 1826)

)

Spanochaeta Stein, 1919

dorsalis (von Roser, 1840)

)

Schoenomyza Haliday, 1833

litorella (Fallén, 1823)

)

Macrorchis Rondani, 1877

meditata (Fallén, 1825)

)

Coenosia Meigen, 1826

acuminata Strobl, 1898

)

agromyzina (Fallén, 1825)

)

albicornis Meigen, 1826

)

ambulans Meigen, 1826

)

antennata (Zetterstedt, 1849)

atra Meigen, 1830

)

bilineella (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

campestris (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

distinguens Collin, 1930

)

dubiosa Hennig, 1961

emiliae Lukasheva, 1986

)

femoralis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

flavicornis (Fallén, 1825)

)

flavimana (Zetterstedt, 1845)

humilis Meigen, 1826

)

infantula Rondani, 1866

)

intermedia (Fallén, 1825)

)

lineatipes (Zetterstedt, 1845)

(

)

means Meigen, 1826

)

mollicula (Fallén, 1825)

)

nigridigita Rondani, 1866

)

obscuricula (Rondani, 1871)

octopunctata (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

octosignata Rondani, 1866

)

paludis Tiensuu, 1939

)

pedella (Fallén, 1825)

)

perpusilla Meigen, 1826

)

pumila (Fallén, 1825)

)

pudorosa Collin, 1953

)

pygmaea (Zetterstedt, 1845)

(

)

rufipalpis Meigen, 1826

)

sexpustulata Rondani, 1866

)

strigipes Stein, 1916

)

styriaca Hennig, 1961

(

)

testacea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

)

tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)

)

trilineella (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

verralli Collin, 1953

)