Preface
The Czech and Slovak dipterists have a long tradition of regular meetings. Started in 1969 at the First Seminar of Czechoslovak Dipterists (SCSD) in Nitra (Slovakia), these meetings have continued, with few exceptions, every two years and even after the splitting of the former Czechoslovakia into two independent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. These meetings were, and have remained, very informal, and the participating dipterists have resisted any attempts at formalising or institutionalising their group. In spite of this, or because of it, the seminars were not only occasions for the presentation of new knowledge in dipterology and the free exchange of ideas but also the birthplace of many collaborative projects. One of the first of these was the Checklist of the Diptera of the then Czechoslovakia, as a summary, synthesis and modern treatment of the faunistic and distribution data that had accumulated in the course of more that two centuries of dipterology in this region, a long history of research from former times down to the present day with its large number of specialists.
The present Checklist of the Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia is the third in a sequence of dipterological checklists for the former Czechoslovakia and the presentday Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The first draft of the first checklist was prepared as mimeographed copy in 1971 and was disseminated to specialists. This was followed by considerable discussion, and the final version was not available until 1984, when it was closed and made ready for publication at the 8th SCSD in České Budějovice (Bohemia, Czech Republic). After some problems were overcome, it finally appeared in 1987 (Ježek 1987). Compiled by 52 authors, the checklist listed 6498 species in 104 families.
However, the first checklist was not only a summary of existing data but also a sui generis stimulus for further studies in taxonomy and in local faunistics. Over the next few years, the number of newly-recorded species could be counted in hundreds for the whole country as well as for the individual territorial parts. Moreover, in the decade 1984-1994 thirteen volumes of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera were published as well as other studies which have brought about many changes in systematics and nomenclature. To reflect all these changes and the recent situation in faunistics, it was necessary to prepare a new version of the checklist which was published exactly ten years after the first checklist had appeared (Chvála 1997). The new checklist, compiled by 43 authors, contained entries for 7654 species in 115 families. In spite of the splitting of the former Czechoslovakia, the editor and authors decided to maintain the territorial coverage and presentation of the previous version, and this has also been retained in this new version.
After a preliminary discussion during the 17th SCSD in 2004 at Banská Štiavnica (Slovakia), it was decided at the 18th SCSD in 2005 at Kostelec nad Černými lesy (Bohemia) to prepare a new version of the checklist in electronic form over the next year and then to update it at more or less regular intervals every two years if the additional new data warranted a new version. The editorial task was undertaken by the dipterological working-group at the Department of Zoology, Comenius University, Bratislava. Because the checklist would be repeatedly or periodically updated in the future, the editors decided to set up an Editorial Board to deal with some of the basic questions. For reasons of continuity, the authorship of individual families was changed only in exceptional cases and most authors remain home authors. Where no home specialist was available, authors from outside the Czech Republic and Slovakia were asked to participate. We are happy to state that all such authors accepted the invitation.
This electronic version of the checklist (Jedlička et al. 2006) is built upon the previous versions and retains all their positive features and trends. As in the second version (Chvála 1997), the checklist lists only those species whose occurrence in the various territorial units is supported by published records or could be verified in publicly accessible collections. This has led to the elimination of some doubtful species and even of a family (Hesperinidae) for which no reliable data could be found. The present checklist, compiled by 46 authors, contains entries for 8649 species in 111 families and one genus incertae sedis (for details see FAMILIES).
All of the additional new records included in the checklist have already been published, and full references for them are given in the checklist.
In general, the classification and nomenclature of the Fauna Europaea is used in the EVC with some exceptions which are mentioned where they occur. The checklist therefore contains no synonymy which cannot be found in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera or in the more recent Fauna Europaea. Only in cases where a valid name in the previous version of the checklist has changed, the name used in the previous version is listed together with the source of the change. The higher classification of the Diptera used in the previous version has been adopted, with minor changes at the family level which are discussed where they occur.
Bratislava, November 2006 The Editors
Acknowledgements
The editors are greatly indebted to the many authors, as well as to the members of the Editorial Board, who have taken part in the preparation of this checklist. Their collaboration and cooperation is highly appreciated.
The authors and editors would also like to thank all those specialists who kindly commented on draft manuscripts, provided information on the families, or reviewed the manuscripts: Dr. I. Brake, Washington, Dr. M. Buck, Guelph, Dr. M. Carles-Tolrá, Barcelona, Dr. Claus Claussen, Flensburg, Dr. H. Disney, Cambridge, Dr. J.-P. Haenni, Neuchâtel, Dr. H. de Jong, Amsterdam, Dr. E. P. Kameneva, Kiev, Dr. V. A. Korneyev, Kiev, Dr. B. Merz, Geneva, Mr. L. Munari, Venezia, Dr. A. L. Ozerov, Moscow, Dr. J. Roháček, Opava, Mr. J. W. A. van Zuijlen, Waalwijk, Dr. A. Wożnica, Wrocłav.
We gratefully acknowledge the help of Adrian C. Pont, Goring-on-Thames, for linguistic revisions and comments on the manuscripts.
The preparation of this new edition of the Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia has been supported finan-cially by Grant No. 1/2349/05 of the Slovak VEGA Grant Agency to the editors, and by further additional grants supporting studies of individual families.
Previous checklist versions
Editorial Board:
Miroslav Barták, Prague
Peter Bitušík, Banská Bystrica
Milan Chvála, Prague
Ladislav Jedlička, Bratislava
Jindřich Roháček, Opava
Rudolf Rozkošný, Brno
Jaroslav Starý, Olomouc
Jaromír Vaňhara, Brno
English language and scientific reviewer:
Adrian Pont, Goring-on-Thames
Logo
The fly shown in the logo is Rachispoda limosa (Fallén, 1820) (Sphaeroceridae), drawn by J. Roháček.
The content and arrangement of the checklist
The arrangement of the present version of the checklist makes use of the possibilities offered by electronic media, format and tools. The basic operational unit of the checklist is the family (with the sole exception of the genus Sciarosoma incertae sedis, which is separatelly placed at the family level but without family assignment). Each family is placed as a separate subpage linked through the list of families (button FAMILIES on the left panel or on the bottom of this page). All family entries consist of two parts – an introductory text (with a short family diagnosis, the present state of knowledge in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and references) and a systematic part.
Within each family, authors are free to decide whether to arrange systematic categories alphabetically or according to a phylogenetic system. However, species within genera (or subgenera if used) are arranged alphabetically.
In addition to the full name, the entry for each species contains its occurrence in the various territorial units: CZ – Czech Republic (B – Bohemia, M – Moravia, including the Czech part of Silesia), and SK – Slovakia (see map).
Species that have been recorded for the first time from our territory [CZ (B M), SK] since the last version of the checklist (Chvála 1997) are referred as hyperlinks (with an appropriate screen tip) to the published source. Nomenclatural changes are referenced with a number in square brackets, which corresponds to the reference number in the list of references for each family. Corrected typographic errors and/or misspellings of names and/or errors with the year of description in the previous version are not referenced.
The use of this checklist is limited to research, educational, non-commercial fair use, as defined under the copyright law of the Slovak Republic. Colleagues are welcome to download, print, or use material from the checklist, for their individual research purposes, so long as the author(s), editors and the Comenius University are cited as the source of the information. However, copying material from the checklist into other databases or on to other websites, or disseminating the information in other ways, is not allowed without permission from the editors.
If you use this checklist as a source of information in your work, please cite it accordingly in your publications.
Citation of the entire checklist:
Jedlička L., Stloukalová V. & Kúdela M. (eds). 2006: Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Electronic version 1. http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera + CD-ROM: ISBN 80-969629-0-6.
Citation of a family:
Starý J. 2006: Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841. In Jedlička L., Stloukalová V. & Kúdela M. (eds): Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Electronic version 1. http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera + CD-ROM: ISBN 80-969629-0-6.
The user can select a family in the list of families accessible through button FAMILIES on the left panel or on the bottom of this page. All species- and genus-group taxa are arranged alphabetically within the higher categories (i.e. genera within tribes or subfamilies, species within genera, or subgenera if used). To find a taxon within the family, the “find” function of the browser should be used.
The web pages have been constructed using MS Office FrontPage 2003 running under MS Windows XP Professional. The view is optimalised for screen 1280 by 1024 pixels and 96 dpi and for MS Internet Explorer, version 6 (font size medium). With different screens or with different systems, the pages may have a different appearance -the image may not have the same definition or the page may not appear in its entirety. In case of any difficulties, contact us, please.
The checklist is being distributed in htm format on CD-ROM, fully identical with the web version, to all authors and reviewers, to all public libraries according to Law Act No. 182/2000 Z. z. of the Slovak Republic and No. 52/2000 Sb. of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, and to some major libraries abroad.
The full version of the checklist is freely accessible on http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera
