Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
electronic version 2, 2009

Chloropidae Rondani, 1856

Štěpán Kubík

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries,
CZ-165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic; kubik@af.czu.cz

Adults are small flies, with body lengths from 1.5-5.0 mm, rarely larger, with reduced bristling. Body colour very variable, with most Central European species black, and often with a metallic sheen (subfamily Oscinellinae), and others yellow with black or brown longitudinal stripes on the mesonotum (subfamily Chloropinae). Frons broad in both sexes, usually with a large, strongly sclerotized, plate-like, sharply margined ocellar triangle; frons in profile usually only slightly projecting, face receding or slightly concave, and vibrissal angle obtusely rounded. Scutum usually longer than broad, convex, finely haired with hair often set in definite rows and sometimes with coarse, distinct, piliferous punctures. Scutellum short and rounded to elongate-conical, sometimes with marginal tubercles bearing bristles. The adults occur in various marshy habitats, in deciduous woods, in damp meadows and in fields. The larvae of chloropids have varied feeding habits. Many are phytophagous, with some damaging cereals and other grasses. Others are saprophagous, whilst a few species have been bred from fungi and some are predaceous.

Altogether 394 species are known to occur in Europe (Nartshuk 2007); 220 are listed in the present checklist: 205 are recorded from the Czech Republic (155 in Bohemia, 181 in Moravia), and 169 from Slovakia. Many species occurring in the Czech Republic can be identified using the keys by Beshovski (1985), Dely-Draskovits (1978) and Duda (1933). The nomenclature in this checklist follows the Fauna Europaea (Nartshuk 2007).

This paper was partly supported by IRP MSM 6046070901 (Ministry of education, youth and sports).

References

[1] Beshovski V.L. 1985: Diptera, Chloropidae. In Fauna Bulgarica, Vol. 14. Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia, 220 pp.

[2] Dely-Draskovits A. 1978: Chloropidae. In Fauna Hungariae. Vol. 15. No.9, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 61-194.

[3] Duda O. 1933: Chloropidae. In Lindner E. (ed.): Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. Vol. 6 (1). Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 248 pp.

[4] Ismay J.W. & Schulten B. 2006: A note on the synonymy of Gaurax britannicus Deeming, 1980 (Diptera, Chloropidae). Dipterist's Digest 12: 171.

[5] Kubík Š. 1998: Chloropidae (Diptera) české strany Šumavy. Silva Gabreta 2: 233-237.

[6] Kubík Š. 1999: Chloropidae. In Rozkošný R & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO, II. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 100: 331-336.

[7] Kubík Š. 2006: New records of Chloropidae (Diptera) from the Czech and Slovak republics. Entomofauna carpathica 18: 31-32.

[8] Kubík Š. 2009: New records of Chloropidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Folia faunistica Slovaca 14: 41

[9] Kubík Š. & Barták M. 2001: Chloropidae. In Barták M. & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera in and Industrially Affected Region (North-Western Bohemia, Bílina and Duchcov Environs). Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 105: 395-400.

[10] Kubík Š. & Barták M. 2005: Chloropidae. In Kubík Š. & Barták M. (eds): Diptera of Podyjí National Park and its Environs. Česká zemědělská universita, Praha, pp. 318-325.

[11] Kubík Š., Barták M. & Vaněk J. 2009: Zelenuškovití (Diptera, Chloropidae) vysokých poloh Krkonoš. Chloropidae (Diptera) of the high altitudes of Krkonoše Mts. Opera Corcontica, Krkonošské práce, 46, pp. 165-172.

[12] Kubík Š. & Roháček J. 2009: Chloropidae. In Roháček J. & Ševčík J. (eds): Diptera of the Poľana Protected Landscape Area – Biosphere Reserve (Central Slovakia). SNC SR, Administration of the PLA – BR Poľana, Zvolen, pp. 246-254.

[13] Kubík Š., Roháček J. & Barták M. 1999: The species of the family Chloropidae (Diptera) of the six peat – bogs in the Šumava Mts. (Czech Republic. In Jedlička L. (ed): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca Vol. 9, Slovak Entomological Society, Bratislava, pp. 103-115.

[14] Nartshuk E.P. 1997: A revision of the Chloropidae (Insecta: Diptera) described by J.W.Meigen from the Winthem's Collection. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 99 B: 387-406.

[15] Nartshuk E.P. 2000: Holarctic grassflies of the genus Chloropsina Becker (Diptera, Chloropidae) with description of a new species. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 79: 254-261.

[16] Nartshuk E.P. 2007: Fauna Europaea: Chloropidae. In Pape T. (ed.): Fauna Europaea: Diptera, Brachycera. Fauna Europaea version 1.3. <http://www.faunaeur.org>. Retrieved 08.09.2009.

[17] Nartshuk E.P. & Andersson H. 2002: New synonyms and overlooked species-group names in Palaearctic Chloropidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha). Zoosystematica Rossica 11: 187-191.

[18] Roháček J., Barták M. & Kubík Š. 1998: Diptera Acalyptrata of the Hraniční (Luzenská) slať peat-bog in the Šumava Mts. (Czech Republic). Časopis Slezského Muzea Opava (A) 47: 1-12.

CHLOROPINAE

Camarota Meigen, 1830

curvipennis (Latreille, 1805)

)

Centorisoma Becker, 1910

elegantulum Becker, 1910

)

Cetema Hendel, 1907

cereris (Fallén, 1820)

)

elongatum (Meigen, 1830)

)

myopinum (Loew, 1866)

)

neglectum Tonnoir, 1921

)

Chlorops Meigen, 1803

Chlorops s.str.

adjunctus Becker, 1910

anthracophagoideus Strobl, 1901

)

bohemicus Zuska, 1960

)

brevifrons Loew, 1866

(

)

calceatus Meigen, 1830

)

centromaculatus Duda, 1933

)

dasycerus Loew, 1866

(

)

fasciatus Meigen, 1830

)

finitimus Becker, 1910

(

)

frontosus Meigen, 1830

(

)

geminatus Meigen, 1830

)

gracilis Meigen, 1830

)

hypostigma Meigen, 1830

)

interruptus Meigen, 1830

)

laetus Meigen, 1830

(

)

meigenii Loew, 1866

)

in PCV2 as C. rufescens Oldenberg, 1923 [16]

novakii Strobl, 1902

(

)

pannonicus Strobl, 1893

(

)

planifrons Loew, 1866

)

pumilionis (Bjerkander, 1778)

)

ringens Loew, 1866

)

rufinus (Zetterstedt, 1848)

in PCV2 also as C. citrinellus (Zetterstedt, 1848) [16]

scalaris Meigen, 1830

)

scutellaris (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

serenus Loew, 1866

)

speciosus Meigen, 1830

)

strigulus (Fabricius, 1794)

)

troglodytes (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

zernyi (Duda, 1933)

)

Sclerophallus Beschovski, 1978

limbatus Meigen, 1830

)

in PCV2 and ECV1 as S. brevimanus Loew, 1866 [16]

pallidiventris Duda, 1933

varsoviensis Becker, 1910

(

)

Chloropsina Becker, 1911

distinguenda (Frey, 1909)

)

rohaceki Nartshuk, 2000

Cryptonevra Lioy, 1864

consimilis (Collin, 1932)

(

)

diadema (Meigen, 1830)

(

)

flavitarsis (Meigen, 1830)

)

nigritarsis (Duda, 1933)

)

Diplotoxa Loew, 1863

messoria (Fallén, 1820)

)

Diplotoxoides Andersson, 1977

dalmatina (Strobl, 1900)

)

in PCV2 in genus Diplotoxa Loew, 1863 [16]

Epichlorops Becker, 1910

puncticollis (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

Eurina Meigen, 1830

calva Egger, 1862

)

ducalis A. Costa, 1885

(

)

Eutropha Loew, 1866

variegata Loew, 1866

Homalura Meigen, 1826

tarsata Meigen, 1826

)

Lasiosina Becker, 1910

albipila (Loew, 1866)

)

brevisurstylata Dely-Draskovits, 1977

(

)

cinctipes (Meigen, 1830)

)

in PCV2 as L. nigripes Dely-Draskovits, 1977 [14]

herpini (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)

)

in PCV2 also as L. cinctipes auct. not Meigen [14]

immaculata Becker, 1912

)

intermedia Dely-Draskovits, 1977

)

subnigripes Dely-Draskovits, 1977

)

Melanum Becker, 1910

laterale (Haliday, 1833)

(

)

Meromyza Meigen, 1830

bohemica Fedoseeva, 1962

)

curvinervis (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

elbergi Fedoseeva, 1979

(

)

femorata Macquart, 1835

)

laeta Meigen, 1838

)

mosquensis Fedoseeva, 1960

)

nigriseta Fedoseeva, 1960

)

nigriventris Macquart, 1835

)

palposa Fedoseeva, 1960

pluriseta Péterfi, 1961

)

pratorum Meigen, 1830

)

rotundata Hubicka, 1966

(

)

saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1761)

)

ornata (Wiedemann, 1817)

)

in PCV2 as M. sororcula Fedoseeva, 1962 [16]

triangulina Fedoseeva, 1960

)

variegata Meigen, 1830

)

zachvatkini Fedoseeva, 1960

(

)

Metopostigma Becker, 1903

polonicum (Schnabl, 1884)

Neohaplegis Beschovski, 1981

glabra (Duda, 1933)

(

)

tarsata (Fallén, 1820)

)

Parectecephala Becker, 1910

longicornis (Fallén, 1820)

)

Platycephala Fallén, 1820

planifrons (Fabricius, 1798)

)

umbraculata (Fabricius, 1794)

)

Pseudopachychaeta Strobl, 1902

approximatonervis (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

oscinina (Fallén, 1813)

(

)

in PCV2 as P. heleocharis (Nartshuk, 1964) [16]

ruficeps (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

Thaumatomyia Zenker, 1833

elongatula (Becker, 1910)

)

glabra (Meigen, 1830)

)

hallandica Andersson, 1966

(

)

montana (Becker, 1916)

)

notata (Meigen, 1830)

)

rufa (Macquart, 1835)

)

trifasciata (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

Trichieurina Duda, 1933

pubescens (Meigen, 1830)

)

OSCINELLINAE

Aphanotrigonum Duda, 1932

brachypterum (Zetterstedt, 1848)

fasciellum (Zetterstedt, 1855)

)

femorellum Collin, 1946

(

)

nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

trilineatum (Meigen, 1830)

)

in PCV2 also as A. beschovskii Dely-Draskovits, 1981 [14]

Calamoncosis Enderlein, 1911

Calamoncosis s.str.

aprica (Meigen, 1830)

(

)

aspistylina Duda, 1935

)

duinensis (Strobl, 1909)

(

)

minima (Strobl, 1893)

)

oscinella Becker, 1910

)

Rhaphiopyga Nartshuk, 1971

glyceriae Nartshuk, 1958

)

laminiformis (Becker, 1908)

)

Conioscinella Duda, 1929

alpicola (Strobl, 1893)

)

alpigena (Strobl, 1909)

(

)

bicingulata (Strobl, 1893)

)

frontella (Fallén, 1820)

)

gallarum (Duda, 1933)

)

livida Nartshuk, 1970

)

mimula Collin, 1946

)

obscuripila Duda, 1933

)

sordidella (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

zetterstedti Andersson, 1966

)

Dicraeus Loew, 1873

Dicraeus s.str.

ingratus (Loew, 1866)

)

nigropilosus Becker, 1910

raptus (Haliday, 1838)

)

tibialis (Macquart, 1835)

(

)

Oedesiella Becker, 1910

fennicus Duda, 1933

)

rossicus Stackelberg, 1955

)

scibilis Collin, 1946

(

)

Paroedesiella Sabrosky, 1941

napaeus Collin, 1946

)

vagans (Meigen, 1838)

)

styriacus (Strobl, 1898)

)

in PCV2 also as D. vallaris Collin, 1946 [16]

Elachiptera Macquart, 1835

austriaca Duda, 1932

)

in PCV2 as E. uniseta Collin, 1939 [16]

brevipennis (Meigen, 1830)

)

cornuta (Fallén, 1820)

)

diastema Collin, 1946

)

megaspis (Loew, 1858)

(

)

scrobiculata (Strobl, 1901)

)

sibirica (Loew, 1858)

(

)

submediterranea Beschovski, 1980

)

tuberculifera (Corti, 1909)

)

Eribolus Becker, 1910

gracilior (de Meijere, 1918)

)

hungaricus Becker, 1910

(

)

nanus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

slesvicensis Becker, 1910

(

)

Gampsocera Schiner, 1862

numerata (Heeger, 1858)

)

Gaurax Loew, 1863

borealis (Duda, 1933)

(

)

fascipes Becker, 1910

)

flavomaculatus (Duda, 1933)

(

)

in PCV2 and ECV1 also as G. britannicus Deeming, 1980 [4]

dubius (Macquart, 1835)

(

)

flavoscutellatus (Stackelberg, 1955)

)

gauracicornis (Duda, 1933)

(

)

leucarista Nartshuk, 1962

(

)

maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

niger Czerny, 1906

)

polonicus Nartshuk, 1980

)

strobilum Karps, 1983

)

Hapleginella Duda, 1933

laevifrons (Loew, 1858)

)

Incertella Sabrosky, 1980

albipalpis (Meigen, 1830)

)

antennata (Collin, 1946)

)

kerteszi (Becker, 1910)

)

nigrifrons (Duda, 1933)

)

scotica (Collin, 1946)

)

zuercheri (Duda, 1933)

)

Lasiambia Sabrosky, 1941

albidipennis (Strobl, 1893)

)

baliola (Collin, 1946)

(

)

brevibucca (Duda, 1933)

(

)

coxalis (von Roser, 1840)

)

palposa (Fallén, 1820)

)

subsplendens (Duda, 1933)

Lipara Meigen, 1830

lucens Meigen, 1830

)

pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971

)

rufitarsis Loew, 1858

)

similis Schiner, 1854

)

Melanochaeta Bezzi, 1906

capreola (Haliday, 1838)

(

)

opaca (Duda, 1932)

(

)

pubescens (Thalhammer, 1898)

)

Microcercis Beschovski, 1978

trigonella (Duda, 1933)

)

Oscinella Becker, 1909

Cyclocercula Beschovski, 1978

angustipennis Duda, 1933

(

)

Oscinella s. str.

alopecuri Mesnil in Balachowsky & Mesnil, 1935

angularis Collin, 1946

festucae Mesnil in Balachowsky & Mesnil, 1935

frit (Linnaeus, 1758)

)

maura (Fallén, 1820)

)

nigerrima (Macquart, 1835)

)

nitidissima (Meigen, 1838)

)

pusilla (Meigen, 1830)

)

trochanterata Collin, 1946

)

vastator (Curtis, 1845)

ventricosi Nartshuk, 1955

(

)

vindicata (Meigen, 1830)

)

in PCV2 as O. hortensis Collin, 1946 [16]

Oscinimorpha Lioy, 1864

albisetosa (Duda, 1932)

(

)

arcuata (Duda, 1932)

)

koeleriae Nartshuk, 1970

(

)

minutissima (Strobl, 1900)

)

sordidissima (Strobl, 1893)

)

Oscinisoma Lioy, 1864

cognatum (Meigen, 1830)

)

gilvipes (Loew, 1858)

)

Polyodaspis Duda, 1933

parva Nartshuk, 1964

(

)

ruficornis (Macquart, 1835)

(

)

sulcicollis (Meigen, 1838)

)

Pseudogaurax Malloch, 1915

venustus (Czerny, 1906)

)

Rhodesiella Adams, 1905

plumiger (Meigen, 1830)

)

Rhopalopterum Duda, 1929

anthracinum (Meigen, 1830)

)

atricillum (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

atricorne (Zetterstedt, 1838)

)

in PCV2 also as R. platythorax (Nartshuk, 1958) [17]

fasciolum (Meigen, 1830)

)

femorale (Collin, 1946)

)

Siphonella Macquart, 1835

oscinina (Fallén, 1820)

)

Siphunculina Rondani, 1856

aenea (Macquart, 1835)

)

nidicola Nartshuk, 1971

(

)

quinquangula (Loew, 1873)

)

simulata Kanmiya, 1982

(

)

Speccafrons Sabrosky, 1980

halophila (Duda, 1933)

)

Trachysiphonella Enderlein, 1936

pygmaea (Meigen, 1838)

(

)

in PCV2 in genus Dasyopa Malloch, 1918 [16]

ruficeps (Macquart, 1835)

)

in PCV2 in genus Dasyopa Malloch, 1918 [16]

scutellata (von Roser, 1840)

)

in PCV2 in genus Dasyopa Malloch, 1918 [16]

Tricimba Lioy, 1864

Crassivenula Sabrosky, 1941

brachyptera (Thalhammer, 1913)

)

in PCV2 in genus Crassivenula Sabrosky, 1941 [16]

Tricimba s.str.

lineella (Fallén, 1820)

)

Nartshukiella Beschovski, 1981

albiseta Dely-Draskovits, 1983

)

apicalis (von Roser, 1840)

(

)

cincta (Meigen, 1830)

)

in PCV2 as T. fungicola Dely-Draskovits, 1983 [14]

humeralis (Loew, 1858)

)

hungarica Dely-Draskovits, 1983

(

)

sulcella (Zetterstedt, 1848)

)

SIPHONELLOPSINAE

Apotropina Hendel, 1907

brevivenosa (Dely-Draskovits, 1977)

longepilosa (Strobl, 1893)

(

)

Chloropidae Rondani, 1856

Štěpán Kubík

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, CZ-165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic; kubik@af.czu.cz

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries,
CZ-165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic; kubik@af.czu.cz