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

Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856

Jan Máca

Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the CR, Nám. Přemysla Otakara 34, CZ-370 01 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; jan.maca@nature.cz

The European Lonchaeidae are small (2.0-7.0 mm), predominantly black or metallic coloured flies, often superficially resembling some calyptrate flies. In addition to the key characters of acalyptrate flies (e.g. incompleteness of mesonotal suture), they can be distinguished by the absence of long setae in the presutural part of mesonotum (except notopleurals) and always black halteres. The retractile ovipositor with its species-specific chaetotaxy has given rise to the vernacular name of lance flies. Members of the family occur predominantly in forests. The larvae have a saprophagous type of cephalopharyngeal skeleton (Krivosheina 1976). They are usually phytosaprophagous, most often associated with tree bark and living in the galleries of Scolytidae and other wood-boring insects, where they are probably dependent on proper taxonomic group or even species of trees and not on the taxonomic group of xylophagous insects; they appear to feed on ambrosia fungi and frass. The larvae of some species are necrophagous and/or predatory on the preimaginal stages (mostly pupae) of Scolytidae, whilst others mine in the stems of various herbs, in conifer cones or in the florets of Cirsium spp. The larvae of Dasiops Rondani, 1856 occur in damaged trunks, on rotting vegetable and in galls.

There are some 550 described species worldwide; 96 valid species have been recorded in Europe and adjacent islands including the Macaronesian subregion (Carles-Tolrá 2007). In ECV1 62 species were listed from the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Máca 2006b). The present version lists also 62 species: 61 from the Czech Republic (53 from Bohemia, 46 from Moravia) and 35 from Slovakia. It is apparent that the fauna of this family is in Slovakia much less known than in the Czech Republic despite some new records. Earomyia inquilina (Hendel in Seitner) a doubtful species described from Moravia, is included in the list; on the other hand, two species recently published from Slovakia but not yet checked by the present author are not included.

The last monographic papers on the Central European species were published by Morge (1963) and MacGowan and Rotheray(2008). Mostly faunistic data have been published by Máca (1997b) and in the more recent publications cited above.

References

[1] Carles-Tolrá M. 2007: Fauna Europaea: Lonchaeidae. In Pape T. (ed.): Fauna Europaea: Diptera, Brachycera. Fauna Europaea version 1.3. <http://www.faunaeur.org>. Retrieved 25.11.2009.

[2] Krivosheina N.P. 1976: [Comparative morphological characteristics of the larvae of Palaearctic species of the genus Lonchaea Fall. (Diptera, Lonchaeidae). Evolutional morphology of the insect larvae]. Nauka, Moskva, pp. 22-55. (In Russian.)

[3] Máca J. 1997a: Lonchaeidae. In Chvála M. (ed.): Check List of Diptera (Insecta) of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Karolinum, Praha,pp. 68-69.

[4] Máca J. 1997b: New and interesting records of Lonchaeidae (Diptera) from the Czech and Slovak Republics. In Vaňhara J. & Rozkošný R. (eds): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca Vol. 8. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 95: 107-110.

[5] Máca J. 1999: Lonchaeidae. In Rozkošný R. & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO II. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 100: 243-245.

[6] Máca J. 2006a: Faunistic records. Lonchaeidae. In Kinkorová J. (ed.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca, Vol. 13. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Biologica 50: 149-150.

[7] Máca J. 2006b: Lonchaeidae Rondani, 1856. 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>. Retrieved 25.11.2009.

[8] Máca J. 2009a: Acartophthalmidae, Aulacigastridae, Campichoetidae, Clusiidae, Diastatidae, Lonchaeidae and Odiniidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic). Sborník Severočeského Muzea Liberec, Přírodní vědy, 27: 105-113.

[9] Máca J. 2009: Lonchaeidae. 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. 190-192.

[10] Máca J. & Barták M. 2001: Lonchaeidae. In Barták M. & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera in an industrially affected region (North-Western Bohemia, Bílina and Duchcov environs), II. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 105: 273-277.

[11] Máca J., Kubík Š. & Barták M. 2005: Lonchaeidae. In Barták M. & Kubík Š. (eds): Diptera of Podyjí National Park and its environs, Česká zemědělská univerzita, Praha, pp. 245-248.

[12] MacGowan I. & Rotheray G. 2008: British Lonchaeidae. Handbooks for the identification of British insects, 10, part 15. Royal Entomological Society, St. Albans, 142 pp.

[13] Morge G. 1963: Die Lonchaeidae und Pallopteridae Österreichs und der angrenzenden Gebiete. 1. Teil: Die Lonchaeidae. Naturkundliche Jahrbücher Linz 9: 123-312.

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

DASIOPINAE

Dasiops Rondani, 1856

appendiculus Morge, 1959

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calvus Morge, 1959

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facialis Collin, 1953

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hennigi Morge, 1959

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latifrons (Meigen, 1826)

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mucronatus Morge, 1959

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noctuinus Morge, 1959

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perpropinquus Morge, 1959

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spatiosus (Becker, 1895)

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trichosternalis Morge, 1959

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LONCHAEINAE

EAROMYIINI

Chaetolonchaea Czerny, 1934

brevipilosa Czerny, 1934

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dasyops (Meigen, 1826)

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pallipennis (Zetterstedt, 1855)

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Earomyia Zetterstedt, 1842

adriatica (Becker, 1895)

albifacies (Czerny, 1934)

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crystallophila (Becker, 1895)

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impossibile Morge,1959

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inquilina (Hendel in Seitner, 1929)

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lonchaeoides Zetterstedt, 1848

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schistopyga Collin,1953

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tomskensis Morge, 1959

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viridana (Meigen, 1826)

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virilis Collin, 1953

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Protearomyia McAlpine, 1962

nigra (Meigen, 1826)

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greciana McAlpine,1962

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LONCHAEINI

Lonchaea Fallén,1820

britteni Collin, 1953

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bruggeri Morge, 1967

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bukowskii Czerny, 1934

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carpathica Kovalev, 1974

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caucasica Kovalev, 1974

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chorea (Fabricius, 1781)

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collini Hackman, 1956

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contigua Collin, 1953

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contraria Czerny, 1934

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corusca Czerny, 1934

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deutschi Zetterstedt, 1838

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fugax Becker, 1895

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gorodkovi Kovalev, 1974

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hackmani Kovalev, 1981

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hirticeps Zetterstedt, 1838

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hyalipennis Zetterstedt, 1847

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krivosheinae Kovalev, 1973

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laticornis Meigen, 1826

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laxa Collin, 1953

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limatula Collin, 1953

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nitens (Bigot, 1885)

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obscuritarsis Collin, 1953

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palposa Zetterstedt, 1847

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patens Collin, 1953

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peregrina Becker, 1895

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postica Collin, 1953

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scutellaris Rondani, 1874

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seitneri Hendel, 1928

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sororcula Hackman, 1956

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stackelbergi Czerny, 1934

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subneatosa Kovalev, 1974

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sylvatica Beling, 1873

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tarsata Fallén, 1820

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ultima Collin, 1953

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zetterstedti Becker, 1902

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Setisquamalonchaea Morge, 1963

fumosa (Egger, 1862)

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retalionis (McAlpine, 1964)

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