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
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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 fourth 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, PCV1). 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, PCV2). This version of the checklist, PCV2, compiled
by 43 authors, contained entries for 7654 species in 115
families.
In spite of the
division of the former Czechoslovakia into two autonomous
states, the editor and authors decided to maintain the
territorial coverage and presentation of the previous version,
and this has also been retained in both the first ((Jedlička
et al. 2006,
ECV1) and the second (Jedlička
et al. 2009,
ECV2) electronic versions.
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 accept the
editors’
suggestion and
prepare a new
version of the checklist in electronic form. The suggested
electronic form would make it possible for the new species
records for each country (or its part) to be linked to published
sources and to be retained in the subsequent versions, which is
not possible with a printed version. Similarly, the electronic
form would enable nomenclatorical changes between subsequent
checklist versions to be traced. In this way the checklist would
help to build an image of the Diptera fauna for the wider
scientific and technical community and would not be restricted
to a closed circle of specialists only. The last printed version
(PCV2) was used as a starting point, and so all changes since
1997 are or will be reflected in subsequent electronic versions,
beginning with ECV1. This concept was clearly understood and was
adopted by all authors.
The electronic
versions will be
updated at more or less regular intervals, every two-three
years, if the additional new data warranted a new version. This
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 and continue the cooperation on ECV2
too.
The ECV1 (Jedlička
et al. 2006) was built upon the PCV2 and retained all their
positive features and trends. As in the second version (Chvála
1997), the checklist listed only those species whose
occurrence in the various territorial units is supported by
published records. 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
ECV1, compiled by 46
authors, contains entries for 8649 species in 111 families and
one genus incertae sedis (for details see
FAMILIES).
To avoid the general problem of errors and
imperfections found in the majority of electronic documents
published on the web, we decided to keep the ECV1 available on
the same site under slightly modified address (see below under
previous checklist versions).
This electronic version 2
of the checklist (Jedlička
et al. 2009, ECV2) is built upon the previous versions and
contains trends iniciated with
ECV1. The present checklist was compiled by 50
authors and contains entries for 8816 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 ECV2 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 where there
a change in a valid name in the PCV2 and ECV1 of the checklist
is the name used in the PCV2 and ECV1 listed together with the
source of the change. The higher classification of the Diptera
used in the PCV2 and ECV1 has been adopted, with minor changes
at the family level which are discussed where they occur.
However, as was mentioned in the ECV1, the data of species
distribution included in the Fauna Europaea are partially
complete and do not reflect the most recent knowledge for
certain families. This is discussed below under the individual
families concerned.
Bratislava, December
2009
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. C. 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.
Editors are obliged to Dr. E.
Stloukal, Bratislava for compiling the database part of the
Checkist and programming of the search tool.
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. 1/0234/08 of the Slovak VEGA Grant
Agency to the editors, and by further additional grants
supporting studies of individual families.
Previous checklist versions
Ježek J. (ed.) 1987: Enumeratio
insectorum Bohemoslovakiae. Check list of Czechoslovak insects 2
(Diptera). Acta faunistica entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae,
18: 1-341.
Chvála M.
(ed.) 1997: Check List of Diptera (Insecta) of the Czech and Slovak
Republics. Karolinum – Charles University Press, Prague, 130 pp.
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/diptera2006>
+ CD-ROM, ISBN 80-969629-0-6.
Logo
The fly shown
in the logo is
Rachispoda limosa (Fallén, 1820) (Sphaeroceridae), drawn by J.
Roháček.
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 the 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.,
Kúdela M.
& Stloukalová V. (eds).
2009: Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Electronic version 2.
<http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera2009> +
CD-ROM: ISBN
978-80-969629-4-5.
Citation of a family:
Starý J.
2009: Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841. In: Jedlička L., Kúdela M. & Stloukalová
V. (eds): Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and
Slovakia. Electronic version 2. <http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera2009>
+
CD-ROM: ISBN
978-80-969629-4-5.
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.
Online version of the
checklist is empowered by the
search tool, which enables quick retrieval of information on
species, families and its occurrence in the Czech Republic and
Slovakia. To access the Search tool, click the link or
click the tab in top right corner of each page. The search tool
is not accessible in offline version distributed on CD.
The user guide to online
search is available from its start page (click the question mark
button).
The web pages have been
constructed using MS Office FrontPage 2003 and MS Expression
Web 3. The view is optimised for screen
resolution 1280 by 1024 pixels and
96 dpi and for MS Internet Explorer, version 8 (font size medium). With
different screens or with different web
browsers, 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/diptera2009
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