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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)  CZ (B M ) SK
Centorisoma Becker, 1910
elegantulum Becker, 1910  CZ (B M ) SK
Cetema Hendel, 1907
cereris (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
elongatum (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
myopinum (Loew, 1866)  CZ (B M ) SK
neglectum Tonnoir, 1921  CZ (B M ) SK
Chlorops Meigen, 1803
Chlorops s.str.
adjunctus Becker, 1910 SK
anthracophagoideus Strobl, 1901  CZ (B M ) SK
bohemicus Zuska, 1960  CZ (B M )
brevifrons Loew, 1866 CZ ( M )
calceatus Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
centromaculatus Duda, 1933  CZ (B M ) SK
dasycerus Loew, 1866 CZ ( M )
fasciatus Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M )
finitimus Becker, 1910  CZ  ( SK
frontosus Meigen, 1830  CZ ( M ) SK
geminatus Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
gracilis Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
hypostigma Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
interruptus Meigen, 1830  CZ (B ) SK
laetus Meigen, 1830 CZ ( M )
meigenii Loew, 1866  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 as C. rufescens Oldenberg, 1923 [16]
novakii Strobl, 1902 CZ ( M ) SK
pannonicus Strobl, 1893  CZ ( M ) SK
planifrons Loew, 1866  CZ (B M ) SK
pumilionis (Bjerkander, 1778)  CZ (B M ) SK
ringens Loew, 1866  CZ (B M ) SK
rufinus (Zetterstedt, 1848) SK in PCV2 also as C. citrinellus (Zetterstedt, 1848) [16]
scalaris Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
scutellaris (Zetterstedt, 1838) CZ (B )
serenus Loew, 1866  CZ (B M ) SK
speciosus Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
strigulus (Fabricius, 1794)  CZ (B M ) SK
troglodytes (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M )
zernyi (Duda, 1933) CZ (B )
Sclerophallus Beschovski, 1978
limbatus Meigen, 1830  CZ (B ) SK in PCV2 and ECV1 as S. brevimanus Loew, 1866 [16]
pallidiventris Duda, 1933 SK
varsoviensis Becker, 1910 CZ ( M )
Chloropsina Becker, 1911
distinguenda (Frey, 1909) CZ (B )
rohaceki Nartshuk, 2000 SK
Cryptonevra Lioy, 1864
consimilis (Collin, 1932)  CZ ( M ) SK
diadema (Meigen, 1830)  CZ ( M ) SK
flavitarsis (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
nigritarsis (Duda, 1933) CZ (B M )
Diplotoxa Loew, 1863
messoria (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
Diplotoxoides Andersson, 1977
dalmatina (Strobl, 1900)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 in genus Diplotoxa Loew, 1863 [16]
Epichlorops Becker, 1910
puncticollis (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M ) SK
Eurina Meigen, 1830
calva Egger, 1862  CZ (B M )
ducalis A. Costa, 1885 CZ ( M )
Eutropha Loew, 1866
variegata Loew, 1866 SK
Homalura Meigen, 1826
tarsata Meigen, 1826  CZ (B M ) SK
Lasiosina Becker, 1910
albipila (Loew, 1866)  CZ (B M ) SK
brevisurstylata Dely-Draskovits, 1977  CZ ( M ) SK
cinctipes (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B ) SK in PCV2 as L. nigripes Dely-Draskovits, 1977 [14]
herpini (Guerin-Meneville, 1843) CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 also as L. cinctipes auct. not Meigen [14]
immaculata Becker, 1912  CZ (B M ) SK
intermedia Dely-Draskovits, 1977  CZ (B M ) SK
subnigripes Dely-Draskovits, 1977  CZ (B )
Melanum Becker, 1910
laterale (Haliday, 1833) CZ ( M ) SK
Meromyza Meigen, 1830
bohemica Fedoseeva, 1962  CZ (B ) SK
curvinervis (Zetterstedt, 1848) CZ (B M ) SK
elbergi Fedoseeva, 1979 CZ ( M )
femorata Macquart, 1835  CZ (B M ) SK
laeta Meigen, 1838  CZ (B M ) SK
mosquensis Fedoseeva, 1960 CZ (B M )
nigriseta Fedoseeva, 1960  CZ (B M ) SK
nigriventris Macquart, 1835  CZ (B M ) SK
palposa Fedoseeva, 1960 SK
pluriseta Péterfi, 1961  CZ (B M )
pratorum Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
rotundata Hubicka, 1966 CZ ( M )
saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1761)  CZ (B M ) SK
ornata (Wiedemann, 1817)  CZ (B )  SK in PCV2 as M. sororcula Fedoseeva, 1962 [16]
triangulina Fedoseeva, 1960  CZ (B M )  SK
variegata Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
zachvatkini Fedoseeva, 1960  CZ ( M ) SK
Metopostigma Becker, 1903
polonicum (Schnabl, 1884) SK
Neohaplegis Beschovski, 1981
glabra (Duda, 1933)  CZ ( M ) SK
tarsata (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
Parectecephala Becker, 1910
longicornis (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M )
Platycephala Fallén, 1820
planifrons (Fabricius, 1798)  CZ (B M ) SK
umbraculata (Fabricius, 1794)  CZ (B M ) SK
Pseudopachychaeta Strobl, 1902
approximatonervis (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B ) SK
oscinina (Fallén, 1813)  CZ ( M ) SK in PCV2 as P. heleocharis (Nartshuk, 1964) [16]
ruficeps (Zetterstedt, 1838)  CZ (B M )
Thaumatomyia Zenker, 1833
elongatula (Becker, 1910)  CZ (B ) SK
glabra (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
hallandica Andersson, 1966 CZ ( M ) SK
montana (Becker, 1916) CZ (B )
notata (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
rufa (Macquart, 1835)  CZ (B M ) SK
trifasciata (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M ) SK
Trichieurina Duda, 1933
pubescens (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
OSCINELLINAE
Aphanotrigonum Duda, 1932
brachypterum (Zetterstedt, 1848) SK
fasciellum (Zetterstedt, 1855)  CZ (B M ) SK
femorellum Collin, 1946  CZ ( M ) SK
nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M ) SK
trilineatum (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 also as A. beschovskii Dely-Draskovits, 1981  [14]
Calamoncosis Enderlein, 1911
Calamoncosis s.str.
aprica (Meigen, 1830)  CZ ( M ) SK
aspistylina Duda, 1935  CZ (B M ) SK
duinensis (Strobl, 1909)  CZ ( M ) SK
minima (Strobl, 1893)  CZ (B M ) SK
oscinella Becker, 1910 CZ (B M )
Rhaphiopyga Nartshuk, 1971
glyceriae Nartshuk, 1958  CZ (B M ) SK
laminiformis (Becker, 1908)  CZ (B M ) SK
Conioscinella Duda, 1929
alpicola (Strobl, 1893) CZ (B )
alpigena (Strobl, 1909) CZ ( M )
bicingulata (Strobl, 1893) CZ (B )
frontella (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
gallarum (Duda, 1933)  CZ (B M ) SK
livida Nartshuk, 1970  CZ (B M ) SK
mimula Collin, 1946 CZ (B ) SK
obscuripila Duda, 1933 CZ (B ) SK
sordidella (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M ) SK
zetterstedti Andersson, 1966  CZ (B M ) SK
Dicraeus Loew, 1873
Dicraeus s.str.
ingratus (Loew, 1866)  CZ (B M ) SK
nigropilosus Becker, 1910 SK
raptus (Haliday, 1838)  CZ (B M ) SK
tibialis (Macquart, 1835) CZ ( M ) SK
Oedesiella Becker, 1910
fennicus Duda, 1933  CZ (B M ) SK
rossicus Stackelberg, 1955  CZ (B M ) SK
scibilis Collin, 1946 CZ ( M )
Paroedesiella Sabrosky, 1941
napaeus Collin, 1946 CZ (B M )  SK
vagans (Meigen, 1838)  CZ (B M ) SK
styriacus (Strobl, 1898) CZ (B M )  SK in PCV2 also as D. vallaris Collin, 1946 [16]
Elachiptera Macquart, 1835
austriaca Duda, 1932  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 as E. uniseta Collin, 1939 [16]
brevipennis (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
cornuta (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
diastema Collin, 1946  CZ (B M ) SK
megaspis (Loew, 1858)    CZ ( M )
scrobiculata (Strobl, 1901)  CZ (B M ) SK
sibirica (Loew, 1858)  CZ ( M ) SK
submediterranea Beschovski, 1980 CZ (B )
tuberculifera (Corti, 1909)  CZ (B M ) SK
Eribolus Becker, 1910
gracilior (de Meijere, 1918)  CZ (B M ) SK
hungaricus Becker, 1910  CZ ( M ) SK
nanus (Zetterstedt, 1838)  CZ (B M )
slesvicensis Becker, 1910 CZ ( M )
Gampsocera Schiner, 1862
numerata (Heeger, 1858)  CZ (B M ) SK
Gaurax Loew, 1863
borealis (Duda, 1933) CZ ( M )
fascipes Becker, 1910 CZ (B M )
flavomaculatus (Duda, 1933)  CZ ( M ) in PCV2 and ECV1 also as G. britannicus Deeming, 1980 [4]
dubius (Macquart, 1835) CZ ( M )
flavoscutellatus (Stackelberg, 1955)  CZ (B M )
gauracicornis (Duda, 1933)  CZ ( M )
leucarista Nartshuk, 1962 CZ ( M )
maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M ) SK
niger Czerny, 1906 CZ (B M )
polonicus Nartshuk, 1980 CZ (B )
strobilum Karps, 1983 CZ (B )
Hapleginella Duda, 1933
laevifrons (Loew, 1858)  CZ (B M ) SK
Incertella Sabrosky, 1980
albipalpis (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
antennata (Collin, 1946)  CZ (B M )
kerteszi (Becker, 1910)  CZ (B M ) SK
nigrifrons (Duda, 1933) CZ (B )
scotica (Collin, 1946)  CZ (B M ) SK
zuercheri (Duda, 1933)  CZ (B M ) SK
Lasiambia Sabrosky, 1941
albidipennis (Strobl, 1893) CZ (B )
baliola (Collin, 1946) CZ ( M ) SK
brevibucca (Duda, 1933) CZ ( M ) SK
coxalis (von Roser, 1840)  CZ (B M ) SK
palposa (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B ) SK
subsplendens (Duda, 1933) SK
Lipara Meigen, 1830
lucens Meigen, 1830  CZ (B M ) SK
pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971  CZ (B M ) SK
rufitarsis Loew, 1858  CZ (B M )
similis Schiner, 1854  CZ (B M ) SK
Melanochaeta Bezzi, 1906
capreola (Haliday, 1838)  CZ ( M ) SK
opaca (Duda, 1932) CZ ( M )
pubescens (Thalhammer, 1898)  CZ (B M ) SK
Microcercis Beschovski, 1978
trigonella (Duda, 1933)  CZ (B M ) SK
Oscinella Becker, 1909
Cyclocercula Beschovski, 1978
angustipennis Duda, 1933  CZ ( M ) SK
Oscinella s. str.
alopecuri Mesnil in Balachowsky & Mesnil, 1935 SK
angularis Collin, 1946 SK
festucae Mesnil in Balachowsky & Mesnil, 1935 SK
frit (Linnaeus, 1758)  CZ (B M ) SK
maura (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
nigerrima (Macquart, 1835)  CZ (B M ) SK
nitidissima (Meigen, 1838)  CZ (B M ) SK
pusilla (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
trochanterata Collin, 1946  CZ (B M ) SK
vastator (Curtis, 1845) SK
ventricosi Nartshuk, 1955 CZ ( M ) SK
vindicata (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 as O. hortensis Collin, 1946 [16]
Oscinimorpha Lioy, 1864
albisetosa (Duda, 1932)  CZ ( M ) SK
arcuata (Duda, 1932)  CZ (B M ) SK
koeleriae Nartshuk, 1970 CZ ( M ) SK
minutissima (Strobl, 1900)  CZ (B M ) SK
sordidissima (Strobl, 1893) CZ (B M ) SK
Oscinisoma Lioy, 1864
cognatum (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
gilvipes (Loew, 1858) CZ (B M )  SK
Polyodaspis Duda, 1933
parva Nartshuk, 1964 CZ ( M )
ruficornis (Macquart, 1835) CZ ( M ) SK
sulcicollis (Meigen, 1838)  CZ (B M ) SK
Pseudogaurax Malloch, 1915
venustus (Czerny, 1906)  CZ (B )
Rhodesiella Adams, 1905
plumiger (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
Rhopalopterum Duda, 1929
anthracinum (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
atricillum (Zetterstedt, 1838)  CZ (B ) SK
atricorne (Zetterstedt, 1838)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 also as R. platythorax (Nartshuk, 1958) [17]
fasciolum (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK
femorale (Collin, 1946)  CZ (B M ) SK
Siphonella Macquart, 1835
oscinina (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
Siphunculina Rondani, 1856
aenea (Macquart, 1835)  CZ (B M ) SK
nidicola Nartshuk, 1971 CZ ( M )
quinquangula (Loew, 1873) CZ (B M )
simulata Kanmiya, 1982 CZ ( M ) SK
Speccafrons Sabrosky, 1980
halophila (Duda, 1933)  CZ (B M ) SK
Trachysiphonella Enderlein, 1936
pygmaea (Meigen, 1838) CZ ( M ) SK in PCV2 in genus Dasyopa Malloch, 1918 [16]
ruficeps (Macquart, 1835)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 in genus Dasyopa Malloch, 1918 [16]
scutellata (von Roser, 1840)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 in genus Dasyopa Malloch, 1918 [16]
Tricimba Lioy, 1864
Crassivenula Sabrosky, 1941
brachyptera (Thalhammer, 1913)  CZ (B M ) in PCV2 in genus Crassivenula Sabrosky, 1941 [16]
Tricimba s.str.
lineella (Fallén, 1820)  CZ (B M ) SK
Nartshukiella Beschovski, 1981
albiseta Dely-Draskovits, 1983  CZ (B M ) SK
apicalis (von Roser, 1840)  CZ ( M ) SK
cincta (Meigen, 1830)  CZ (B M ) SK in PCV2 as T. fungicola Dely-Draskovits, 1983  [14]
humeralis (Loew, 1858)  CZ (B M ) SK
hungarica Dely-Draskovits, 1983 CZ ( M )
sulcella (Zetterstedt, 1848)  CZ (B M ) SK
SIPHONELLOPSINAE
Apotropina Hendel, 1907
brevivenosa (Dely-Draskovits, 1977) SK
longepilosa (Strobl, 1893) CZ ( M ) SK


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