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

Conopidae Latreille, 1802

Milan Chvála

Department of Zoology, Charles University Prague, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic; mchvala@natur.cuni.cz

The family Conopidae includes small to medium-sized cyclorrhaphous species with a body length from 2.5 to 20 mm, and in general they are very good fliers. The small species are usually inconspicuously blackish-grey, but most of the species are brightly coloured, black and yellow or russet flies, imitating the form and colouring of their hosts, mostly wasps or bees. The larvae of the Conopidae are endoparasites of wasps, bees and occasionally of grasshoppers and locusts. The adults, which have an unusually large head and often a long proboscis, may be frequently found on flowers in the vicinity of the nests of their hosts.

Altogether 84 species are listed from Europe in the recent version of the Fauna Europaea, and 57 of these are included in the present checklist. Altogether 53 species are listed from the Czech Republic (44 in Bohemia and 49 in Moravia) and 48 species from Slovakia.

The family has been intensively studied in the former Czechoslovakia, and comprehensive publications with keys for the identification of species are available (Chvála 1961, 1965).

References

[1] Barták M. 2001: Conopidae. In Barták M. & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera in an industrially affected region (North-Western Bohemia, Bílina and Duchcov Environs) II. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 105: 269-272.

[2] Chvála M. 1961: Czechoslovak species of the subfamily Conopinae (Diptera: Conopidae). Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Biologica,1961: 103-145.

[3] Chvála M. 1965: Czechoslovak species of the subfamilies Myopinae and Dalmanniinae (Diptera, Conopidae). Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Biologica 1965: 93-149.

[4] Chvála M. 1999: Conopidae. In Rozkošný R. & Vaňhara J. (eds): Diptera of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO II. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 100: 239-241.

[5] Stuke J.-H. & Barták M. 2004: Faunistic records, Conopidae. In Kubík Š. & Barták M. (eds): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca Vol. 11. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 109: 332.

[6] Stuke J.-H. & Clements D. 2005: The interpretation of some Conopidae (Diptera) described by Robineau-Desvoidy. Zootaxa 886: 1-12.

CONOPINAE

Abrachyglossum Kröber, 1919

capitatum (Loew, 1847)

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Conops Linnaeus, 1758

ceriaeformis Meigen, 1824

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flavifrons Meigen, 1824

flavipes Linnaeus, 1758

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longiventris Kröber, 1916

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quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776

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scutellatus Meigen, 1804

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strigatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824

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vesicularis Linnaeus, 1761

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Leopoldius Rondani, 1843

brevirostris (Germar, 1827)

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calceatus (Rondani, 1857)

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coronatus (Rondani, 1857)

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diadematus Rondani, 1845

signatus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824)

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valvatus Kröber, 1914

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Physocephala Schiner, 1861

chrysorrhoea (Meigen, 1824)

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lacera (Meigen, 1824)

laticincta (Brullé, 1832)

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nigra (De Geer, 1776)

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pusilla (Meigen, 1824)

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rufipes (Fabricius, 1781)

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truncata (Loew, 1847)

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vittata (Fabricius, 1794)

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MYOPINAE

ZODIONINI

Zodion Latreille, 1796

cinereum (Fabricius, 1794)

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notatum (Meigen, 1804)

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MYOPINI

Myopa Fabricius, 1775

buccata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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dorsalis Fabricius, 1794

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fasciata Meigen, 1804

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morio Meigen, 1804

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occulta Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824

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pellucida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

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in PCV2 as M. extricata Collin, 1960 [6]

picta Panzer, 1798

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polystigma Rondani, 1857

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stigma Meigen, 1824

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strandi Duda, 1940

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tessellatipennis Motschulsky, 1859

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testacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

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variegata Meigen, 1804

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vicaria Walker, 1849

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Melanosoma Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853

bicolor (Meigen, 1824)

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Myopotta Zimina, 1969

pallipes (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824)

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rubripes (Villeneuve, 1909)

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Thecophora Rondani, 1845

atra (Fabricius, 1775)

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distincta (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824)

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fulvipes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

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melanopa Rondani, 1857

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pusilla (Meigen, 1824)

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SICINI

Sicus Scopoli, 1763

abdominalis Kröber, 1915

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femoralis Rondani, 1865

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alpinus Stuke, 2002

ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)

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fusenensis Ouchi, 1939

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nigritarsis Zimina, 1975

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DALMANNIINAE

Dalmannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

aculeata (Linnaeus, 1761)

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dorsalis (Fabricius, 1794)

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marginata (Meigen, 1824)

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punctata (Fabricius, 1794)

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