Czech
University of Agriculture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Food and Natural
Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, CZ-165 21 Praha 6 –
Suchdol,
Czech Republic;
bartak@af.czu.cz
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The adults are small to medium-sized flies, with body lengths from
2.5 to 6.0 mm. Body colour very variable, from yellow to black,
often shining black with yellow markings on head and legs. Frons
with 0-3 orbital bristles in addition to hairs. Diverging
postocellars, ocellars, outer verticals and inner verticals present
as well as vibrissae. Wings clear (usually) to dark patterned, vein
C with subcostal break, Sc complete, alula well developed. Tibiae
without dorsal preapical bristle. For a more detailed description of
the adult morphology, consult McAlpine (1977). Piophilid larvae live in various
substrates but prefer to develop in exposed carcasses in advanced
stages of decay, and they are able to skip and jump. The larva of
Neottiophilum praeustum (Meigen, 1826) sucks the blood of
nestlings birds. Most other larvae live in animal carrion, rotting
fungi, or occasionally in other proteinaceous animal and vegetable
matter. The adults of many species can be easily captured by means
of the baited traps described by Barták and Martinek (1990).
Altogether 29 species are known to occur in Europe (Ozerov
2007), and 17 are listed in the present checklist: 17 in the Czech Republic,
(16 in Bohemia, 13 in Moravia), and 15 in Slovakia. Since the ECV1,
one species has been
added to the fauna of Slovakia. The
species-richness of the piophilid fauna is moderately well known in
the Czech Republic but less well in Slovakia.
The basic characteristics of the family were given McAlpine (1977). The Central Europen species may be identified using this
monograph, but some corrections are needed due to recently described
species (Merz
1996,
Ozerov & Barták 1993). The nomenclature in the present checklist is that in
the Fauna Europaea (Ozerov
2007).
This paper was partly supported by IRP MSM 6046070901 (Ministry
of education, youth and sports).
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NEOTTIOPHILINAE |
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Actenoptera Czerny,
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hilarella
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Neottiophilum
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praeustum
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PIOPHILINAE |
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Allopiophila Hendel,
1917 |
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luteata
(Haliday, 1833) |
CZ |
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SK |
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Amphipogon Wahlberg,
1845 |
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flavum
(Zetterstedt, 1838) |
CZ |
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SK |
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Liopiophila Duda,
1924 |
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varipes
(Meigen, 1830) |
CZ |
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Mycetaulus Loew,
1845 |
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bipunctatus
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CZ |
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SK |
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latipennis
Ozerov & Barták, 1993 |
CZ |
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Parapiophila
McAlpine, 1977 |
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pectiniventris
(Duda, 1924) |
CZ |
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SK |
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vernicosa
Ozerov & Barták, 1993 |
CZ |
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SK |
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vulgaris
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CZ |
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Piophila Fallén,
1810 |
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casei
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CZ |
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SK |
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Prochyliza Walker,
1849 |
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nigricornis
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CZ |
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SK |
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nigrimana
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SK |
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Protopiophila Duda,
1924 |
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latipes
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Pseudoseps Becker,
1902 |
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signata
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Stearibia Lioy, 1864 |
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nigriceps
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Centrophlebomyia
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furcata
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