Empididae

Chvala M. 1998: Empididae. In: Rozkosny R. & Vanhara J. (eds): Diptera of the Palava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO, I. Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Uni. Masaryk. Brun., Biol., 99: 161-167.

 

Explanations:

1 - locality (e.g., LE) 3 - distribution (e.g., CEU)
2 - source (e.g., (13)) 4 - time of occurrence (e.g., VI)

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LIST OF SPECIES

 

Czech Republic

Palava Biosphere Reserve

Number of species

262

78

 

EMPIDINAE

HILARINI

Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892: LR (13), HL (14, 15), RA (15), EUR, VI-VII.

H. brevistyla Collin, 1927: LE, NE (17), EUR, IV-V.

H. chorica (Fallen, 1816): HL (3, 13), LE (18), EUR, VI-IX.

H. cornicula Loew, 1873: HL (3, 5, 14), LR (13), LE, LN (17), JH (18), EUR, V-VII.

H. discalis Chvala, 1997: LE-VA (12), LR, RE (13), NE (17), CEU, ATL, V-VII.

H. fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794): LR (13), EUR, VI-VII.

H. gallica (Meigen, 1804): LR (13), DV, KO, KL (13, 15, 18), PE (16), EUR, V.

H. interstincta (Fallen, 1816): LR (13), EUS, V-VII.

H. lasiochira Strobl, 1892: LR (13), CEU, V-VI.

*H. longesetosa Strobl, 1910: HL (3, 5) - very probably misidentification as H. longeciliata Strobl of Straka (1981a), LE (13), CEU, VI.

H. lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1819): LR, TG (13, 18), EUR, V-VI.

H. lurida (Fallen, 1816): CA (13, 17), EUR, V-VII.

H. monedula Collin, 1927: HL (3, 5), CA, JH, LN, LR, NE, NT, SN, SO, TG, (13, 15, 18), KU (17), EUR, V-VII.

H. platyura Loew, 1873: NT, VA (2), HL (5, 14), KL, KO, LE, LR (13), EUR, V-VI.

*H. pruinosa Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822: LE, LR (13), CEU, V-VI.

H. quadrivittata Meigen, 1822: HL (3), LA, LN, SO (13), EUR, V-VII; this is probably also H. tetragramma Loew sensu Straka from HL (3, 5).

H. sturmii Meigen, 1822: LR, TG (2 - as H.cingulata Dahlbom, 13), HL (3, 5 as H.cingulata Dahlbom), EUR, V-VII.

H. subpollinosa Collin, 1927: NT (13), ATL, CEU, VI-VII.

H. thoracica Macquart, 1827: VA (13), HL (14, 15), SN (17), EUR, V-VII.

 

EMPIDINI

E. (Coptophlebia) impennis Strobl, 1902: LE (13), EUR, VI-VII.

E. (Empis) acinerea Chvala, 1985: SN (17), EUR, IV-VI.

E. (E.) aestiva Loew, 1867: HL (3, 5), EUR, VI-VIII.

E. (E.) albopilosa de Meijere, 1935: DV (17), CEU, ATL, IV-V.

E. (E.) bohemica Chvala & Syrovatka, 1989: PV (6), LE (6, 13, 15, 18), CA, DV, JH, KJ, KL, KO (13, 15, 18), CEU, V.

E. (E.) caudatula Loew, 1867: MI (7), LE, LR (13), SN, NT (13, 15, 17), EUR, V-VI.

E. (E.) chioptera Meigen, 1804: KL (15), EUR, IV-VI.

E. (E.) gooti Chvala, 1994: DI (13), EUR, V-VII.

E. (E.) gymnopoda Bezzi, 1908: DV, KO, PA (13, 15), CEU, IV-V.

E. (E.) laminata Collin, 1927: KJ (13), ATL, CEU, V-VI.

E. (E.) levis Loew, 1873: SL (17), ATL, CEU, V-VI.

E. (E.) nigripes Fabricius, 1794: HL (3, 5), KJ, KL, LE, LR, SL, VA (13, 15, 18), CA, NE (17), EUR, V-VI.

E. (E.) nitidissima Strobl, 1893: KO, KL, LE, PO (13, 15), CEU, IV-V.

E. (E.) nuntia Meigen, 1838: KJ (17), LR (13), EUR, V-VI.

E. (E.) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758: HL (5), LE, LR (13), VA, LA (15), EUR, V-VII.

E. (E.) prodromus Loew, 1867: LR, TG (13), KL (15), EUR, V-VI.

E. (E.) pusio Egger, 1860: SA (11), CEU, V-VI.

E. (E.) rufiventris Meigen, 1838: HL (3, 5), BR, LE, LR (13), PO, LA (15), EUR, V-VI.

E. (E.) staegeri Collin, 1963: KO (13), SBB, V-VI.

E. (E.) syrovatkai Chvala, 1985: LE (7), LR (13), EUR, V-IX.

E. (E.) tanysphyra Loew, 1873: KO (13), ATL, SBM, V-VI.

Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794: HL (5, 14), KO, LE, LR (13), PAL, V-VI.

E. (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758: HL (3, 5), LA, LE, LR, NT, VA (13, 15), EUR, VI-IX.

*E. (Leptempis) maculata Fabricius, 1781: PO (13), SBM, V-VI.

E. (L.) mesogramma Loew, 1867: RA (11), CA (13), CEU, V.

E. (L.) nigricans Meigen, 1804: LE (13, 17), EUR, V-VI.

E. (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798: LR (13), DV, KL, KO, SA (13, 15), NT (15), EUR, V-VI.

E. (Polyblepharis) eversmanni Loew, 1873: MI, SK (1, 7), CEU (TUR), V-VI, VU.

E. (P.) opaca Meigen, 1804: DI, DV, SO, KO, KJ (13, 15), EUR, IV-V.

E. (P.) strigata Loew, 1867: RA (15), EUA, V-VI.

E. (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen in Gistl, 1835: RA (9), LE, LR (13), EUR, V-VI.

E. (X.) lutea Meigen, 1804: LE, LR (13), HL (14, 15), EUR, V-IX.

E. (X.) scutellata Curtis, 1835: LA (13), EUR, V-VI.

E. (X.) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761: HL (3, 5, 14, 17), DV, LE, LR, VA (13), CA, HO, LN, SO (13, 15), SN (17), EUR, V-VII.

E. (X.) trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822: JH, LE, PO (13), DV, KO, KL (13, 15, 18), HL (14), KJ, SN (17), EUR, IV-VII.

E. (X.) univittata Loew, 1867: LR (13), EUR, V-VII.

Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes (Meigen, 1804): KO (15), EUR, V-IX.

R. (Holoclera) caliginosa Collin, 1926: LE, NT (4, 13), EUR, VI-VIII.

R. (H.) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898: TU (4), CEU, VI-VIII.

R. (H.) lamellata Collin, 1926: HL (3, mistakenly as H. lanellata), DO (4), EUA, VI-IX.

R. (H.) nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794): HL (3, 14), LE, VA (4), LA, LR, SN, (13, 15), EUS, V-IX.

R. (H.) trigemina Oldenberg, 1927: VA (13), EUR, V-VIII.

R. (Megacyttarus) crassirostris (Fallen, 1816): HL (3, 15), HO, PA, (4), LE (4, 17), KJ, SN (18), EUR, V-VI.

R. (M.) nodipes (Fallen, 1816): SN (9, 17), EUR, V-VIII.

R. (Pararhamphomyia) amoena Loew, 1840: VA (4), SBB, V.

R. (P.) atra Meigen, 1822: DV, KJ, KL, KO (4, 9, 13, 15), LE (4, 17), SN (9, 13, 15), LR, TG, VA (11, 13), HL (14, 15), ML (15), NE (17), EUR, V-VI.

R. (P.) barbata (Macquart, 1823): SN (17), EUR, V-VI.

R. (P.) marginata (Fabricius, 1787): LE (13), EUR, IV-V.

R. (P.) obscuripennis Meigen, 1830: LE (4, as R. nitidicollis Frey), SBB, V-VIII.

R. (P.) physoprocta Frey, 1913: HL (3), LE (4), SBB, V-VII.

R. (P.) pilifer Meigen, 1830: LE (13), EUR, V-VII.

R. (P.) tipularia (Fallen, 1816): KJ (17), EUR, V-VI.

R. (R.) cinerascens (Meigen, 1804): SE (4), EUR, IV-V.

R. (R.) czizeki Bartak, 1981: SN (17), CEU, IV-V.

*R. (R.) hungarica (Weber, 1969): KO (10), SBM, V.

R. (R.) laevipes (Fallen, 1816): HL, KJ, KO, LE, SN (13, 15, 18), EUR, IV-VI.

 

HEMERODROMIINAE

Phyllodromia melanocephala (Fabricius, 1794): HL (3, 5), LR (13), EUR, VI-IX.

 

CLINOCERINAE

Dolichocephala irrorata (Fallen, 1816): DO, LE, LR, VA (13, 15), KJ (17, 18), PAL, V-IX.

Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856: PA (13), EUR, V-VI.

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SOURCE (publications, collections, unpublished data)

1. ENGEL E.O., 1943: Empididae. In: LINDNER E. (ed.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. Vol. 4 (4). Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, pp. 273-320.

2. STRAKA V., 1975: A study of the genus Hilara Meig. (Diptera, Empididae) in Czechoslovakia. Biol. Prace, 21 (5): 1-154.

3. VANHARA J., 1981: Lowland forest Diptera (Brachycera, Cyclorrhapha). Acta Sc. Nat. Brno, 15 (1): 1-32.

4. BARTAK M., 1982: The Czechoslovak species of Rhamphomyia (Diptera, Empididae), with description of a new species from Central Europe. Acta Univ. Carol., Biol., 1980 (1982) (5-6): 381-461.

5. VANHARA J., 1986: Impact of man-made moisture changes on floodplain forest Diptera. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno, 20 (7): 1-35.

6. CHVALA M. & SYROVATKA O., 1989: A new species of Empis s. str. (Diptera, Empididae) from Czechoslovakia. Acta Univ. Carol., Biol., 31 (1987): 349-354.

7. FRANZ H., 1989: Die Nordost-Alpen im Spiegel ihrer Landtierwelt. Vol. 6 (1). Wagner, Innsbruck, 413 pp.

8. CHVALA M., 1994: The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark III. Genus Empis. Fauna ent. scand., Vol. 29. E.J. Brill, Leiden-New York-Koln, 187 pp.

9. ROZKOSNY R. & VANHARA J., 1995: Monitoring Diptera in southern Moravia by pitfall traps. In: BITUSIK P. (ed.), Dipterologica bohemoslovaca. Vol. 7. Technical Univ., Zvolen, pp. 143-175.

10. BARTAK M., 1997: Faunistic records from the Czech and Slovak Republics: Diptera. Empididae, Lonchopteridae, Conopidae, Sepsidae, Piophilidae. In: VANHARA J. & ROZKOSNY R. (eds), Dipterologica bohemoslovaca. Vol. 8. Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brun., Biol., 95: 217-218.

11. CHVALA M., 1997a: Additions and corrections to the faunistic data of the family Empididae (Diptera). In: VANHARA J. & ROZKOSNY R. (eds), Dipterologica bohemoslovaca. Vol. 8. Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brun., Biol., 95: 43-46.

12. CHVALA M., 1997b: A taxonomic revision of the Hilara maura–group (Diptera, Empididae) in Europe. Syst. Entomol., 21 (1996): 265-294.

13. Coll. Faculty of Science, Charles University, Praha.

14. Coll. Institute of Forest Ecology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, J. VANHARA leg.

15. Coll. Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno.

16. Coll. Moravian Museum , Brno.

17. Coll. Silesian Museum, Opava, J. ROHACEK leg.

18. Coll. M. BARTAK, Radomska 469/35, 181 00 Praha 8, M. BARTAK and S. KUBIK leg.

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Milan Chvala (Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7,128 44 Praha, Czech Republic)