01834nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008200041210006900123300001200192490000700204520136900211100001901580700002201599700001801621856004901639       2004                        eng d00aThe fauna of sciarid flies from the Dominican Republic (Diptera:
	Sciaridae)0 afauna of sciarid flies from the Dominican Republic Diptera Sciar  a267-3310 v543 aThis report is the first comprehensive study on sciarids within the
	Caribbean fauna, which includes 50 species belonging to 11 genera,
	44 of them new to science. Forty five species were collected in the
	Dominican Republic, five in Puerto Rico. The species belong to the
	following genera: Leptosciarella (2), Pseudosciara (4, two of them
	previously known), Chaetosciara (1), Cratyna (1), Hyperlasion (2,
	one of them previously known), Pseudolycoriella (13), Bradysia (16,
	one of them previously known), Scatopsciara (5), Corynoptera (2),
	Keilbachia (1) and Epidapus (3, one of them previously known).
	
	Assessing the Caribbean fauna is handicapped by lack of information
	on sciarids from neighboring mainland’s, especially Florida and South
	America. Nevertheless, due to thorough knowledge of the sciarid fauna
	of the Palaearctic Region and partial knowledge of that of the Nearctic
	Region and Central America, we can say that Caribbean sciarids show
	great similarities to Holarctic faunistic elements. This is particularly
	true for Leptosciarella, Chaetosciara, Keilbachia, Scatopsciara,
	most species of Bradysia, Corynoptera and Epidapus, and at least
	partly also for Pseudolycoriella. The only endemic Neotropical genus
	is Pseudosciara with four described species, and the two species
	of the Bradysia pararufescens group.1 aMohrig, Werner1 aRöschmann, Frank1 aRulik, Björn  uhttps://sciaroidea.myspecies.info/node/26313