@article {50884, title = {Two new species of the genus Docosia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Russia and Turkmenistan}, journal = {Russian Entomological Journal}, volume = {20}, year = {2011}, pages = {207-209}, abstract = {

Two new species of Docosz\&$\#$39;cz Winnertz, 1863 - Docosia helveolo\ídes and D. turcmenica\ spp.n. are described from Astrakhan region (Russia)\ and Turkmenistan. Illustrations of male terminalia areprovided.

}, author = {Zaitzev, Alexander I.} } @article {50883, title = {New and little known species of fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from Western Siberia}, journal = {Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal}, volume = {10}, year = {2011}, pages = {213-216}, abstract = {

Three new and one little known species of fungus gnats are described from the south of Western Siberia: Exechia subinaperta Subbotina et Maximova, sp.n., Exechiopsis belogorskii Subbotina et Maximova, sp.n., Mycetophila uschaica Subbotina et Maximova, sp.n. and Trichonta\ clara\ Gagne, 1981. The descriptions of the new species with detailed illustrations are given. Holotypes are kept in Tomsk State University

}, author = {Subbotina, Elena and Maximova, Yulia V.} } @article {50521, title = {Azana sinusa Coher, 1995 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae): remarks on range extension and collection records}, journal = {Check List}, volume = {7}, year = {2011}, pages = {815-816}, issn = {1809-127X}, author = {Zachary L. Burington} } @article {50414, title = {Die Pilzm{\"u}cken der S{\"a}chsischen Schweiz {\textendash} Gattungen Mycomya RONDANI und Neoempheria OSTEN SACKEN (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Studia dipterologica}, volume = {17}, year = {2011}, pages = {133-142}, abstract = {Sweepnet collections in various forest habitats of Saxon Switzerland (eastern central Germany) yielded a total of 4414 fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) belonging to the genera Mycomya RONDANI, 1856 (4342 individuals, 29 species) and Neoempheria OSTEN SACKEN, 1878 (72 individuals, 2 species). The species and their collection data are listed and briefly discussed. Mycomya forestaria PLASSMANN, 1978, M. hiisi V{\"A}IS{\"A}NEN, 1979 and M. pulchella (DZIEDZICKI, 1885) are recorded from Germany for the first time.}, keywords = {Faunistics, Germany, Mycetophilidae, Mycomya, Neoempheria, new records, Saxon Switzerland National Park, Saxony}, author = {Rulik, Bj{\"o}rn and Kallweit, Uwe} } @article {50279, title = {A catalog of the types of Mycetophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires}, journal = {Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales n.s.}, volume = {13}, year = {2011}, pages = {77-93}, abstract = {The types (only paratypes) of 102 species of Mycetophilidae described and deposited in this Museum by Dr. Jos{\'e} Pedro Duret are recorded. A selection from his rich collection was also here deposited by him. Most of his collection was acquired by Dr. Loic Matile, Paris, France. The Museum houses no other types of species of this family. Resumen: Cat{\'a}logo de los tipos de Mycetophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) depositados en el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires. Se catalogan los ejemplares tipo (solo paratipos) de 102 especies de Mycetophilidae descritas y depositadas en este Museo por el Dr. Jos{\'e} Pedro Duret. Una selecci{\'o}n de su rica colecci{\'o}n tambi{\'e}n fue depositada por {\'e}l aqu{\'\i}; la mayor parte fue adquirida por el Dr. Loic Matile, Paris, Francia. El Museo no alberga otros tipos de esta familia.}, keywords = {Diptera, Duret, Insecta, Mycetophilidae, Type specimens}, url = {http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/rmacn/v13n1/v13n1a08.pdf}, author = {Bachmann, Axel O.} } @article {50274, title = {Rare and redlisted fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae (Diptera: Mycetophiliformia) from the Swedish Malaise Trap Project}, journal = {Entomologisk Tidskrift}, volume = {132}, year = {2011}, pages = {194-196}, abstract = {New records for some rare and redlisted species of fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae recorded in the Swedish Malaise Trap Project are given. Asindulum nigrum Latreille, 1805 is reported from the province of Uppland, from were it was considered gone; Rutylapa ruficornis (Zetterstedt, 1851), previously considered regionally extinct, is reported from {\"O}sterg{\"o}tland for the first time; Urytalpa atriceps (Edwards, 1913) is reported for the first time from Sm{\r a}land; Urytalpa trivittata Lundstr{\"o}m, 1914) is reported for the first time from H{\"a}rjedalen; Urytalpa galdes Hedmark \& Kjaerandsen, 2009 is reported from a second locality in Lule lappmark from where it was recently described. }, issn = {0013-886x}, author = {Martinsson, Svante} } @article {50038, title = {New records of Manota WILLISTON (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Europe and North America, including a redescription of Manota unifurcata LUNDSTR{\"O}M and pointers towards the interrelationships among Palaearctic species}, journal = {Studia dipterologica}, volume = {17}, year = {2011}, pages = {55-66}, abstract = {Knowledge of the morphology of Manota unifurcata LUNDSTR{\"O}M, 1913 is deepened by a detailed description and illustration of the male genitalia. Based on a study of the characters of the male genitalia in specimens from various countries, it is reconfirmed that M. unifurcata is the only species of Manota WILLISTON in Europe. Its geographic distribution is reviewed, and is augmented by new records from Germany and the first records from Sweden. The relationships of M. unifurcata to other Manota species are discussed. It appears that the species is rather isolated from other Manota in terms of both morphology and geographic distribution. The presence of a male hind tibial organ, which is described here, is a synapomorphous character shown by at least 4 of the 5 East Palaearctic species of Manota. These species and several Oriental Manota, for which presence or absence of the tibial organ is unknown, have several male genitalia characters in common, a fact that indicates their close relationships. Manota ibanezi HIPPA \& HUERTA, 2009 from Mexico is shown to occur also in the north-eastern United States (Maine and New York). These are the first records of a named Manota species from the Nearctic Region. Possible explanations for the rarity of Manota in both North America and Europe are discussed.}, keywords = {Europe, Faunistics, Holarctic region, Manota, Mycetophilidae, North America, relationships, Sciaroidea, Taxonomy}, author = {Jaschhof, Mathias and Jaschhof, Catrin and Rulik, Bj{\"o}rn and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} } @article {49282, title = {Eleven species of Sciaroidea (Diptera) new to the Lithuanian fauna }, journal = {New and Rare for Lithuania Insect Species.}, year = {2011}, month = {12/2011}, pages = {101-105}, keywords = {distribution, Faunistics, Lithuania, Sciaroidea}, issn = {1648{\textendash}8555 }, url = {http://www.entomologai.lt/index.php?option=com_docman\&Itemid=81\&lang=en}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Vilkamaa, Pekka and Rim{\v s}aite, Jolanta} } @article {49281, title = {A New Species of Docosia Winnertz Fungus Gnat (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Southwestern Entomologist}, volume = {36}, year = {2011}, pages = {451-462}, abstract = {A new species of Docosia Winnertz fungus gnat was discovered in western Michigan. Males and females were collected in mid-spring in a Malaise trap in a paper birch-red maple-black cherry woods adjacent to a black ash swamp and cattail marsh. Docosia walpurga Taber resembles Docosia dichroa Loew but male terminalia and female coloration indicate a specific difference instead. A remarkable and yet-unidentified empidid fly that seems to mimic the fungus gnat was found with the new species.}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3958/059.036.0407}, author = {Stephen W. Taber} } @article {48342, title = {Docosia adusta sp. nov. (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Colombian Andes: a Holarctic element in northwestern South America}, journal = {Canadian Entomologist}, volume = {143}, year = {2011}, month = {12/2011}, pages = {688-696}, chapter = {688}, abstract = {A third Neotropical species of the genus Docosia Winnertz is described from the Colombian Andes. Three males and four females of D. adusta sp. nov. from Cundinamarca, Colombia, collected at 3600m elevation were examined. Detailed illustrations of the male and female terminalia are presented and morphological differences in relation to those of other species of the genus are discussed. The relationships between Holarctic and Neotropical species within Docosia are discussed and overlap of circumantarctic, tropical, and Nearctic elements in the northern Andes is considered.}, doi = {10.4039/n11-033}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Dalton de Souza Amorim} } @article {48338, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead wood and wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia and general analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe.}, journal = {Entomologica Fennica}, volume = {22}, year = {2011}, month = {12/2011}, pages = {157{\textendash}189}, abstract = {In this contribution new rearing records of fungus gnats from poorly studied larval microhabitats are presented. From 61 species of wood growing Basidiomycete fungi, 6 species of Ascomycete fungi and slime moulds most of which had not previously been the subject of rearing studies, and from dead wood sampleswith fungalmyceliamade over a period of 1994{\textendash}2009 in Finland and Russian Karelia, 110 species of fungus gnats were obtained, 98 of them from identified fungi. Of these for 12 species fungal hosts were formerly unknown and for 30 species larval microhabitats have been discovered for the first time. Numbers of fungus gnat species with known larval microhabitats (a total of 498 species that comprises 45.4\% of the European fauna) and numbers of known fungal hosts (some 650 species of macrofungi) are calculated and categorized based on this study and previous records from Europe and East Palaearctic.}, url = {http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/entomolfennica/article/download/4693/4407}, author = {Jakovlev, Jevgeni} } @article {48337, title = {Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3141}, year = {2011}, month = {2011/12/23}, pages = {1-268}, abstract = {The Diptera genus-group names of Camillo Rondani are reviewed and annotated. A total of 601 nomenclaturally available genus-group names in 82 families of Diptera are listed alphabetically. For each name the following are given: author, year and page of original publication, originally included species [and first included species if none were originally included], type species and method of fixation, current status of the name, family placement, and a list of any emendations of it that have been found in the literature. Remarks are given to clarify nomenclatural or taxonomic information. In addition, an index is provided to all the species-group names of Diptera proposed by Rondani (1,236, of which 1,183 are available) with bibliographic reference to each original citation. Appended to this study is a full bibliography of Rondani{\textquoteright}s works and a list with explanations for all new synonymies arising from revised emendations. Corrected or clarified type-species and/or corrected or clarified type-species designations are given for the following genus-group names: Anoplomerus Rondani, 1856 [Dolichopodidae]; Biomya Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Bremia Rondani, 1861 [Cecidomyiidae]; Deximorpha Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Elasmocera Rondani, 1845 [Asilidae]; Enteromyza Rondani, 1857 [Oestridae]; Exogaster Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Istocheta Rondani, 1859 Tachinidae]; Istoglossa Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Lejogaster Rondani, 1857 [Syrphidae]; Lignodesia Rondani, 1868 [Phaeomyiidae]; Medorilla Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Meroplius Rondani, 1874 [Sepsidae]; Nodicornis Rondani, 1843 [Dolichopodidae]; Omalostoma Rondani, 1862 [Tachinidae]; Opegiocera Rondani, 1845 [Asilidae]; Petagnia Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Phaniosoma Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Proboscina Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Pyragrura Rondani, 1861 [Tachinidae]; Stemonocera Rondani, 1870 [Tephritidae]; Telejoneura Rondani, 1863 [Asilidae]; Tricoliga Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]. The following genus-group names previously treated as available were found to be unavailable: Bombyliosoma Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Bombyliidae]; Bombylosoma Marschall, 1873, n. stat. [Bombyliidae]; Brachynevra Agassiz, 1846, n. stat. [Cecidomyiidae]; Calliprobola Rondani, 1856, n. stat. [Syrphidae]; Camponeura Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Syrphidae]; Chlorosoma Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Stratiomyidae]; Engyzops Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Calliphoridae]; Exodonta Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Stratiomyidae]; Histochaeta Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Tachinidae]; Histoglossa Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Tachinidae]; Homalostoma Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Tachinidae]; Hoplacantha Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Stratiomyidae]; Hoplodonta Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Stratiomyidae]; Liota Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Syrphidae]; Lomatacantha Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Tachinidae]; Machaera Mik, 1890, n. stat. [Tachinidae]; Machaira Brauer \& Bergenstamm, 1889, n. stat. [Tachinidae]; Myiatropa Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Syrphidae]; Oplacantha Verrall, 1882, n. stat. [Stratiomyidae]. Previous First Reviser actions for multiple original spellings missed by previous authors include: Genus-group names{\textemdash}Achanthipodus Rondani, 1856 [Dolichopodidae]; Argyrospila Rondani, 1856 [Bombyliidae]; Botria Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Chetoliga Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Chrysoclamys Rondani, 1856 [Syrphidae]; Cyrtophloeba Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Istocheta Rondani, 1859 [Tachinidae]; Macherea Rondani, 1859 [Tachinidae]; Macronychia Rondani, 1859 [Sarcophagidae]; Pachylomera Rondani, 1856 [Psilidae]; Peratochetus Rondani, 1856 [Clusiidae]; Phytophaga Rondani, 1840 [Cecidomyiidae]; Spylosia Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Thlipsogaster Rondani, 1863 [Bombyliidae]; Tricogena Rondani, 1856 [Rhinophoridae]; Tricoliga Rondani, 1856 [Tachinidae]; Viviania Rondani, 1861 [Tachinidae]. Species-group name{\textemdash}Sphixapata albifrons Rondani, 1859 [Sarcophagidae]. Acting as First Reviser, the following correct original spellings for multiple original spellings are selected by us: Bellardia Rondani, 1863 [Tabanidae]; Chetoptilia Rondani, 1862 [Tachinidae]; Chetylia Rondani, 1861 [Tachinidae]; Clytiomyia Rondani, 1862 [Tachinidae]; Cryptopalpus Rondani, 1850 [Tachinidae]; Diatomineura Rondani, 1863 [Tabanidae]; Enteromyza Rondani, 1857 [Oestridae]; Esenbeckia Rondani, 1863 [Tabanidae]; Hammomyia Rondani, 1877 [Anthomyiidae]; Hydrothaea Rondani, 1856 [Muscidae]; Hyrmophlaeba Rondani, 1863 [Nemestrinidae]; Limnomya Rondani, 1861 [Limoniidae]; Lyoneura Rondani, 1856 [Psychodidae]; Micetoica Rondani, 1861 [Anisopodidae]; Miennis Rondani, 1869 [Ulidiidae]; Mycetomiza Rondani, 1861 [Mycetophilidae]; Mycosia Rondani, 1861 [Mycetophilidae]; Mycozetaea Rondani, 1861 [Mycetophilidae]; Piotepalpus Rondani, 1856 [Mycetophilidae]; Prothechus Rondani, 1856 [Pipunculidae]; Spyloptera Rondani, 1856 [Limoniidae]; Teremya Rondani, 1875 [Lonchaeidae]; Thricogena Rondani, 1859 [Tachinidae]; Trichopalpus Rondani, 1856 [Scathophagidae]; Trichopeza Rondani, 1856 [Brachystomatidae]; Tricophthicus Rondani, 1861 [Muscidae]; Triphleba Rondani, 1856 [Phoridae]; Xiloteja Rondani, 1863 [Syrphidae]. The following names are new synonymies of their respective senior synonyms: Genus-group names{\textemdash}Acanthipodus Bigot, 1890 of Poecilobothrus Mik, 1878, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Acanthiptera Rondani, 1877 of Achanthiptera Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Achantiptera Schiner, 1864 of Achanthiptera Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Acydia Rondani, 1870 of Acidia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Acyura Rondani, 1863 of Aciura Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Agaromyia Marschall, 1873 of Agaromya Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Mycetophilidae]; Ammomyia Mik, 1883 of Leucophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Anthomyiidae]; Anomoja Rondani, 1871 of Anomoia Walker, 1835, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Anthracomyia Rondani, 1868 of Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Antracomya Lioy, 1864 of Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Anthoeca Bezzi, 1906 of Solieria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1849, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Antomyza Rondani, 1866 of Anthomyza Fall{\'e}n, 1810, n. syn. [Anthomyzidae]; Antracia Rondani, 1862 of Nyctia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Aporomyia Schiner, 1861 of Lypha Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Asphondilia Rondani, 1861 of Asphondylia Loew, 1850, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Asteja Rondani, 1856 of Asteia Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Asteiidae]; Astenia Rondani, 1856 of Blepharicera Macquart, 1843, n. syn. [Blephariceridae]; Astilium Costa, 1866 of Senobasis Macquart, 1838, n. syn. [Asilidae]; Ateleneura Agassiz, 1846 of Atelenevra Macquart, 1834, n. syn. [Pipunculidae]; Athomogaster Rondani, 1866 of Azelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Axista Rondani, 1856 of Axysta Haliday, 1839, n. syn. [Ephydridae]; Bigonichaeta Schiner, 1864 of Triarthria Stephens, 1829, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Billea Rondani, 1862 of Billaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Biomyia Schiner, 1868 of Biomya Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Bombilius Dufour, 1833 of Bombylius Linnaeus, 1758, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Bombylosoma Loew, 1862 of Bombylisoma Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Brachipalpus Rondani, 1845 of Brachypalpus Macquart, 1834, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Brachipalpus Rondani, 1863 of Palpibracus Rondani, 1863, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Brachistoma Rondani, 1856 of Brachystoma Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Brachystomatidae]; Brachychaeta Brauer \& Bergenstamm, 1889 of Brachicheta Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Brachyglossum Bigot, 1858 of Leopoldius Rondani, 1843, n. syn. [Conopidae]; Brachyneura Oken, 1844 of Brachineura Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Caelomya Rondani, 1866 of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Fanniidae]; Caelomyia Rondani, 1877 of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Fanniidae]; Caenosia Westwood, 1840 of Coenosia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Campilomiza Rondani, 1840 of Campylomyza Meigen, 1818, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Campylochaeta Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Campylocheta Rondani, 1859, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Caricoea Rondani, 1856 of Coenosia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Carpomyia Loew, 1862 of Carpomya Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Cassidemya Rondani, 1861 of Cassidaemyia Macquart, 1835, n. syn. [Rhinophoridae]; Ceratoxia Costa, 1866 of Otites Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Ulidiidae]; Ceratoxys Rondani, 1861 of Otites Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Ulidiidae]; Chaetogena Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Chetogena Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Chamemyia Rondani, 1875 of Chamaemyia Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Chamaemyiidae]; Chaetoptilia Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Chetoptilia Rondani, 1862, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Chatolyga Bigot, 1892 of Carcelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Chersodromya Rondani, 1856 of Chersodromia Haliday, 1851, n. syn. [Hybotidae]; Chetilya Rondani, 1861 of Chetina Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Chilopogon Bezzi, 1902 of Dasypogon Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Asilidae]; Chiromya Agassiz, 1846 of Chyromya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Chyromyidae]; Chlorisoma Rondani, 1861 of Microchrysa Loew, 1855, n. syn. [Stratiomyidae]; Chorthophila Rondani, 1856 of Phorbia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Anthomyiidae]; Chortofila Rondani, 1843 of Phorbia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Anthomyiidae]; Chriorhyna Rondani, 1845 of Criorhina Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Chrisogaster Rondani, 1868 of Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Chryorhina Rondani, 1856 of Criorhina Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Chryorhyna Rondani, 1857 of Criorhina Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Chrysoclamys Rondani, 1856 of Ferdinandea Rondani, 1844, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Chrysomya Rondani, 1856 of Microchrysa Loew, 1855, n. syn. [Stratiomyidae]; Chrysopila Rondani, 1844 of Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826, n. syn. [Rhagionidae]; Chyrosia Rondani, 1866 of Chirosia Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Anthomyiidae]; Clytiomyia Rondani, 1862 of Clytiomya Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Conopoejus Bigot, 1892 of Conops Linnaeus, 1758, n. syn. [Conopidae]; Criorhyna Rondani, 1865 of Criorhina Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Criptopalpus Rondani, 1863 of Cryptopalpus Rondani, 1850, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Crysogaster Rondani, 1865 of Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Crysops Rondani, 1844 of Chrysops Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tabanidae]; Cyrthoneura Rondani, 1863 of Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Cyrthoplaeba Rondani, 1857 of Cyrtophloeba Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Cyrthosia Rondani, 1863 of Cyrtosia Perris, 1839, n. syn. [Mythicomyiidae]; Cystogaster Walker, 1856 of Cistogaster Latreille, 1829, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Cyterea Rondani, 1856 of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Dactyliscus Bigot, 1857 of Habropogon Loew, 1847, n. syn. [Asilidae]; Dasiphora Rondani, 1856 of Dasyphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Dasipogon Dufour, 1833 of Dasypogon Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Asilidae]; Dasyneura Oken, 1844 of Dasineura Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Dexiomorpha Mik, 1887 of Estheria Robineau-Desvoidy, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Dichaetophora Becker, 1905 of Dichetophora Rondani, 1868, n. syn. [Sciomyzidae]; Dicheta Rondani, 1856 of Dichaeta Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Ephydridae]; Dictia Rondani, 1856 of Dictya Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Sciomyzidae]; Dionea Rondani, 1861 of Dionaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Ditricha Rondani, 1871 of Dithryca Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Dolicopeza Rondani, 1856 of Dolichopeza Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Tipulidae]; Doricera Rondani, 1856 of Dorycera Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Ulidiidae]; Drimeia Rondani, 1877 of Drymeia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Drimeja Rondani, 1856 of Drymeia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Driomyza Rondani, 1844 of Dryomyza Fall{\'e}n, 1820, n. syn. [Dryomyzidae]; Driope Rondani, 1868 of Dryope Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Dryomyzidae]; Dryomiza Rondani, 1869 of Dryomyza Fall{\'e}n, 1820, n. syn. [Dryomyzidae]; Dynera Rondani, 1861 of Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Dytricha Rondani, 1870 of Dithryca Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Elachysoma Rye, 1881 of Elachisoma Rondani, 1880, n. syn. [Sphaeroceridae]; Elaeophila Marschall, 1873 of Eloeophila Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Limoniidae]; Emerodromya Rondani, 1856 of Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Empididae]; Engyzops Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Eggisops Rondani, 1862, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Entomybia Rondani, 1879 of Braula Nitzsch, 1818, n. syn. [Braulidae]; Epidesmya Rondani, 1861 of Acidia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Erinnia Rondani, 1856 of Erynnia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Eristalomyia Kittel \& Kreichbaumer, 1872 of Eristalomya Rondani, 1857, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Esteria Rondani, 1862 of Estheria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Exatoma Rondani, 1856 of Hexatoma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tabanidae]; Exochila Mik, 1885 of Hammerschmidtia Schummel, 1834, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Fisceria Rondani, 1856 of Fischeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Gedia Rondani, 1856 of Gaedia Meigen, 1838, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Gimnocheta Rondani, 1859 of Gymnocheta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Gimnosoma Rondani, 1862 of Gymnosoma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Gonirhinchus Lioy, 1864 of Myopa Fabricius, 1775, n. syn. [Conopidae]; Gonirhynchus Marschall, 1873 of Myopa Fabricius, 1775, n. syn. [Conopidae]; Gononeura Oldenberg, 1904 of Gonioneura Rondani, 1880, n. syn. [Sphaeroceridae]; Graphomia Rondani, 1862 of Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Gymnopha Rondani, 1856 of Mosillus Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Ephydridae]; Hammobates Rondani, 1857 of Tachytrechus Haliday, 1851, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Harrysia Rondani, 1865 of Lydina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Hemathobia Rondani, 1862 of Haematobia Le Peletier \& Serville, 1828, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Hemerodromya Rondani, 1856 of Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Empididae]; Heryngia Rondani, 1857 of Heringia Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Hidropota Lioy, 1864 of Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Ephydridae]; Hipostena Rondani, 1861 of Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Hirmophloeba Marschall, 1873 of Hyrmophlaeba Rondani, 1863, n. syn. [Nemestrinidae]; Histricia Rondani, 1863 of Hystricia Macquart, 1843, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Hoemotobia Rondani, 1856 of Haematobia Le Peletier \& Serville, 1828, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Homalomya Rondani, 1866 of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Fanniidae]; Homalostoma Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Billaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Hoplisa Brauer \& Bergenstamm, 1889 of Oplisa Rondani, 1862, n. syn. [Rhinophoridae]; Hydrothaea Rondani, 1856 of Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Hylara Rondani, 1856 of Hilara Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Empididae]; Hyrmoneura Rondani, 1863 of Hirmoneura Meigen, 1820, n. syn. [Nemestrinidae]; Ilisomyia Osten Sacken, 1869 of Ormosia Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Limoniidae]; Istochaeta Marschall, 1873 of Istocheta Rondani, 1859, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Lamnea Rondani, 1861 of Erioptera Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Limoniidae]; Lasiophthicus Rondani, 1856 of Scaeva Fabricius, 1805, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Lestremya Rondani, 1856 of Lestremia Macquart, 1826, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Lidella De Galdo, 1856 of Lydella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Lomacantha Lioy, 1864 of Lomachantha Rondani, 1859, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Lomachanta Schiner, 1864 of Lomachantha Rondani, 1859, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Loncoptera Rondani, 1856 of Lonchoptera Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Lonchopteridae]; Lymnophora Blanchard, 1845 of Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Macherium Rondani, 1856 of Machaerium Haliday, 1832, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Macrochaetum Bezzi, 1894 of Elachiptera Macquart, 1825, n. syn. [Chloropidae]; Macrochoetum Bezzi, 1892 of Elachiptera Macquart, 1825, n. syn. [Chloropidae]; Macroneura Rondani, 1856 of Diadocidia Ruthe, 1831, n. syn. [Diadocidiidae]; Marshamya Rondani, 1850 of Linnaemya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Marsilia Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Tricoliga Rondani, 1859, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Megachetum Rondani, 1856 of Dasyna Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Psilidae]; Megaloglossa Bezzi, 1907 of Platystoma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Platystomatidae]; Megera Rondani, 1859 of Senotainia Macquart, 1846, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Melanomyia Rondani, 1868 of Melanomya Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Melizoneura Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Melisoneura Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Mesomelaena Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Mesomelena Rondani, 1859, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Micetina Rondani, 1861 of Mycetophila Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Mycetophilidae]; Micetobia Rondani, 1861 of Mycetobia Meigen, 1818, n. syn. [Anisopodidae]; Micromyia Oken, 1844 of Micromya Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Miennis Rondani, 1869 of Myennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Ulidiidae]; Miopina Rondani, 1866 of Myopina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Anthomyiidae]; Morjnia Rondani, 1862 of Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Morphomyia Rondani, 1862 of Stomina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Myatropa Rondani, 1857 of Myathropa Rondani, 1845, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Mycetomiza Rondani, 1861 of Mycosia Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Mycetophilidae]; Myiantha Rondani, 1877 of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Fanniidae]; Myiathropa Rondani, 1868 of Myathropa Rondani, 1845, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Myiocera Rondani, 1868 of Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Myiolepta Rondani, 1868 of Myolepta Newman, 1838, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Myiospila Rondani, 1868 of Myospila Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Myltogramma Rondani, 1868 of Miltogramma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Myntho Rondani, 1845 of Mintho Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Myospyla Rondani, 1862 of Myospila Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Napoea Rondani, 1856 of Parydra Stenhammar, 1844, n. syn. [Ephydridae]; Neera Rondani, 1861 of Neaera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Nemestrina Blanchard, 1845 of Nemestrinus Latreille, 1802, n. syn. [Nemestrinidae]; Nemorea Macquart, 1834 of Nemoraea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Nevrolyga Agassiz, 1846 of Neurolyga Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Nictia Rondani, 1862 of Nyctia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Noteromyia Marschall, 1873 of Camilla Haliday, 1838, n. syn. [Camillidae]; Ociptera Rondani, 1862 of Cylindromyia Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Onodonta Rondani, 1866 of Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Opegiocera Rondani, 1845 of Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 1827, n. syn. [Asilidae]; Ophira Rondani, 1844 of Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Ornithoeca Kirby, 1880 of Ornithoica Rondani, 1878, n. syn. [Hippoboscidae]; Ornithomyia Macquart, 1835 of Ornithomya Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Hippoboscidae]; Orthochile Blanchard, 1845 of Ortochile Latreille, 1809, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Oxicera Rondani, 1856 of Oxycera Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Stratiomyidae]; Oxina Rondani, 1856 of Oxyna Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Ozyrhinchus Rondani, 1861 of Ozirhincus Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Oxyrhyncus Rondani, 1856 of Ozirhincus Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Pachigaster Rondani, 1856 of Pachygaster Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Stratiomyidae]; Pachimeria Rondani, 1856 of Pachymeria Stephens, 1829, n. syn. [Empididae]; Pachipalpus Rondani, 1856 of Cordyla Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Mycetophilidae]; Pachirhyna Rondani, 1845 of Nephrotoma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tipulidae]; Pachirina Rondani, 1840 of Nephrotoma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tipulidae]; Pachistomus Rondani, 1856 of Xylophagus Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Xylophagidae]; Pangonia Macquart, 1834 of Pangonius Latreille, 1802, n. syn. [Tabanidae]; Pentetria Rondani, 1856 of Penthetria Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Bibionidae]; Perichaeta Herting, 1984 of Policheta Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Perichoeta Bezzi, 1894 of Policheta Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Phalacromyia Costa, 1866 of Copestylum Macquart, 1846, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Phicodromia Rondani, 1866 of Malacomyia Westwood, 1840, n. syn. [Coelopidae]; Phillophaga Lioy, 1864 of Asphondylia Loew, 1850, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Phito Rondani, 1861 of Phyto Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Rhinophoridae]; Phitomyptera Lioy, 1864 of Phytomyptera Rondani, 1845, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Phitophaga Lioy, 1864 of Cecidomyia Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Phloebotomus Rondani, 1856 of Phlebotomus Rondani \& Bert{\'e}, 1840, n. syn. [Psychodidae]; Phorichaeta Brauer \& Bergenstamm, 1889 of Periscepsia Gistel, 1848, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Phrino Rondani, 1861 of Phryno Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Phrixe Rondani, 1862 of Phryxe Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Phthyria Rondani, 1856 of Phthiria Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Phtyria Rondani, 1863 of Phthiria Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Phyllodromya Rondani, 1856 of Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 1837, n. syn. [Empididae]; Phytofaga Rondani, 1843 of Cecidomyia Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Phytomyzoptera Bezzi, 1906 of Phytomyptera Rondani, 1845, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Platiparea Rondani, 1870 of Platyparea Loew, 1862, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Platistoma Lioy, 1864 of Platystoma Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Platystomatidae]; Platychyra Rondani, 1859 of Panzeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Platynochetus Rondani, 1845 of Platynochaetus Wiedemann, 1830, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Polychaeta Schiner, 1868 of Policheta Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Polycheta Schiner, 1861 of Policheta Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Porrhocondyla Agassiz, 1846 of Porricondyla Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Porrycondyla Walker, 1874 of Porricondyla Rondani, 1840, n. syn. [Cecidomyiidae]; Prosopaea Brauer \& Bergenstamm, 1889 of Prosopea Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Psicoda Rondani, 1840 of Psychoda Latreille, 1797, n. syn. [Psychodidae]; Psylopus Rondani, 1850 of Sciapus Zeller, 1842, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Pteropectria Rondani, 1869 of Herina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Ulidiidae]; Pterospylus Bigot, 1857 of Syneches Walker, 1852, n. syn. [Hybotidae]; Pticoptera Rondani, 1856 of Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Ptychopteridae]; Ptilocheta Rondani, 1857 of Zeuxia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Ptilochoeta Bezzi, 1894 of Zeuxia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Ptylocera Rondani, 1861 of Zeuxia Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Ptylops Rondani, 1859 of Macquartia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Pyragrura Rondani, 1861 of Labigastera Macquart, 1834, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Pyrrhosia Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Leskia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Ragio Scopoli, 1777 of Rhagio Fabricius, 1775, n. syn. [Rhagionidae]; Raimondia Rondani, 1879 of Raymondia Frauenfeld, 1855, n. syn. [Hippoboscidae]; Ramphina Rondani, 1856 of Rhamphina Macquart, 1835, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Ramphomya Rondani, 1845 of Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822, n. syn. [Empididae]; Raphium Latreille, 1829 of Rhaphium Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Rhynchomyia Macquart, 1835 of Rhyncomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Rhiniidae]; Rhyncosia Rondani, 1861 of Aphria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Rhynophora Rondani, 1861 of Rhinophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Rhinophoridae]; Riphus Rondani, 1845 of Rhyphus Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Anisopodidae]; Ripidia Rondani, 1856 of Rhipidia Meigen, 1818, n. syn. [Limoniidae]; Sarcopaga Rondani, 1856 of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1826, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Scatomiza Rondani, 1866 of Scathophaga Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Scathophagidae]; Schaenomyza Rondani, 1866 of Schoenomyza Haliday, 1833, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Sciomiza Rondani, 1856 of Sciomyza Fall{\'e}n, 1820, n. syn. [Sciomyzidae]; Sciopila Rondani, 1856 of Sciophila Meigen, 1818, n. syn. [Mycetophilidae]; Serromya Rondani, 1856 of Serromyia Meigen, 1818, n. syn. [Ceratopogonidae]; Seseromyia Costa, 1866 of Cosmina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Rhiniidae]; Sibistroma Rondani, 1856 of Sybistroma Meigen, 1824, n. syn. [Dolichopodidae]; Simplecta Rondani, 1856 of Symplecta Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Limoniidae]; Sinapha Rondani, 1856 of Synapha Meigen, 1818, n. syn. [Mycetophilidae]; Siritta Rondani, 1844 of Syritta Le Peletier \& Serville, 1828, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Somatolia Bezzi \& Stein, 1907 of Lydina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Somomia Rondani, 1862 of Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Somomyia Rondani, 1868 of Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Calliphoridae]; Sphixaea Rondani, 1856 of Milesia Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Sphyxaea Rondani, 1856 of Milesia Latreille, 1804, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Sphyxapata Bigot, 1881 of Senotainia Macquart, 1846, n. syn. [Sarcophagidae]; Sphyximorpha Rondani, 1856 of Sphiximorpha Rondani, 1850, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Spilomya Rondani, 1857 of Spilomyia Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Spiximorpha Rondani, 1857 of Sphiximorpha Rondani, 1850, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Spixosoma Rondani, 1857 of Conops Linnaeus, 1758, n. syn. [Conopidae]; Spylographa Rondani, 1871 of Trypeta Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Stenopterix Millet de la Turtaudi{\`e}re, 1849 of Craterina Olfers, 1816, n. syn. [Hippoboscidae]; Stomorhyna Rondani, 1862 of Stomorhina Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Rhiniidae]; Stomoxis Latreille, 1797 of Stomoxys Geoffroy, 1762, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Syphona Rondani, 1844 of Siphona Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Tachidromya Rondani, 1856 of Tachydromia Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Hybotidae]; Tachipeza Rondani, 1856 of Tachypeza Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Hybotidae]; Tanipeza Rondani, 1850 of Tanypeza Fall{\'e}n, 1820, n. syn. [Tanypezidae]; Teicomyza Rondani, 1856 of Teichomyza Macquart, 1835, n. syn. [Ephydridae]; Telaira Rondani, 1862 of Thelaira Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Teremya Rondani, 1875 of Lonchaea Fall{\'e}n, 1820, n. syn. [Lonchaeidae]; Thecomya Rondani, 1848 of Thecomyia Perty, 1833, n. syn. [Sciomyzidae]; Thlypsigaster Marschall, 1873 of Amictus Wiedemann, 1817, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Thlypsomyza Rondani, 1863 of Amictus Wiedemann, 1817, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Thrichogena Bezzi, 1894 of Loewia Egger, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Thricogena Rondani, 1859 of Loewia Egger, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Thricophticus Rondani, 1866 of Thricops Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Thriptocheta Lioy, 1864 of Campichoeta Macquart, 1835, n. syn. [Diastatidae]; Thryptochoeta Bezzi, 1891 of Campichoeta Macquart, 1835, n. syn. [Diastatidae]; Thyreodonta Marschall, 1873 of Stratiomys Geoffroy, 1762, n. syn. [Stratiomyidae]; Toxopora Rondani, 1856 of Toxophora Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Bombyliidae]; Tricholiga Rondani, 1873 of Tricoliga Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Trichophticus Rondani, 1871 of Thricops Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Muscidae]; Tricocera Rondani, 1856 of Trichocera Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Trichoceridae]; Tricolyga Schiner, 1861 of Tricoliga Rondani, 1856, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Trigliphus Rondani, 1856 of Triglyphus Loew, 1840, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Tripeta Rondani, 1856 of Trypeta Meigen, 1803, n. syn. [Tephritidae]; Triphera Rondani, 1861 of Tryphera Meigen, 1838, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Triptocera Lioy, 1864 of Actia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Tryptocera Macquart, 1844 of Actia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Uromya Rondani, 1856 of Phania Meigen, 1824, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Winthemya Rondani, 1859 of Winthemia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, n. syn. [Tachinidae]; Xiloteja Rondani, 1863 of Myolepta Newman, 1838, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Xylomyia Marschall, 1873 of Xylomya Rondani, 1861, n. syn. [Xylomyidae]; Xyloteja Rondani, 1856 of Myolepta Newman, 1838, n. syn. [Syrphidae]; Xyphidicera Rondani, 1845 of Xiphidicera Macquart, 1834, n. syn. [Hybotidae]; Xyphocera Rondani, 1845 of Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 1827, n. syn. [Asilidae]; Zigoneura Rondani, 1840 of Zygoneura Meigen, 1830, n. syn. [Sciaridae]; Zophomya Rondani, 1859 of Zophomyia Macquart, 1835, n. syn. [Tachinidae]. Species-group name{\textemdash}Psalida leucostoma Rondani, 1856 of Ocyptera simplex Fall{\'e}n, 1815, n. syn. [Tachinidae]. Mycosia Rondani, 1861 is treated here as nomen dubium [Mycetophilidae]; Habropogon heteroneurus Timon-David, 1951 is resurrected from junior synonymy with Asilus striatus Fabricius, 1794, new stat. [Asilidae]. Reversal of precedence is invoked for three cases of subjective synonymy to promote stability in nomenclature: Macquartia monticola Egger, 1856, nomen protectum and Proboscina longipes Rondani, 1856, nomen oblitum [in Tachinidae]; Loewia Egger, 1856, nomen protectum and Thrychogena Rondani, 1856, nomen oblitum [in Tachinidae]; Zygomyia Winnertz, 1863, nomen protectum and Bolithomyza Rondani, 1856, nomen oblitum [in Mycetophilidae].}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03141p268.pdf}, author = {O{\textquoteright}Hara, James E. and Cerretti, Pierfilippo and Pape, Thomas and Evenhuis, Neal L.} } @article {48336, title = {Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3148}, year = {2011}, pages = {222-229}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p229.pdf}, author = {Pape, Thomas and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Mostovski, Mikhail B.} } @article {48316, title = {New Afrotropical and Oriental species of Micrepimera Matile (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3128}, year = {2011}, pages = {58-66}, abstract = {Two new species of Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae), Micrepimera berentiana sp. n. and M. pandastica sp. n., are described from southern Madagascar and northern Vietnam, respectively. This is the first record of this tribe in the Afrotropical region and from mainland Asia. Both the new species differ from M. punctipennis Matile (described from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean) mainly in wing coloration, structure of antennae, and details of the male terminalia. }, keywords = {Afrotropical region, fungus gnats, Macrocerinae, Oriental region, Robsonomyiini, Sciaroidea}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Papp, Laszlo} } @article {48314, title = {New Oriental species of Gnoristinae with pectinate antennae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae}, volume = {51}, year = {2011}, pages = {687{\textendash}69}, abstract = {Two new species of Mycetophilidae (Diptera), tentatively placed in Dziedzickia Johannsen, 1909, are described {\textendash} D. bifida sp. nov. (India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia) and D. pectinata sp. nov. (Thailand). A brief discussion of the relationships among some genera of Gnoristinae is also presented.}, keywords = {Diptera, Dziedzickia, fungus gnats, new records, new species, Oriental region, Sciaroidea, Taxonomy}, issn = {0374-1036}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Bechev, Dimitar and Hippa, Heikki} } @article {10.3897/zookeys.150.2193, title = {Scratchpads 2.0: a Virtual Research Environment supporting scholarly collaboration, communication and data publication in biodiversity science}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {150}, year = {2011}, month = {28/11/2011}, pages = {53{\textendash}70}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

The Scratchpad Virtual Research Environment (http://scratchpads.eu/) is a flexible system for people to create their own research networks supporting natural history science. Here we describe Version 2 of the system characterised by the move to Drupal 7 as the Scratchpad core development framework and timed to coincide with the fifth year of the project\’s operation in late January 2012. The development of Scratchpad 2 reflects a combination of technical enhancements that make the project more sustainable, combined with new features intended to make the system more functional and easier to use. A roadmap outlining strategic plans for development of the Scratchpad project over the next two years concludes this article.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, database, e-infrastructure, Taxonomy, Virtual Research Environment}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.150.2193}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2193}, author = {Smith, Vincent and Rycroft, Simon and Brake, Irina and Scott, Ben and Baker, Ed and Livermore, Laurence and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Roberts, David} } @article {48311, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) of the Gemer region (Central Slovakia): Part 2 {\textendash} Mycetophilidae}, journal = {Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A)}, volume = {60}, year = {2011}, pages = {97-126}, issn = {1211-3026}, doi = {10.2478/v10210-011-0011-x}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Kurina, Olavi} } @article {48308, title = {A New Genus and Species of North American Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Sciaroidea: Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae) from the Florida Keys}, journal = {Insecta Mundi}, volume = {0198}, year = {2011}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, abstract = {A second genus and species of Nearctic keroplatid fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea: Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae) attributed to the tribe Robsonomyiini is described: Calusamyia hribari Coher, n. gen., n. sp.. The relationship of this fly from the Florida Keys with Asian genera and species and the single Nearctic described form of the robsonomyiines is briefly discussed.}, url = {http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0198Coher.pdf}, author = {Edward I. Coher} } @article {48297, title = {A New Species of Boletina Staeger Fungus Gnat (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Southwestern Entomologist}, volume = {36}, year = {2011}, pages = {335-349}, abstract = {A new species of Boletina Staeger fungus gnat was discovered in western Michigan. Adult males and females were collected in early spring in a Malaise trap in a paper birch-red maple-black cherry woods adjacent to black ash swamp and cattail marsh. The late March collection date is the earliest reported from the eastern United States for any species of the genus according to the literature examined. Boletina michigana Taber will sometimes key out to Boletina obscura Johannsen using keys based upon non-genitalic morphology, but male terminalia indicate a specific difference instead.}, doi = {doi: 10.3958/059.036.0311}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3958/059.036.0311}, author = {Stephen W. Taber} } @article {48296, title = {A review of the European species of the genus Tetragoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3062}, year = {2011}, month = {19/10/2011}, pages = {1-12}, abstract = {Five European species of the genus Tetragoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) are reviewed. Male terminalia of all species as well as female terminalia of T. ambigua Grzegorzek, T. sylvatica Curtis and T. ruuhijarvi sp. n. are illustrated on the base of type and newly collected material. Two species: T. ruuhijarvi sp. n. and T. pudogensis sp. n. are described based on specimens collected in Finland and Russian Karelia. T. sibirica Maximova is found to be a junior synonym of T. obirata Plassmann. Key to European species is provided.}, keywords = {Europe, fungus gnats, new species, new synonym}, author = {Polevoi, Alexei V. and Jakovlev, Jevgeni B.} } @article {10.3897/zookeys.137.1764, title = {Six new species of Acomoptera from North America (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {137}, year = {2011}, month = {10/2011}, pages = {41{\textendash}76}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

Six new species are described, raising the number of North American Acomoptera species to seven and the genus total to ten, and nearly doubling the number of species within the putative clade containing Acomoptera, Drepanocercus, and Paratinia. These novel species forms have implications for the concept of Acomoptera that in turn, may impact our understanding of its generic relationships and the evolution and composition of Gnoristinae and Sciophilinae. The new species, A. crispa, A. digitata, A. echinosa, A. forculata, A. nelsoni, and A. vockerothi, are compared with the type species of the genus, A. plexipus (Garrett), whose diagnostic features are imaged and illustrated for the first time. The European species, A. difficilis (Dziedzicki) is also illustrated and compared. Acomoptera spinistyla (S\øli) comb. nov is transferred from Drepanocercus. A key to species is provided. Future work will seek to incorporate this knowledge into a systematic phylogenetic study of relationships between these species and their sister taxa.

}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.137.1764}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.137.1764}, author = {Kerr, Peter} } @article {48292, title = {The genus Camptochaeta in Nearctic caves, with the description of C. prolixa sp. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {135}, year = {2011}, pages = {69{\textendash}75}, keywords = {Camptochaeta, caves, Diptera, new records, new species, Sciaridae, USA}, doi = { 10.3897/zookeys.135.162}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1624/the-genus-camptochaeta-in-nearctic-caves-with-the-description-of-c-prolixa-sp-n-diptera-sciaridae-}, author = {Vilkamaa, Pekka and Hippa, Heikki and Steven J. Taylor} } @article { ISI:000294663300022, title = {Roles of biogenic amines in regulating bioluminescence in the Australian glowworm Arachnocampa flava}, journal = {JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY}, volume = {214}, number = {{19}}, year = {2011}, month = {OCT}, pages = {3286-3293}, publisher = {{COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD}}, type = {Article}, address = {{BIDDER BUILDING CAMBRIDGE COMMERCIAL PARK COWLEY RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 4DL, CAMBS, ENGLAND}}, abstract = {The glowworm Arachnocampa flava is a carnivorous fly larva (Diptera) that uses light to attract prey into its web. The light organ is derived from cells of the Malpighian tubules, representing a bioluminescence system that is unique to the genus. Bioluminescence is modulated through the night although light levels change quite slowly compared with the flashing of the better-known fireflies (Coleoptera). The existing model for the neural regulation of bioluminescence in Arachnocampa, based on use of anaesthetics and ligations, is that bioluminescence is actively repressed during the non-glowing phase and the repression is partially released during the bioluminescence phase. The effect of the anaesthetic, carbon dioxide, on the isolated light organ from the present study indicates that the repression is at least partially mediated at the light organ itself rather than less directly through the central nervous system. Blocking of neural signals from the central nervous system through ligation leads to uncontrolled release of bioluminescence but light is emitted at relatively low levels compared with under anaesthesia. Candidate biogenic amines were introduced by several methods: feeding prey items injected with test solution, injecting the whole larva, injecting a ligated section containing the light organ or bathing the isolated light organ in test solution. Using these methods, dopamine, serotonin and tyramine do not affect bioluminescence output. Exposure to elevated levels of octopamine via feeding, injection or bathing of the isolated light organ indicates that it is involved in the regulation of repression. Administration of the octopamine antagonists phentolamine or mianserin results in very high bioluminescence output levels, similar to the effect of anaesthetics, but only mianserin acts directly on the light organ.}, keywords = {dopamine, light organ, neuroanatomy, octopamine, serotonin, tyramine}, issn = {0022-0949}, doi = {10.1242/jeb.060509}, author = {Rigby, Lisa M. and Merritt, David J.} } @article {48284, title = {A new species of Mycomya Rondani from Siberia (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Acta zoologica cracoviensia}, volume = {54B}, year = {2011}, pages = {17-21}, abstract = {Three species of the genus and subgenus Mycomya RONDANI are recored from Yakutia, a province of Russian Siberia: Mycomya (Mycomya) fornicata (LUNDSTR{\"O}M, 1911),Mycomya (Mycomya) tenuis (WALKER, 1856) and a newspecies described herein.}, keywords = {Mycetophilidae, Mycomya, new species, Siberia, Yakutia}, author = {Ewa Krzemi{\~n}ska and Agnieszka Klimont} } @article {48241, title = {Таблица для определения родов личинок грибных комаров подсемейства Sciophilinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) фауны России и сопредельных стран}, journal = {Russian Entomological Journal}, volume = {20}, year = {2011}, pages = {219-226}, keywords = {key, Larvae, Russia, Sciophilinae}, author = {Krivosheina, M. G.} } @article {48185, title = {The winter diet of the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in Britain and Ireland.}, journal = {Hystrix - Italian Journal of Mammalogy}, volume = {22}, year = {2011}, pages = {159-166}, abstract = {The lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros feeds regularly throughout the winter across its British and Irish range. During winter 1995/96 and 1998/99, in Cornwall R. hipposideros fed mainly on dipteran flies in the families Tipulidae/ Trichoceridae, Sphaeroceridae and Mycetophilidae. Differences in dietary composition were found across the British and Irish range of R.hipposideros in winter, and these probably relate to local habitat differences. Nevertheless, across sites Tipulidae/Trichoceridae were always the most frequently eaten prey in winter, with Mycetophilidae and Anisopodidae also eaten frequently. The ecology of the important prey families indicated the value of damp woodland with decaying wood and grazing animals, particularly cattle, for the winter foraging of R. hipposideros.}, keywords = {Bat diet, Conservation, Dipterans, faecal analysis, Foraging, Vertebrata}, doi = {10.4404/hystrix-22.1-4498}, url = {http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/4498/pdf}, author = {Carol Williams and Leo Salter and Gareth Jones} } @article {48183, title = {Synchronized Circadian Bioluminescence in Cave-Dwelling Arachnocampa tasmaniensis (Glowworms) }, journal = {Journal of Biological Rhythms}, volume = {26}, year = {2011}, month = {02/2011}, pages = {34-43}, abstract = {Larvae of the genus Arachnocampa, known as glowworms, are bioluminescent predatory insects that use light to attract prey. One species, Arachnocampa flava, is known to possess true circadian regulation of bioluminescence: light:dark cycles entrain the rhythm of nocturnal glowing. Given the absence of natural light as a cue in caves, we addressed the question of whether cave populations of Arachnocampa tasmaniensis, a species known to inhabit caves as well as epigean environments, are rhythmic. We found that the major dark-zone cave populations of A. tasmaniensis maintain a high-amplitude 24-hour rhythm of bioluminescence, with the acrophase during external daylight hours. Populations of A. tasmaniensis in caves many kilometers apart show similar, but not exactly the same, timing of the acrophase. Systematic investigation of colonies in the dark zone of a single cave showed that some smaller colonies distant to the main ceiling colony, also in the dark zone, glow in antiphase. Periodic monitoring of a single colony over several years showed that the acrophase shifted from nocturnal to diurnal some time between October 2008 and January 2009. Prey availability was investigated as a possible zeitgeber. The acrophase of prey availability, as measured by light trapping, and the acrophase of bioluminescence do not precisely match, occurring 3 hours apart. Using in-cave artificial light exposure, we show that after LD cycles, cave larvae become entrained to bioluminesce during the foregoing photophase. In contrast, epigean larvae exposed to artificial LD cycles after a period of DD become entrained to bioluminesce during the foregoing scotophase. One explanation is that individuals within colonies in the dark zone synchronize their bioluminescence rhythms through detection and matching of each other {\textquoteright}s bioluminescence. }, keywords = {coupled oscillators, epigean, Hypogean, mutual synchronization, troglophile}, doi = {10.1177/0748730410391947 }, url = {http://jbr.sagepub.com/content/26/1/34}, author = {Merritt, David J. and Arthur K. Clarke} } @article {48177, title = {Таблица для определения родов личинок грибных комаров подсемейства Mycetophilinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) фауны России и сопредельных стран}, journal = {Russian Entomological Journal}, volume = {19}, year = {2011}, pages = {327-340}, abstract = {A key to genera of larvae of the fungus gnats of the subfamily Mycetophilinae (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) of Russia and adjacent countries is composed. Mycetophilinae larvae differ from larvae of other subfamilies in the structure of ventral surface of head capsule: epicranial plates contact in one point. The characters to genera are discussed.}, keywords = {Key to genera, Larvae, Mycetophilidae, Mycetophilinae, Russia}, author = {Krivosheina, M. G.} } @article {48174, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) of the Gemer region (Central Slovakia): Part 1 {\textendash} Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae and Keroplatidae}, journal = {{\v C}as. Slez. Muz. Opava (A)}, volume = {60}, year = {2011}, pages = {11-23}, abstract = {A total of 17 species of Bolitophilidae, 4 species of Diadocidiidae, 2 species of Ditomyiidae and 25 species of Keroplatidae are recorded from the Gemer region in central Slovakia. The material was obtained mainly in the years 2008{\textendash}2010 by means of Malaise traps and by individual collecting by the authors. Five species, Bolitophila spinigera Edwards, 1925, Antlemon servulum (Walker, 1837), Orfelia nigricornis (Fabricius, 1805), Macrocera maculata Meigen, 1818 and Macrocera zetterstedti Lundstr{\"o}m, 1914, are recorded from Slovakia for the first time. The occurrence of Asindulum nigrum Latreille, 1805 in Slovakia is confirmed.}, keywords = {Diptera, Europe, Faunistics, Insecta, new records, Sciaroidea, Slovakia}, issn = {1211-3026}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Kurina, Olavi} } @article {48155, title = {A new species of Macrorrhyncha Winnertz from NW Europe, (Diptera, Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Dipterists Digest}, volume = {18}, year = {2011}, pages = {43-50}, abstract = {Closer examination of material of Macrorrhyncha rostrata Zetterstedt, 1851 from Sweden revealed a mixture of two closely related species of which one, M. hugoi sp. n. is described based on type material from Southern Sweden and Southern England. The new species includes all known records of M. rostrata from England and the Channel Islands. Records of M. rostrata from continental Europe need to be verified.}, author = {Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein and Chandler, Peter J.} } @article {46727, title = {Baeopterogyna mihalyii Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): association of sexes using morphological and molecular approaches with the first description of females}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {114}, year = {2011}, pages = {15-27}, abstract = {Both males and females of Baeopterogyna mihalyii Matile, 1975 are recorded from northern Greece. Females are described for the first time providing photographs of the general facies and terminalia. In contrast to the single congener with stenopterous females {\textendash} B. nudipes Vockeroth, 1972 {\textendash} B. mihalyii is shown to have normally developed wings in both sexes. Association of sexes is based on both morphological characters and sequence data from cytochrome oxidase subunit one (COI). DNA sequences are used for the first time for the association of sexes in Mycetophilidae. New country record from Greece is provided for Sciophila nigronitida Landrock, 1925.}, keywords = {Baeopterogyna, COI, Diptera, Europe, Mycetophilidae, Systematics}, issn = {ISSN 1313-2970}, doi = {doi: 10.3897/zookeys.114.1364}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1364/baeopterogyna-mihalyii-matile-diptera-mycetophilidae-association-of-sexes-using-morphological-and-molecular-approaches-w}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Erki {\~O}unap and Gordon Ramel} } @article {46706, title = {Eight new Oriental and Australasian species of Leptomorphus (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae}, volume = {57}, year = {2011}, pages = {139{\textendash}159}, keywords = {Australasian region, fungus gnats, Leptomorphus, new species, Oriental region, Sciaroidea, Taxonomy}, author = {Papp, Laszlo and Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {45911, title = {The identity of Paratrizygia conformis Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with comments on its systematic position }, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2892}, year = {2011}, pages = {47-52}, abstract = {Paratrizygia conformis, the type{\textendash}species of the genus Paratrizygia, from Tasmania, is redescribed from the holotype. The wing venation and male terminalia are illustrated in detail. The question of the monophyly of the genus{\textemdash}which has four additional species in Chile and southern Argentina, and four species in the Atlantic Forest, in Brazil{\textemdash}is addressed. Comments are made on the relationships of the genus in the Azana{\textendash}group of Sciophilinae. The hypothesis of monophyly of Paratrizygia is retained, as indicated by the presence of modified, elongated spines on a distal fold of tergite 9.}, keywords = {Mycetophilidae, Paratrizygia, redescriptio, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and McAlister, Erica} } @article {45910, title = {The genus Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in Japan, with a key to the Palaearctic species of the genus}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2892}, year = {2011}, month = {26/05/2011}, pages = {33-46}, abstract = {The Japanese fauna of Manota comprises of 11 out of 14 Palaearctic species with a strong influence of Oriental elements in the southern subtropical parts of the country. The following five new species are described: M. curvistylus, M. kyushuensis, M. omotoensis, M. tripectinata, and M. yaeyamaensis. Three species are recorded for first time from Japan: M. bilobata Papp, 2004, M. epigrata Hippa, 2009 and M. planilobata Hippa, 2008. The hypopygia of the Japanese specimens of M. bilobata and M. planilobata are illustrated. New Japanese records are given of the following three species: M. indahae Hippa \& Kjaerandsen, 2010, M. satoyamanis Hippa \& Kjaerandsen, 2010 and M. tunoae Hippa \& Kjaerandsen, 2010. A key to the Palaearctic species of Manota is given}, keywords = {Diptera, Japan, key, Manota, Mycetophilidae, new species, Palaearctic region}, author = {Hippa, Heikki and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein and Saigusa, Toyohei} } @article {45535, title = {Таблица для определения родов личинок грибный комаров подсемейства Mycomyinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) фауны России и сопредельных стран}, journal = {Russian Entomological Journal}, volume = {19 [2010]}, year = {2011}, month = {03/2011}, pages = {139-142}, author = {Krivosheina, M. G.} } @article {45496, title = {Three new species of Docosia Winnertz from central and southern Europe (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2810}, year = {2011}, month = {06/04/2011}, pages = {26-36}, abstract = {Three new European species of Docosia Winnertz are described, photographed and their terminalia illustrated. Docosia muranica sp. nov. is described on the basis of material from central Slovakia and northern Greece, while the material of D. rameli sp. nov. and D. kerkini sp. nov. originates from northern Greece only. The number of described European species of Docosia has thus increased to 32.}, keywords = {Diptera, Docosia, Europe, Mycetophilidae, new species, Sciaroidea}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {45414, title = {The gene transformer-2 of Sciara (Diptera, Nematocera) and its effect on Drosophila sexual development}, journal = {BMC Developmental Biology}, volume = {11}, year = {2011}, month = {15 March 2011}, pages = {online}, abstract = {Background The gene transformer-2, which is involved in sex determination, has been studied in Drosophila, Musca, Ceratitis, Anastrepha and Lucilia. All these members of Diptera belong to the suborder Brachycera. In this work, it is reported the isolation and characterisation of genes transformer-2 of the dipterans Sciara ocellaris and Bradysia coprophila (formerly Sciara coprophila), which belong to the much less extensively analysed Sciaridae Family of the Suborder Nematocera, which is paraphyletic with respect to Suborder Brachycera. Results The transformer-2 genes of the studied Sciara species were found to be transcribed in both sexes during development and adult life, in both the soma and germ lines. They produced a single primary transcript, which follows the same alternative splicing in both sexes, giving rise to different mRNAs isoforms. In S. ocellaris the most abundant mRNA isoform encoded a full-length protein of 251 amino acids, while that of B. coprophila encoded a protein of 246 amino acids. Both showed the features of the SR protein family. The less significant mRNA isoforms of both species encoded truncated, presumably non-functional Transformer-2 proteins. The comparison of the functional Sciara Transformer-2 proteins among themselves and those of other insects revealed the greatest degree of conservation in the RRM domain and linker region. In contrast, the RS1 and RS2 domains showed extensive variation with respect to their number of amino acids and their arginine-serine (RS) dipeptide content. The expression of S. ocellaris Transformer-2 protein in Drosophila XX pseudomales lacking the endogenous transformer-2 function caused their partial feminisation. Conclusions The transformer-2 genes of both Sciaridae species encode a single protein in both sexes that shares the characteristics of the Transformer-2 proteins of other insects. These proteins showed conserved sex-determination function in Drosophila; i.e., they were able to form a complex with the endogenous Drosophila Transformer protein that controls the female-specific splicing of the Drosophila doublesex pre-mRNA. However, it appears that the complex formed between the Drosophila Transformer protein and the Sciara Transformer-2 protein is less effective at inducing the female-specific splicing of the endogenous Drosophila doublesex pre-mRNA than the DrosophilaTransformer-Transformer2 complex. This suggests the existence of species-specific co-evolution of the Transformer and Transformer-2 proteins.}, doi = {10.1186/1471-213X-11-19}, url = {http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/11/19}, author = {Iker Martin and Maria F Ruiz and Sanchez, Lucas} } @article {45413, title = {Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, year = {2011}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1012675108}, author = {Brian M. Wiegmann and Michelle D. Trautwein and Isaac S. Winkler and Norman B. Barr and Jung-Wook Kim and Christine Lambkin and Matthew A. Bertone and Brian K. Cassel and Keith M. Bayless and Alysha M. Heimberg and Benjamin M. Wheeler and Kevin J. Peterson and Pape, Thomas and Sinclair, Bradley J. and Jeffrey H. Skevington and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Jason Caravas and Sujatha Narayanan Kutty and Urs Schmidt-Ott and Gail E. Kampmeier and Thompson, F. Christian and Grimaldi, David A. and Andrew T. Beckenbach and Gregory W. Courtney and Markus Friedrich and Rudolf Meier and Yeates, David K.} } @article {martinsson_towards_2011, title = {Towards a molecular phylogeny of the fungus gnat genus Boletina (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zoologica Scripta}, volume = {40}, year = {2011}, pages = {272-281}, abstract = {Boletina is a species rich genus of fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) with a mainly Holarctic distribution. The systematics within the genus has gained little attention and this is a first attempt to shed some light over the systematics of Boletina and to test the segregation of the genera Saigusaia and Aglaomyia from Boletina. The nuclear marker 28S and mitochondrial 16S, COI and CytB were amplified and sequenced for 23 taxa that were analysed separately and together with a broad sample of outgroup taxa obtained from GenBank, where also 18S sequences were added. Phylogenies were estimated using maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference and parsimony. We strengthen the hypothesized sister-group relationship between Docosia and Boletina, but the genus Boletina as currently delimited appears to be paraphyletic and nested in a clade together with Aglaomyia, Coelosia and Gnoriste. The genus Saigusaia, on the other hand, seems to be well separated from Boletina. The Boletina erythropyga species group is consistently found as a distinct basal clade within Boletina s.l. The results obtained are otherwise ambiguous both for the taxa in focus and in some analyses globally with a statistically supported total breakdown of the traditional higher classification into tribes, subfamilies and even families. Interestingly, this breakdown almost disappeared when additional 18S sequences were added.}, issn = {03003256}, doi = {10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00474.x}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00474.x/suppinfo$\#$}, author = {Martinsson, Svante and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein and Per Sundberg} } @article {45403, title = {The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of five new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2771}, year = {2011}, month = {02/2011}, pages = {53{\textendash}61}, abstract = {Five new species of Keilbachia Mohrig are described: Keilbachia adstricta, K. constricta, K. cracens, K. fratercula and K. truncata. The species are the first sciarids recognized from New Caledonia and are similar in structure to the New Guinean K. indigena Mohrig and the Indomalayan K. adunca Hippa \& Vilkamaa. A key to the Australasian species of Keilbachia is provided.}, keywords = {Australasia, Diptera, Keilbachia, New Caledonia, new species, Sciaridae}, issn = {1175-5326}, author = {Vilkamaa, Pekka and Hippa, Heikki and Mohrig, Werner} } @article {45369, title = {New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from Thailand, with a key to the Oriental and Palaearctic species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2763}, year = {2011}, pages = {39-60}, abstract = {The following new species are described: Manota aquila, M. falcata, M. flammula and M. subcollina. The following are reported as new species for the Thailand fauna: M. calcarata Hippa, M. clausa Hippa, M. curvata Hippa, M. duplex Hippa, M. fera Hippa, M. ferrata Hippa, M. horrida Hippa, M. perangulata Hippa \& {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k, M. pollex Hippa, and M. transversa Hippa. New records within Thailand are given of the following species: M. aconcinna Hippa, M. acutangula Hippa, M. ancylochaeta Hippa, M. biunculata Hippa, M. dentata Hippa \& Papp, M. epigrata Hippa, M. globigera Hippa, M. heptacantha Hippa, M. inflata Hippa, M. mirifica Hippa \& Papp, M. oligochaeta Hippa, M. ovata Hippa, M. pectinata Hippa, M. pellii Hippa, M. perlobata Hippa, M. perpusilla Hippa, M. planilobata Hippa, M. plusiochaeta Hippa, M. roslii Hippa, M. simplex Hippa, M. subferrata Hippa, M. submirifica Hippa, M. tetrachaeta Hippa, M. ulu Hippa, and M. vesicaria Hippa. Male genitalia of M. aconcinna Hippa are redescribed. The number of the known Oriental species of Manota is now 84, of which 56 are recorded from Thailand. A key to the Oriental and Palaearctic species is given.}, keywords = {Diptera, key, Manota, Mycetophilidae, new species, Oriental region, Palaearctic region, Thailand}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2011_/Hippa_2011_zt02763p060.pdf}, author = {Hippa, Heikki} } @article {gaskett_orchid_2011, title = {Orchid pollination by sexual deception: pollinator perspectives}, journal = {Biological Reviews}, volume = {86}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, pages = {33{\textendash}75}, abstract = {The extraordinary taxonomic and morphological diversity of orchids is accompanied by a remarkable range of pollinators and pollination systems. Sexually deceptive orchids are adapted to attract specific male insects that are fooled into attempting to mate with orchid flowers and inadvertently acting as pollinators. This review summarises current knowledge, explores new hypotheses in the literature, and introduces some new approaches to understanding sexual deception from the perspective of the duped pollinator. Four main topics are addressed: (1) global patterns in sexual deception, (2) pollinator identities, mating systems and behaviours, (3) pollinator perception of orchid deceptive signals, and (4) the evolutionary implications of pollinator responses to orchid deception, including potential costs imposed on pollinators by orchids. A global list of known and putative sexually deceptive orchids and their pollinators is provided and methods for incorporating pollinator perspectives into sexual deception research are provided and reviewed. At present, almost all known sexually deceptive orchid taxa are from Australia or Europe. A few sexually deceptive species and genera are reported for New Zealand and South Africa. In Central and Southern America, Asia, and the Pacific many more species are likely to be identified in the future. Despite the great diversity of sexually deceptive orchid genera in Australia, pollination rates reported in the literature are similar between Australian and European species. The typical pollinator of a sexually deceptive orchid is a male insect of a species that is polygynous, monandrous, haplodiploid, and solitary rather than social. Insect behaviours involved in the pollination of sexually deceptive orchids include pre-copulatory gripping of flowers, brief entrapment, mating, and very rarely, ejaculation. Pollinator behaviour varies within and among pollinator species. Deception involving orchid mimicry of insect scent signals is becoming well understood for some species, but visual and tactile signals such as colour, shape, and texture remain neglected. Experimental manipulations that test for function, multi-signal interactions, and pollinator perception of these signals are required. Furthermore, other forms of deception such as exploitation of pollinator sensory biases or mating preferences merit more comprehensive investigation. Application of molecular techniques adapted from model plants and animals is likely to deliver new insights into orchid signalling, and pollinator perception and behaviour. There is little current evidence that sexual deception drives any species-level selection on pollinators. Pollinators do learn to avoid deceptive orchids and their locations, but this is not necessarily a response specific to orchids. Even in systems where evidence suggests that orchids do interfere with pollinator mating opportunities, considerable further research is required to determine whether this is sufficient to impose selection on pollinators or generate antagonistic coevolution or an arms race between orchids and their pollinators. Botanists, taxonomists and chemical ecologists have made remarkable progress in the study of deceptive orchid pollination. Further complementary investigations from entomology and behavioural ecology perspectives should prove fascinating and engender a more complete understanding of the evolution and maintenance of such enigmatic plant-animal interactions.}, keywords = {colour and shape, Evolution, floral scent, insects, learning, mating behaviour, mimicry, orchid, pollinator behaviour, sensory biases}, issn = {14647931}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00134.x}, author = {A. C. Gaskett} } @article {kurina_review_2011, title = {Review of the European Greenomyia Brunetti (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) with new descriptions of females}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {77}, year = {2011}, pages = {31-50}, abstract = {The females of the four continental Greenomyia Brunetti species in Europe are associated with the males, diagnosed and keyed, providing the first association and description of the females of Greenomyia baikalica Zaitzev, 1994 and Greenomyia stackelbergi Zaitzev, 1982. Colour photographs of their habitus and line drawings of their female terminalia are provided. Greenomyia mongolica La{\v s}tovka \& Matile, 1974 is found to be a senior synonym of Greenomyia theresae Matile, 2002. syn. n. The diagnostic characters used to distinguish between Greenomyia and Neoclastobasis Ostroverkhova in keys did not hold up to a closer scrutiny and leave the status of Neoclastobasis as separate genus questionable.}, keywords = {Europe, fungus gnats, Greenomyia, identifi cation key, Mycetophilidae, Neoclastobasis, Synonymy, Systematics}, issn = {1313-2970}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.77.936}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/936/936-G-1-layout.htm}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Hedmark, Kjell and Karstr{\"o}m, Mats and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} } @article {45261, title = {Recovery Plan for the Endangered Taxonomy Profession}, journal = {BioScience}, volume = {61}, year = {2011}, month = {01/2011}, pages = {58-63}, abstract = {The worldwide decline in taxonomists has a broad impact on biology and society. Learning from general historical patterns of science and understanding social changes caused by growing economies, we propose changes in priorities for training taxonomists to reverse these losses. Academically trained professionals, parataxonomists (local assistants trained by professional biologists), youths educated with an emphasis on natural history, and self-supported expert amateurs are the major sources of taxonomists. Recruiting effort from each category is best determined by public attitudes toward education, as well as the availability of discretionary funds and leisure time. Instead of concentrating on descriptions of species and narrow studies of morphology and DNA, the duties of the few professional taxonomists of the future also will be to use cyberspace and a wide range of skills to recruit, train, and provide direction for expert amateurs, young students, parataxonomists, the general public, and governments.}, doi = {www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo. asp. doi:10.1525/bio.2011.61.1.11}, author = {David L. Pearson and Andrew L. Hamilton and Terry L. Erwin} } @article {45222, title = {Phylogeny of Pnyxiopalpus Vilkamaa \& Hippa, with the description of P. persimplex sp. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2743}, year = {2011}, pages = {56-62}, abstract = {Phylogeny of the Oriental genus Pnyxiopalpus Vilkamaa \& Hippa, 1999 was re-studied in the light of the recently described, putatively related genus Vulagisciara Evenhuis, 2007, from Fiji, and a new species of Pnyxiopalpus, P. persimplex sp. n. from Selangor, Malaysia. Characters of these taxa were added to a previously published data matrix . The parsimony analysis yields two most parsimonious cladograms. In the strict concensus cladogram, Vulagisciara appears as the sister group of a monophyletic Pnyxiopalpus. Pnyxiopalpus persimplex sp. n. is described. The new species shares the basic structure of Pnyxiopalpus, but lacks some of the unique morphological modifications present in congeneric species. P. persimplex appears as the sister species to P. simplex, these two species together appearing as the sister group to all other Pnyxiopalpus.}, keywords = {Diptera, new species, Oriental region, phylogeny, Pnyxiopalpus persimplex, Sciaridae}, author = {Vilkamaa, Pekka and Hippa, Heikki} } @article {45220, title = {Catalogue of the Bolitophilidae and Diadocidiidae of the World (Insecta: Diptera)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2741}, year = {2011}, pages = {38-58}, abstract = {The catalogue includes all available and unavailable names that apply to the recent and fossil members of the families Bolitophilidae and Diadocidiidae occurring in the world. Taxonomic references given after each name pertain to the original description with author, year and pages; type locality; type depository and chronological list of synonyms. Complete distributional information from the literature is listed for each species. A total of 81 species-group names in 2 genera are listed for Bolitophilidae, of which 65 are taxonomically valid. For Diadocidiidae, 31 species-group names in 2 genera are listed, of which 26 are taxonomically valid. The following taxonomic changes are made: Bolitophila pulveris Lewis, 1969 is removed from Bolitophilidae, Palaeodocidia Sasakawa, 2004 is treated as syn. nov. of Diadocidia Ruthe, 1831, Diadocidia bifurcata Fedotova \& Perkovsky, 2004 is removed from Diadocidiidae and transferred to Cecidomyiidae.}, keywords = {catalogue, Diptera, distribution, Synonymy}, author = {Bechev, Dimitar and Chandler, Peter J.} } @article {45219, title = {DELTA Intkey Corynoptera s. str. Winnertz, 1867}, year = {2011}, month = {01/2011}, edition = {1.0}, abstract = {Die Sciaridae oder Trauerm{\"u}cken sind eine sehr artenreiche und habituell sehr einf{\"o}rmige Familie unscheinbarer Insekten. Die meisten Arten messen nur zwischen 1 und 3 mm. Aus Europa sind zur Zeit {\"u}ber 650 Arten bekannt, von denen fast 25\% zur Gro{\ss}gattung Corynoptera z{\"a}hlen. Jedoch ist die Systematik innerhalb der Gattung noch nicht vollst{\"a}ndig gekl{\"a}rt. Es ist daher davon auszugehen ist, dass der sich der Umfang der Gattung zuk{\"u}nftig noch {\"a}ndern wird. Der vorliegende interaktive Bestimmungsschl{\"u}ssel beruht auf einer Gattungsrevision, die nur den {\quotedblbase}Kernbereich{\textquotedblleft} von Corynoptera umfasst. Eine Ausweitung des Schl{\"u}ssels um weitere Arten und auch weitere Gattungen ist vorgesehen und wird an dieser Stelle ver{\"o}ffentlicht werden. The key itself is in English: cf. page link "DELTA Intkey Corynoptera" (Corynoptera.ink). First you need to install the DELTA Intkey (intk32.exe) cf. http://delta-intkey.com/www/programs.htm}, keywords = {Corynoptera, DELTA, Identification guide, Sciaridae}, url = {http://offene-naturfuehrer.de/web/Corynoptera}, author = {Heller, K.} } @article {shevtsova_stable_????, title = {Stable structural color patterns displayed on transparent insect wings}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, volume = {108}, year = {2011}, pages = {668-673}, abstract = {Color patterns play central roles in the behavior of insects, and are important traits for taxonomic studies. Here we report striking and stable structural color patterns{\textemdash}wing interference patterns (WIPs){\textemdash}in the transparent wings of small Hymenoptera and Diptera, patterns that have been largely overlooked by biologists. These extremely thin wings reflect vivid color patterns caused by thin film interference. The visibility of these patterns is affected by the way the insects display their wings against various backgrounds with different light properties. The specific color sequence displayed lacks pure red and matches the color vision of most insects, strongly suggesting that the biological significance of WIPs lies in visual signaling. Taxon-specific color patterns are formed by uneven membrane thickness, pigmentation, venation, and hair placement. The optically refracted pattern is also stabilized by microstructures of the wing such as membrane corrugations and spherical cell structures that reinforce the pattern and make it essentially noniridescent over a large range of light incidences. WIPs can be applied to map the micromorphology of wings through direct observation and are useful in several fields of biology. We demonstrate their usefulness as identification patterns to solve cases of cryptic species complexes in tiny parasitic wasps, and indicate their potentials for research on the genetic control of wing development through direct links between the transregulatory wing landscape and interference patterns we observe in Drosophila model species. Some species display sexually dimorphic WIPs, suggesting sexual selection as one of the driving forces for their evolution.}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1017393108}, url = {http://wipbarcode.com}, author = {Ekaterina Shevtsova and Christer Hansson and Daniel H. Janzen and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} } @article {Russo2009, title = {The early bat catches the fly: Daylight foraging in soprano pipistrelles}, journal = {Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde}, volume = {76}, year = {2011}, pages = {87-89}, keywords = {Beech forest, Dipterans, Foraging, Pipistrellus pygmaeus}, issn = {1616-5047}, doi = {DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.08.002}, author = {Danilo Russo and Luca Cistrone and Antonio P. Garonna and Gareth Jones} }