TY - JOUR T1 - Ctenosciara alexanderkoenigi sp. n. (Diptera: Sciaridae), an exotic invader in Germany? JF - Biodiversity Data Journal Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.3897/BDJ.4.e6460 A1 - Heller, Kai A1 - Rulik, Björn SP - e6460 KW - DNA barcoding KW - Faunistics KW - identification key KW - invasive species KW - new species AB -

A new species of the genus Ctenosciara Tuomikoski, 1960 is here described based upon a single specimen, obtained from collectings in the garden at Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn. Ctenosciara alexanderkoenigi sp. n. differs from all other congeneric European species by its striking coloration and distinct male genitalia. However, DNA barcoding reveals associations with two specimens from New Zealand. Therefore a recent migration of Ctenosciara species from the Australasian Region, the likely center of origin of the genus, is discussed. A key to the European species of Ctenosciara is provided. Barcoding results reveale that Ctenosciara exigua is not clearly distinguished from Ctenosciara hyalipennis by its COI sequence (both share the same BIN BOLD:AAH3983) and that its species status may be questionable.

L2 - 56246 L3 - 68775 VL - 4 SN - 1314-28361314-2828 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e6460 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A new species of Docosia Winnertz from Central Europe, with DNA barcoding based on four gene markers (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) JF - ZooKeys Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.3897/zookeys.549.6925 A1 - Jan Ševčík A1 - David Kaspřák A1 - Rulik, Björn SP - 127 EP - 143 AB -

A new species of Docosia Winnertz, D. dentata sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on a single male specimen collected in Muránska planina National Park in Central Slovakia. DNA sequences (COI, COII, CytB, and ITS2) are included and compared for 13 species of Docosia. There was found only little congruence between the molecular results and previous scarce data about interspecific relationships based on morphology. The COI and CytB gene markers showed the highest interspecific gene distances while ITS2 showed the lowest ones. An updated key to the 23 Central European species of Docosia is also presented.

L2 - 56166 L3 - 68694 VL - 549 SN - 1313-29891313-2970 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.6925 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Die Pilzmücken der Sächsischen Schweiz – Gattungen Mycomya RONDANI und Neoempheria OSTEN SACKEN (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) JF - Studia dipterologica Y1 - 2011 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Kallweit, Uwe SP - 133 EP - 142 KW - Faunistics KW - Germany KW - Mycetophilidae KW - Mycomya KW - Neoempheria KW - new records KW - Saxon Switzerland National Park KW - Saxony AB - 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 VÄISÄNEN, 1979 and M. pulchella (DZIEDZICKI, 1885) are recorded from Germany for the first time. L2 - 50414 L3 - 51851 VL - 17 CP - 1-2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New records of Manota WILLISTON (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Europe and North America, including a redescription of Manota unifurcata LUNDSTRÖM and pointers towards the interrelationships among Palaearctic species JF - Studia dipterologica Y1 - 2011 A1 - Jaschhof, Mathias A1 - Jaschhof, Catrin A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Kjærandsen, Jostein SP - 55 EP - 66 KW - Europe KW - Faunistics KW - Holarctic region KW - Manota KW - Mycetophilidae KW - North America KW - relationships KW - Sciaroidea KW - Taxonomy AB - Knowledge of the morphology of Manota unifurcata LUNDSTRÖM, 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. L2 - 50038 L3 - 51850 VL - 17 CP - 2010 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Beitrag zur Fauna der pilzmückenartigen Zweiflügler von Hessen (Deutschland) (Diptera, Sciaroidea: Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae) JF - Philippia Y1 - 2010 A1 - Menzel, Frank A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Heller, K. A1 - Smith, Jane E. SP - 299 EP - 310 AB - 412 specimens from the super-family Sciaroidea, collected in the Federal State Hesse, were examined. They were identified as Fungus Gnats (Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) and Black Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae). The specimens were collected with sweep nets from two different localities (Beise Valley by Niederbeisheim, Fulda Valley by Neumorschen). A total of 72 species were determined, of which 26 species are new for the dipteran fauna of Hesse. L2 - 45187 L3 - 46106 VL - 14 CP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Kommentierte Artenlisten der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen und Insekten (Diptera, Odonata, Coleoptera: Bupestridae) des GEO-Artentages in Dessau-Roßlau 2009 und vorangegangener Jahre..... JF - Naturwissenschaftliche Beiträge des Museums Dessau Y1 - 2009 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Guido Warthemann A1 - Doreen Krüger A1 - Tom Quast A1 - Susanne Osterloh A1 - Katja Osterloh A1 - Hendrik Freitag SP - 87 EP - 106 AB - Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der entomologischen und botanischen Exkursionen in fünf Untersuchungsgebieten im weiteren Umkreis des Kühnauer Sees in der Stadt Dessau-Roßlau werden präsentiert. Die Untersuchungsstellen werden kurz charakterisiert. Nachweise von 55 Insektenarten, darunter 27 Diptera, 18 Odonata, 10 Buprestidae (Coleoptera) und 198 Farn- und Blütenpflanzen werden in Tabellenform gelistet. Besonders seltene und gefährdete, sowie lokal oder national erstmalig belegte Arten werden besprochen. Dabei erfahren u.a. die Taxa Brachypeza radiata Jenkinson, 1908, Trichonta paraterminalis Zaitzev, 1999 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Aeshna isoceles (O.F. Müller, 1767) (Odonata: Aeshnidae), Trachys scrobiculatus Kiesenwetter, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) eingehende Diskussion. Die botanische Exkursion in die Lobenbreite liefert die erste den Autoren bekannte floristische Erfassung des Gebietes seit 1978 und ist Teil der Neubearbeitung der Flora von Dessau-Roßlau. An regional seltenen, z.T. gefährdeten Pflanzenarten wurden Silene otites (L.). (Ohrlöffel-Leimkraut), Geranium sanguineum L., Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik (Schwalbenwurz), Ornithopus perpusillus L.(Vogelfuß) und Colchicum autumnale L. (Herbst-Zeitlose) nachgewiesen. L2 - 43927 L3 - 44495 VL - 21 U1 - full title: Kommentierte Artenlisten der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen und Insekten (Diptera, Odonata, Coleoptera: Bupestridae) des GEO-Artentages in Dessau-Roßlau 2009 und vorangegangener Jahre mit Erstnachweisen von Brachypeza radiata Jenkinson, 1908 und Trichonta paraterminalis Zaitzev, 1999 (Insecta: Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in der BRD. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pollination of Aristolochia pallida Willd. (Aristolochiaceae) in the Mediterranean JF - Flora Y1 - 2008 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2007.02.006 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Wanke, Stefan A1 - Nuss, Matthias A1 - Neinhuis, Christoph SP - 175 EP - 184 KW - Diptera KW - Phoridae KW - Plant insect interaction KW - Sciaridae AB - A first study of the pollination biology of a Mediterranean Aristolochia species in its natural habitat is presented. In all, 183 flowers of Aristolochia pallida Willd. were investigated, which in total contained 73 arthropods, dominated by two groups of Diptera, black fungus gnats (Sciaridae representing 37%) and scuttle flies (Phoridae representing 19%), respectively. However, only Phoridae are regarded as potential pollinators, since pollen has been found exclusively on the body of these insects. All Phoridae belong to the genus Megaselia and are recognised as three morpho-species. The measurements of flower and insect dimensions suggest that size is an important constraint for successful pollination: (a) the insects must have a definitive size for being able to enter the flower and (b) must be able to get in touch with the pollen. Only very few insect groups found in A. pallida fulfil these size requirements. However, size alone is not a sufficient filter as too many fly species of the same size might be trapped but not function as pollinators. Instead, specific attraction is required as otherwise pollen is lost. Since all trapped Phoridae are males, a chemical attraction (pheromones) is proposed as an additional constraint. Since the flowers are protogynous, the record of Megaselia loaded with pollen found in a flower during its female stage proves that this insect must have had visited at least one different flower during its male stage before. Further on, this observation provides strong evidence that the flowers are cross-pollinated. All these factors indicate a highly specialised pollination of A. pallida by Megaselia species. L2 - 26776 L3 - 27014 VL - 203 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Rulik_et_al_ 2008_Pollination_of_Aristolochia.pdf CP - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - First record of Mycomya maura (Walker, 1856) and Cordyla fissa Edwards, 1925 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Slovakia JF - Studia dipterologica Y1 - 2007 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Heller, K. SP - 95 EP - 96 L2 - 26358 L3 - 26536 VL - 14 CP - 1 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Sciaridae T2 - Checklist of the Diptera of Hungary Y1 - 2001 A1 - Mohrig, Werner A1 - Papp, L. A1 - Rulik, Björn ED - Papp, L. SP - 119 EP - 123 L2 - 26312 L3 - 27213 JA - Checklist of the Diptera of Hungary PB - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The fauna of sciarid flies from the Dominican Republic (Diptera: Sciaridae) JF - Beiträge zur Entomologie Y1 - 2004 A1 - Mohrig, Werner A1 - Röschmann, Frank A1 - Rulik, Björn SP - 267 EP - 331 AB - This 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. L2 - 26313 L3 - 26449 VL - 54 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New Sciarid Flies (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Nepal JF - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Y1 - 1999 A1 - Mohrig, Werner A1 - Röschmann, Frank A1 - Rulik, Björn SP - 189 EP - 201 L2 - 26314 L3 - 26450 VL - 46 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A blackbird's nest as breeding substrate for insects – first record of Docosia fumosa Edwards , 1925 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Germany JF - Studia dipterologica Y1 - 2006 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Kallweit, Uwe SP - 41 EP - 43 L2 - 26315 L3 - 29050 VL - 13 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Rulik_&_Kallweit_2006_bird_nest_Docosia_fumosa.pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Trauermücken (Diptera: Sciaridae) und freilebende Gallmücken (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Lestremiinae) aus Ungarn. Mit Bemerkungen zur Corynoptera tridentata-Gruppe JF - Folia Entomologica Hungarica Y1 - 2001 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Mohrig, Werner A1 - Jaschhof, Mathias SP - 231 EP - 245 L2 - 26316 L3 - 26452 VL - 62 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New Species of Sciarid Flies (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Greece and Turkey JF - Journal of the Entomological Research Society Y1 - 1999 A1 - Rulik, Björn A1 - Röschmann, Frank A1 - Mohrig, Werner SP - 21 EP - 50 L2 - 26317 L3 - 26453 VL - 1 ER -