Three new species in the Neotropical genus Metalepta Baly, 1861, are described: Metalepta patricia n. sp., M. perezi n. sp. and M. rubra n. sp., all collected in northern Peru (Amazonas, Bongará Province). The type specimens of the previously known species are restudied, and their photographs are provided. Lectotypes of M. tuberculata Baly, 1861, a...
A selection of twelve rarely collected Tenebrionidae species, including new country records, coming from the Turkish Oak Habitat Project (TOHP), a large-scale study of the fauna of old oaks in Türkiye, is highlighted. Pentaphyllus testaceus (Hellwig, 1792), Philhammus aharonii (Reitter, 1910), Stenosis fulvipes (Reiche & Saulcy, 1857), and Tenebrio...
Published in Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales
A total of 327 species of Agromyzidae has been recorded from the Gemer area and for 245 of these species new data are given. Altogether 89 species are ascertained to occur in the Gemer area for the first time. Of this number, 35 species are new additions to the fauna of Slovakia, viz. Agromyza filipendulae Spencer, 1976, A. myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1...
Published in Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales
The family Anthomyiidae (Diptera) has received very little attention in Portugal and as a consequence the state of knowledge of this group of flies in the country is very insufficient. Until now, only 20 species were known for mainland Portugal, but non-systematic sampling carried out over more than 10 years allowed the discovery of 52 new species ...
L’île d’Yeu, située dans le golfe de Gascogne, dispose d’une riche diversité d’habitats côtiersremarquablement préservés. Nous fournissons ici une première liste détaillée de la myrmécofaunede l’île, où notre effort d’échantillonnage a permis d’identifier 29 espèces formant un assemblagede fourmis tempérées et méditerranéennes au nord de leur distr...
During the Our Planet Reviewed in Corsica expeditions in 2019, 2020 and 2021, 134 specimens of 20 species of Sciomyzidae were collected by means of Malaise and pan traps. Eleven species are reported from Corsica for the first time: Coremacera marginata (Fabricius, 1775), Ilione albiseta (Scopoli, 1763), Elgiva cucularia (Linnaeus, 1767), E. solicit...
Published in Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales
In this contribution, we present the first records of species from the families Cecidomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, and Sciaridae from Slovakia. A total of 45 species were identified, of which 44 species are new to Slovakia—29 in Cecidomyiidae, 3 in Keroplatidae, 8 in Mycetophilidae, and 4 in Sciaridae. New records for central Europe are a...
Knowledge of the fauna of Bibionidae of Corsica is summarized, with 13 species reported from the island. Four species are recorded for the first time from Corsica, Bibio pomonae (Fabricius, 1775), Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804, D. sardous Haenni, 2009, and a possibly undescribed species, B. aff. johannis (Linnaeus, 1767). A key for the identifica...
Suite aux récoltes réalisées lors des expéditions La Planète Revisitée en Corse 2019-2021 et lors d'un échantillonnage réalisé au piège Malaise par l'Office de l'Environnement de Corse, une espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France est ajoutée, Pseudoryssus henschii, et les 13 espèces suivantes sont citées pour la première fois de
After first records of a second species of the genus Euryommatus Roger, 1856 from Turkey, E. berytensis (Marseul, 1868), further specimens could be assigned to that species. Euryommatus berytensis and E. mariae are compared, and their occurrences are briefly presented. Further details and considerations on the association of E. berytensis with the ...
