Grassflies of the family Chloropidae (Diptera) on Mediterranean islands

E.P. Nartshuk

Abstract. One hundred sixteen species of Chloropidae (Diptera) are recorded from several Mediterranean islands: 66 on Sardinia, 46 on Sicilia, 45 on the Balearic Islands, 39 on the Maltese Islands, 31 on Corsica, 22 on Cyprus and 6 on Crete. The number of species recorded depends more on the level of knowledge of fauna than on the area of the islands. The recorded species belong to no less than ten chorotypes, most of them, to Euro-Mediterranean, Macaronesian-Mediterranean or Mediterranean chorotypes. Two species, Lasiambia aterrima (Duda) and Oscinimorpha tenuirostris (Duda), are known on islands and in North Africa (Tunisia) but not recorded from mainland Europe. Two species are East Mediterranean, Tricimba meridian Dely-Draskovits and Trachysiphonella pori Harkness et Ismay. Scoliophthalmus trapezoids Becker and Anacamptoneurum obliquum Becker, which are recorded only from Cyprus, are distributed also in Africa, Arabia and the Oriental Region. Five species are up-to now found only on islands. This review includes 22 species (16 valid), which have type localities on the islands.

Key words: grassflies, distribution, range types, review, Mediterranean islands, Diptera, Chloropidae

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2013, 22(1): 129-140 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2013

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2013.22.1.129 ▪ Open full article

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