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A Check List of Swedish Dolichopodidae (Diptera) Ent. Tidskr. 123 (2002) A check list of Swedish Dolichopodidae A Check list of Swedish Dolichopodidae (Diptera) IGOR GRICHANOV Grichanov, I.: A check list of Swedish Dolichopodidae (Diptera). [Förteckning över svenska styltflugor (Diptera: Dolichopodidae).] – Entomologisk Tidskrift 123 (3): 119- 130. Uppsala, Sweden 2002. ISSN 0013-886x. A checklist of Swedish Dolichopodidae is presented including a total of 321 species, 12 of which are new Swedish records. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for 10 spe- cies, and 11 new synonyms are proposed. Igor Grichanov, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Shosse Podbelskogo 3, St. Pe- tersburg, Pushkin, Russia. Introduction The Dolichopodidae fauna of the world is very (Hedström, 1966a,b; Weslien, 1992; Andersson, large, with approximately 6500 described spe- 1999). Many species have been renamed or their cies and 200 genera. These, mostly predatory fli- names placed in synonymy. es are distributed throughout the world including Below is given a revised checklist of Swedish the tropics and high-latitude islands and territo- Dolichopodidae with new records based on the ries. In Sweden adults and larvae of almost all collections of the Lund Zoological Museum. So species of long-legged flies (dolichopodids) are far about 320 species are known for Sweden. The predators inhabiting moist substrata. Small-sized expanded (but not complete) synonymy is given species may be saprophages in the larval stage. here because the majority of the old names have Species of only one genus (Thrypticus) are been used in the Swedish literature, and a number known to be phytophages living inside stems of of synonyms have been used in the basic British, cereal grasses. Most of the numerous species of French, German and Russian manuals and keys the cosmopolitan genus Medetera are associated to species of Dolichopodidae. Many old Euro- with tree trunks, especially in boreal forests, pean names were proposed without giving a type where their larvae are predacious mainly on locality for the species. It should be mentioned bark-beetles (Coleoptera). that the non-type collection of Zetterstedt still Recently check lists of dolichopodids have has not been fully revised. Several old species are been compiled or revised for several European known by females only and there are some countries (e.g., Olejníèek, 1997; Chandler, 1998; doubtful records of Dolichopodidae from the Bellstedt et al., 1999). The last Swedish check country, which means that adjustments to the list list of 265 species was published by Ringdahl should be anticipated. There are species to be ex- (1928), who later added many new species to the cluded from the Swedish fauna in future. At the Swedish fauna and compiled an unpublished list same time a few species described from neigh- of species for the country in 1954 (Ringdahl’s bouring Nordic countries may be found in Swe- manuscript deposited in Lund Zoological Muse- den as well. Species marked with an asterisk (*) um). The systematics of the family has changed in the list below are recorded for Sweden for the considerably since the works of Ringdahl, and first time. The material of all newly recorded spe- several more species have been found in Sweden cies is deposited in Lund Zoological Museum 119 Igor Grichanov Ent. Tidskr. 123 (2002) [MZLU] and will be published separately (see ACHALCINAE Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 also web site of the Zoological Museum: http:// Achalcus Loew, 1857 darwin.biol.lu.se/systzool/zoomus/index.html). cinereus (Haliday, 1851) [Rhaphium] =pygmaeus (Zetterstedt, 1855) [Rhaphium] The following new synonymies are proposed in flavicollis (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] this paper: =pallidus (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Rhaphium] melanotrichis Mik, 1878 Dolichopus micropygus Wahlberg, 1850 Dolichopus brachyurus Zetterstedt, 1859, syn.n. DIAPHORINAE Schiner, 1864 Dolichopus vitripennis Meigen, 1824 Argyra Macquart, 1834 Dolichopus brachycerus Zetterstedt, 1843, syn.n. argentina (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] Medetera excellens Frey, 1909 =geniculata (Schummel, 1837) [Porphyrops] Medetera thunebergi Negrobov, 1967, syn.n. argyria (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] Medetera jacula (Fallén, 1823) =argentata Macquart, 1834 Medetera meridionalis Negrobov, 1967, syn.n. =argentella (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus] Medetera muralis Meigen, 1824 =divergens Parent, 1926 Medetera belgica Parent, 1936, syn.n. auricollis (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] Medetera peloria Negrobov, 1967, syn.n. =pellucens var. ß (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] Medetera kowarzi Negrobov in Negrobov & diaphana (Fabricius, 1775) [Musca] Stackelberg, 1972, syn.n. =ludea (Harris, 1776) [Musca] Medetera miki Negrobov in Negrobov & Stackel- =pellucens (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] berg, 1972, syn.n. =versicolor (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] Medetera obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838) =hirtipes (Curtis, 1835) [Porphyrops] Medetera robusta Õunap, 1997 (nec Loew, 1857), elongata (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus] syn.n. ilonae Gosseries, 1989 Medetera petrophila Kowarz, 1877 =confínis (Zetterstedt, 1849) [Dolichopus] (nec Medetera petrophiloides Parent, 1925, syn.n. Walker, 1849) Medetera pinicola Kowarz, 1877 leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] Medetera piceae Õunap, 1997, syn.n. =pellucens (Zetterstedt, 1838) [Dolichopus] (nec Fallén, 1823) Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated =diaphana (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] (nec Fa- bricius, 1775, nec Fabricius, 1805, nec Fallén, here for Argyra subarctica Ringdahl, Dolicho- 1823) pus annulitarsis Ringdahl, D. brachycerus Zet- =fulviventris Macquart, 1827 [Medeterus] terstedt, D. inconspicuus Zetterstedt, D. rothi =fulgens (Haliday, 1832) [Porphyrops] Zetterstedt, Hydrophorus albosignatus Ring- loewi Kowarz, 1879 dahl, H. norvegicus Ringdahl, Medetera betulae magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) [Dolichopus] Ringdahl, Porphyrops glacialis Ringdahl and =aristata Gerstäcker, 1864 Sciapus flavomaculatus Ringdahl. Subfamilies setimana Loew, 1859 spoliata Kowarz, 1879 and genera within subfamilies are given in al- subarctica Ringdahl, 1920(1) phabetical order. Genera are not divided here vestita (Wiedemann, 1817) [Dolichopus] into subgenera, although the author of this paper considers many of them as monophyletic taxa of Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 intrageneric rank. In some disputable cases, the *blepharosceles Kowarz, 1874 author follows usually (but not always) Chand- cilipes Meigen, 1824 =subfemoratus Frey, 1939 ler (1998) or Meuffels (1999). The present list =callidus Parent, 1944 differs from the British list in transferring Chry- cupreus Macquart, 1827 sotimus and Xanthochlorus to the Medeterinae =atripes von Roser, 1840 because they appear closely related to some re- femoratus Zetterstedt, 1843 cently described tropical medeterine genera. =licenti Parent, 1944 Bibliography includes mainly works published gramineus (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] =laesus (Fallén, 1823, p.p.) [Dolichopus] after the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Neg- =minimus (Meigen, 1830) [Diaphorus] robov, 1991). Any correction and supplement to =nigripes Walker, 1849 (nec Fabricius, 1794; nec this list will be welcomed. Meigen, 1824) 120 Ent. Tidskr. 123 (2002) A check list of Swedish Dolichopodidae =facialis Gerstäcker, 1864 =stenhammari Zetterstedt, 1843 =microcerus Kowarz, 1874 annulitarsis Ringdahl, 1920(3) =varians Kowarz, 1874 apicalis Zetterstedt, 1849 =angulicornis Kowarz, 1874 arbustorum Stannius, 1831 =andorrensis Parent, 1938 =pallidicoxa von Roser, 1840 =arvernicus Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980 argyrotarsis Wahlberg, 1850 laesus (Wiedemann, 1817) [Dolichopus] armillatus Wahlberg, 1850 =amplicornis Zetterstedt, 1849 =stenhammari (var. b) Zetterstedt, 1843 =enderleini Parent, 1938 atripes Meigen, 1824 melampodius Loew, 1857 atritibialis Zetterstedt, 1859 neglectus (Wiedemann, 1871) [Dolichopus] austriacus Parent, 1927 =viridulus (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] bonsdorffi Frey, 1915 =copiosus Meigen, 1824 brevipennis Meigen, 1824 =femoralis Meigen, 1824 =plumitarsis, var. â, Fallén, 1823 =taeniomerus Meigen, 1830 caligatus Wahlberg, 1850 =lundbladi Frey, 1939 =flavipes Parent, 1938 (nec Stannius, 1831) obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1838 calinotus Loew, 1871 =amplicornis Kowarz, 1874, nec Zetterstedt, 1849 campestris Meigen, 1824 =kowarzi Lundbeck, 1912 cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827 *palustris Verrall, 1876 =macquarti Parent, 1926 (nec Staeger, 1842) pulchellus Kowarz, 1874 =pseudocilifemoratus Stackelberg, 1933 ringdahli Parent, 1929 cinctipes Wahlberg, 1850 =ringdahli Ringdahl, 1928 [nomen nudum] claviger Stannius, 1831 *suavis Loew, 1857 clavipes Haliday, 1832 =trochanteratus Zetterstedt, 1843 *Cryptophleps Lichtwardt, 1898 =fuscipes Haliday, 1832 *kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1898 =vitripennis Staeger, 1842 (nec Meigen, 1824) consimilis Wahlberg, 1850 Diaphorus Meigen, 1824 costalis Frey, 1915 hoffmannseggi Meigen, 1830 cruralis Wahlberg, 1850 =tripilus Loew, 1857 =lapponicus Becker, 1917 nigricans Meigen, 1824 diadema Haliday, 1832 =obscurellus Zetterstedt, 1838 discifer Stannius, 1831 =obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1843 [Chrysotus] (nec =patellatus Meigen, 1824 (nec Fallén, 1823) Zetterstedt, 1838) =confusus Zetterstedt, 1838 nec 1843 =sokolovi Stackelberg, 1928 =nigricornis Becker, 1917 et auctt. (nec Meigen, oculatus (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] 1824) =flavocinctus Meigen, 1824 discimanus Wahlberg, 1851 =tuberculatus (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] =discifer (var. b) Zetterstedt, 1849 (nec Stannius, =bimaculatus Macquart, 1827 1831) =hoffmannseggi Macquart, 1834 [Diaphora] (nec =mucronatus Becker, 1917 Meigen, 1830) exiguus Zetterstedt, 1843(4)
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