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Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 65 (31/12/2019): 130–136. ISSN: 1134-6094 DATOS FAUNÍSTICOS NUEVOS SOBRE TIPULOIDEOS DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA (DIPTERA: TIPULOIDEA: LIMONIIDAE, PEDICIIDAE Y TIPULIDAE) Eulalia Eiroa1 & Miguel Carles-Tolrá2 1 Departamento de Zoología, Genética y Antropología Física, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, España. [email protected] 2 Av. Riera de Cassoles 30, ático 1, E-08012 Barcelona, España. [email protected] Resumen: Se presentan datos nuevos de distribución en la Península Ibérica de 30 especies de Limoniidae, 3 de Pediciidae y 42 de Tipulidae. Son destacables las primeras citas de 1 especie (Phyllolabis savtshenkoi Theowald) para Europa continental, 3 géne- ros (Eutonia van der Wulp, Idioptera Macquart y Phyllolabis Osten Sacken) y 4 especies (Eutonia barbipes (Meigen), Idioptera pul- chella (Meigen), Metalimnobia quadrimaculata (Linnaeus) y Dicranota candelisequa Starý) para la Península Ibérica y 9 especies (Cheilotrichia cinerascens (Meigen), Molophilus bifidus Goetghebuer, Dicranomyia pauli Geiger, Dicranomyia aquosa Verrall, Limo- nia flavipes (Fabricius), Limonia maculipennis (Meigen), Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, Neolimonia dumetorum (Meigen) y Tipula trigona Mannheims) para Andorra. Se amplía, además, la distribución conocida de otras 19 especies a comunidades autónomas de las que no habían sido citadas hasta el momento. Finalmente, 23 especies extienden su distribución conocida a nivel provincial en España. Palabras clave: Diptera, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae, faunística, España, Andorra. New faunistic data on Iberian tipuloidean flies (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae) Abstract: New distributional records are presented from the Iberian Peninsula of 30 species of Limoniidae, 3 of Pediciidae and 42 of Tipulidae. Worthy of note are the first records of 1 species (Phyllolabis savtshenkoi Theowald) from continental Europe, 3 genera (Eutonia van der Wulp, Idioptera Macquart and Phyllolabis Osten Sacken) and 4 species (Eutonia barbipes (Meigen), Idioptera pul- chella (Meigen), Metalimnobia quadrimaculata (Linnaeus) and Dicranota candelisequa Starý) from the Iberian Peninsula, and 9 species (Cheilotrichia cinerascens (Meigen), Molophilus bifidus Goetghebuer, Dicranomyia pauli Geiger, Dicranomyia aquosa Ver- rall, Limonia flavipes (Fabricius), Limonia maculipennis (Meigen), Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, Neolimonia dumetorum (Meigen) and Tipula trigona Mannheims) from Andorra. Additionally, the known distribution of 19 species is extended to several administrative regions. Finally, the known Spanish distribution of a further 23 species is extended at the provincial level. Key words: Diptera, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae, faunistics, Spain, Andorra. Introducción Los Tipuloidea incluyen cuatro familias de dípteros: Cylin- de Limoniidae (30 especies), Pediciidae (3) y Tipulidae (42) drotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae y Tipulidae. Se trata de presente en la colección particular del segundo autor. El mate- familias con especies de cuerpos esbeltos y patas muy largas rial fue capturado por diversos colegas y el segundo autor en y finas. Esta superfamilia incluye especies de tamaño muy España y Andorra. Con este trabajo faunístico se quiere con- variable, pues van de un par de milímetros a pocos cen- tribuir a aumentar el conocimiento, que se tiene en ambos tímetros de longitud (2- 35 mm). Las especies de mayor ta- países, de estas interesantes familias de dípteros nematóceros. maño (de la familia Tipulidae o vulgarmente típulas) pueden El material ha sido identificado por la primera autora y llegar a alcanzar los casi 6 cm de envergadura alar. se halla conservado en alcohol (70º) (excepto seis ejemplares Desde la publicación del primer inventario de tipúlidos clavados) en la colección particular del segundo autor. de la Península Ibérica (Theowald & Oosterbroek, 1981), y Para cada una de las especies de la siguiente relación se más concretamente de Galicia (Eiroa, 1988) han sido bastan- menciona su distribución geográfica general, consultada en el tes las aportaciones faunísticas que han servido para aumentar catálogo de Oosterbroek (2019), así como su distribución en el conocimiento de su distribución en la Península. Posterior- España, enumerando las diferentes provincias de las que se mente, todas las citas de tipuloideos conocidas hasta el mo- tienen referencias. mento fueron compiladas en el catálogo de dípteros de Espa- ña, Portugal y Andorra (Eiroa, 2002a, 2002b; Eiroa & Báez, Relación de especies 2002a, 2002b), y desde ese año se han publicado nuevas aportaciones, fundamentalmente de material depositado en el Familia LIMONIIDAE museo de zoología de Amsterdam (Starý & Oosterbroek, Subfamilia Chioneinae 2008; Oosterbroek, 2009), de Cataluña (Carles-Tolrá, 2010; Mederos & Eiroa, 2015, 2018; Mederos et al., 2019), de Na- Cheilotrichia (Empeda) cinerascens (Meigen, 1804) varra (Carles-Tolrá, 2019), así como citas sueltas de diferen- ANDORRA: Santa Coloma, 16-30.4.1993 1♂, 1-15.5.1993 3♀♀, tes zonas peninsulares (Oosterbroek & Eiroa, 2004; Starý, 16-31.5.1993 2♂♂ 5♀♀; todos trampa Malaise y J. Pujade leg. 2014, entre otras). Especie ampliamente distribuida en la región paleártica occidental. En la Península Ibérica ha sido citada de España (provincias de En este trabajo presentamos los resultados que se han Granada, Lérida, Málaga e Islas Canarias) y Portugal. Primera cita obtenido tras el estudio de parte del material (264 ejemplares) para Andorra. 130 Subfamilia Limnophilinae Chionea (Sphaeconophilus) sp. ESPAÑA: Barcelona: Santa Fe (Montseny), 5.1.1981 1♀ (andando Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) latistyla Starý, 1977 sobre la nieve), M. Carles-Tolrá leg. ESPAÑA: Tarragona: Vimbodí-Poblet, 19-20.5.2007 1♂, M. Carles- En la región paleártica occidental están presentes 7 especies del Tolrá leg. subgénero Sphaeconophilus Becker del género Chionea Dalmau, de Especie conocida de Croacia, España, Francia, Grecia, Italia y Por- las que solo dos están citadas de España: Chionea (Sphaeconophilus) tugal. En España ha sido citada de las provincias de Barcelona, alpina Bezzi, 1908 y Chionea (Sphaeconophilus) bezzii Oosterbroek Granada, Málaga y las Islas Baleares. and Reusch, 2008. Según Oosterbroek & Reusch (2008) las hembras Eloeophila maculata (Meigen, 1804) de este subgénero son indistinguibles, salvo Ch. (S.) alpina, que ESPAÑA: Gerona: Sant Hilari Sacalm, 7.8.1999 1♂ (riachuelo), M. presenta sedas gruesas en los fémures posteriores, carácter que no Carles-Tolrá leg. presenta nuestro ejemplar. Especie ampliamente distribuida en la región paleártica. En la Penín- Molophilus (Molophilus) aduncus Starý, 1978 sula Ibérica solo se conoce de España (provincias de Gerona y Léri- ANDORRA: Santa Coloma, 1-15.7.1993 1♂ (trampa Malaise), J. da). Pujade leg. ESPAÑA: León: Cubillas de Arbás, Villamanín, Eutonia barbipes (Meigen, 1804) 5.8.2016 1♂ (noche, luz ultravioleta, 1336 m), E. Fernández & A. ESPAÑA: Barcelona: Cabrils, 20.7.1975 1♂, M. Carles-Tolrá leg. Rodríguez leg. Esta especie es la única representante del género en la región paleár- Especie conocida de Andorra, Bulgaria, España, Rusia y Turquía. En tica occidental, y hasta ahora se conocía solo de Alemania, Austria, España hasta el momento solo se conocían los ejemplares de la Bélgica, Dinamarca, Eslovaquia, sur de Finlandia, Francia, Holanda, descripción original, de Huesca (Starý, 1978), por lo que este mate- Hungría, Italia, Letonia, Lituania, Polonia, República Checa, Rusia, rial amplía su distribución en la Península Ibérica, y constituye la Suecia y Ucrania. Por lo tanto, este ejemplar representa la primera primera cita para Castilla y León. cita del género y de la especie para la Península Ibérica. Molophilus (Molophilus) bifidus Goetghebuer, 1920 Hexatoma (Hexatoma) bicolor (Meigen, 1818) ANDORRA: Santa Coloma, 1-15.6.1993 1♂ (trampa Malaise), J. ESPAÑA: Lérida: P.N. Aigüestortes, 2.8.1999 1♂ 1♀ (río Sant Pujade leg. Nicolau, hierba, 1700 m), M. Carles-Tolrá leg. 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Molophilus (Molophilus) testaceus Lackschewitz, 1940 En la región paleártica se encuentran solo dos especies del género ESPAÑA: Tarragona: Aldover, 7.4.2017 4♂♂ 1♀, 9.4.2017 1♂, Idioptera Macquart: Idioptera linnei Oosterbroek, 1992 e Idioptera 10.4.2017 1♂. Todos Casa Rural Les Olles, plantas, estanque y M. pulchella (Meigen, 1830). Los ejemplares de la primera especie Carles-Tolrá leg. tienen las alas bien desarrolladas en ambos sexos, pero las hembras Especie conocida tan solo de Marruecos, España (provincias de de la segunda especie presentan una gran variabilidad en el tamaño Barcelona, Granada, Málaga, Teruel e Islas Baleares) y Portugal. de sus alas, pudiendo estar
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    Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 913710, 20 pages doi:10.1155/2012/913710 Research Article Biogeographic Patterns of Finnish Crane Flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) Jukka Salmela Zoological Museum, Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland Correspondence should be addressed to Jukka Salmela, jueesal@utu.fi Received 27 April 2012; Revised 25 July 2012; Accepted 14 August 2012 Academic Editor: David Roubik Copyright © 2012 Jukka Salmela. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Species richness of terrestrial and freshwater biota generally decreases with increasing latitude. Some taxa, however, show an anomalous species richness pattern in a regional or global scale. The aim of this study was to examine (i) regional variation in species richness, (ii) faunistic composition, (iii) occupancy, and (iv) proportions of different distribution types of Finnish crane flies. Analyses were based on incidence data pooled into 20 biogeographical provinces. Finnish crane fly fauna consists of 335 species; the provincial richness varies from 91 to 237. The species richness of all species and saproxylic/fungivorous species decreased with increasing latitude; mire-dwelling crane flies displayed a reversed pattern (Spearman’s correlations). Thirty-one species occupied a single province and 11 species were present in all provinces. Provincial assemblages showed a strong latitudinal gradient (NMS ordination) and faunistic distance increased with increasing geographical distance (Mantel test). Nearly half (48%) of the Finnish crane flies are Trans-Palaearctic, roughly one-third (34%) are West Palaearctic, and only 16 and 2% are Holarctic and Fennoscandian, respectively.
  • Additions to the Limoniidae of Israel (Diptera)

    Additions to the Limoniidae of Israel (Diptera)

    ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 43, 2013, pp. 149-157 Additions to the Limoniidae of Israel (Diptera) JAROSLAV STARÝ Neklanova 7, CZ-779 00 Olomouc-Nedvězí and Silesian Museum, Tyršova 1, CZ-746 01 Opava, Czech Republic. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Altogether 18 species of the family Limoniidae are recorded from Israel. Phyllolabis peniculifer n. sp. is described, and its male and female termina- lia are illustrated. Dicranomyia (Glochina) sericata (Meigen) is recorded for the first time for Israel. KEY WORDS: Diptera, Limoniidae, Israel, new species, first record for Israel. INTRODUCTION The fauna of the family Limoniidae in Israel was summarized and elaborated compar- atively recently (Starý and Freidberg, 2007), yet the knowledge of the Israeli Limo- niidae is still very insufficient. An additional collection of this family, predominant- ly collected by Dr. Amnon Freidberg (Tel Aviv University, Department of Zoology, Israel), has now become available to me by its collector. Altogether 18 species were indentified. One species,Phyllolabis peniculifer n. sp., is here described, based on an extensive series of specimens. Another one, Dicranomyia (Glochina) sericata (Mei- gen), is recorded for the first time for Israel. I also publish here records of the other species. Although these are already known from Israel, this may contribute, through additional records, to their better knowledge in Israel. At present, 54 species of Limo- niidae are known from Israel. The morphological terminology adopted in the description of Phyllolabis penicu- lifer n. sp. essentially follows McAlpine (1981). Terminology of wing veins is in accordance with Hennig (1954). Some special terms are referred to in the text and figures (Figs.
  • The Craneflies of Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)

    The Craneflies of Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)

    LEICESTERSHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Craneflies of Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55) John Kramer* Tipula maxima – Graham Calow LESOPS 26 (2011) ISSN 0957 - 1019 *31 Ash Tree Road, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5TE 1 Introduction It is necessary to say at the outset that, since craneflies are not a scientific group, its meaning has changed over the years. It seems to be synonymous with daddy long-legs , meaning all long-legged two-winged flies. These, in the past, have included Winter Gnats (Trichoceridae) Fold-winged flies (Ptychopteridae) and Dixidae. The present meaning, used here, is restricted to the super-family Tipuloidea (Order Diptera) which, for the past 20 years (Starý 1992), has been composed of four families - Tipulidae, Pediciidae, Cylindrotomidae and Limoniidae. I have tried to provide a firm basis for further work on craneflies in VC55, and to suggest what that work might be. There are voucher specimens for most, though not all, of the records and wherever there is only a single record, more records are needed to firmly establish that species on the county list. Pioneering work in Europe Before any meaningful lists of craneflies could be produced it was necessary to have fixed and unambiguous names for them. The genus-species naming system for doing this was first provided for the then-known craneflies by the 1758 volume of Linnaeus’s Systemae Naturae , published in Sweden, so this date provides a starting-point. Linnaeus named 14 of the more conspicuous craneflies on the British Checklist. Johan Christian Fabricius was a student of Linnaeus and did more work than his mentor on insects.