Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969: new record to the Balearic Islands (Spain) (Diptera, )

Miguel CARLES-TOLRÁ

Carles-Tolrá, M. 1995. Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969: new record to the Balearic Islands (Spain)(Diptera, Asteiidae). Bo/l, Soco Hist. Nat. Ba/ears, 38:181-182 ISSN SHNB 0212-260X. Palma de Mallorca.

Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969 is recorded lor the lirst time Irom the Balearic Islands, concretely Irom the Isle 01 Ibiza. Furthermore, a list 01 asteiid species recorded in the Balearic Islands is given, @ Keywords: Asteiidae, Asteia inanis, new record, Ba/earic /s/ands. Asteia inanis LYNEBORG, 1969: NOVA CITA PER A LES ILLES BALEARS SOCIETAT D'HISTÓRIA (ESPANYA) (DIPTERA, ASTEIIDAE), Es cita per primera vegada per a les lIIes NATURAL DE lES BAlEARS Balears, concretament de l'illa d'Eivissa, I'asteid Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969, A més es dóna una lIista deis asteids citats lins ara a les IlIes Balears. Paraules elau: Asteiidae, Asteia inanis, nova cita, lIIes Ba/ears.

Miguel CARLES-TOLRÁ, Avgda. Príncep d'Astúries 30, atic 1. E-08012 Barcelona, Spain.

Recepció del manuscrit: 2-oct-95; revisió acceptada: 23-nov-95.

Introduction

Recently, Carles-Tolrá (1995) pu­ the palaearctic region (Papp, 1984), of blished a preliminary list with eleven which only eight (belonging to two acalyptrate families of Diptera from the genera: Asteia Meigen and Leiomyza Balearic Islands. One of the families Macquart) are known to occur in the was that of the Asteiidae, which is Iberian Peninsula (Carles-Tolrá, 1990, recorded here again. 1992). According to Carles-Tolrá (1995) Asteiidae are small to very small only three species have been recorded (1-3 mm), slender fijes. Thirty species from the Balearic Islands, all of them have been, up to now, described from from the isle of Eivissa (for more de 182 Bol/. SOCo Hist. Nat. Balears, 38 (1995)

Asteia amoena Meigen, 1830 References Asteia ibiza na (Enderlein, 1935) Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969 Carles-Tolrá, M. 1990. Contribución al Phlebosotera mol/is Duda, 1927 estudio de los Diptera, Cyclo­ rrhapha, Acalyptratae (Insecta) de Table 1. List of the Asteiidae recorded in the Balearic Islands. España peninsular. Tesis Docto­ Taula 1. L1istat deIs Asteiidae citats de les lIIes ral. Facultad de Biología, Barce­ Balears. lona. 621 pp. Carles-Tolrá, M. 1992. New and inte­ tailed information concerning the resting records of Diptera Aca­ knowledge of this familiy in the Balearic Iyptrata from Spain. Part 1: Acar­ Islands see Carles-Tolrá, 1995). tophthalmidae, , An­ thomyzidae, Asteiidae, , Tethinidae, and Cryp­ Material examined tochetidae. Bul/. Ann/s Soco r. beIge Ent., 128:343-353. Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969 Carles-Tolrá, M. 1995. Nuevas citas de Balearic Islands, Ibiza, Punta Arabí, dípteros acalípteros para las Islas 30VI.1988 1 male, 28.V1.1989 1 female, Baleares, junto con una lista light lamp, M. Carles-Tolrá leg., det. et preliminar de once familias coll. (Diptera, Acalyptrata). Boln. Asoc. Asteia inanis Lyneborg was. descri­ esp. Ent., 19(1-2) :253-265. bed from southern Spain, specifically Papp, L. 1984. Family Asteiidae. In: from the province of Almería. This had Soós, A. & Papp, L. eds. Ca­ been hitherto the only known world talogue of Palaearctíc Díptera. record. With the new material collected Volume 10. Clusíídae- on the Isle of Ibiza we extend its 63-66. Elsevier Sci. PUbl., geographical distribution to the Balearic Amsterdam & Akadémiai Kiadó, Islands, increasing to four (see Table 1) Budapest. the number of asteiid fijes occurring there. Unfortunately, its life cycle is not known.

Acknowledgements

My most sincere thanks to Dr. Amnon Freidberg (Tel Aviv) for having confirmed the identifications.