© Entomologica Fennica. 6 September 2007 New host and country records for European Tachinidae (Diptera) Petr Mückstein, Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, Jaromír Vaòhara* & Veronika Michalková Mückstein, P., Tschorsnig, H.-P., Vaòhara, J. & Michalková, V. 2007: New host and country records for European Tachinidae (Diptera). Entomol. Fennica 18: 179183. The paper presents host records for 17 species of Tachinidae (of subfamilies Exoristinae and Tachininae) from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Cro- atia, Macedonia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Bulgaria. New parasitoid-host cou- ples are Exorista larvarum Melanchra pisi; Exorista segregata Catocala nymphaea; Sturmia bella Hadena compta; Spallanzania multisetosa Cycnia sordida (first host record); Tachina praeceps Cucullia bubaceki;andBithia modesta Bembecia megillaeformis. New country records of tachinid species Rhacodinella apicata from the Czech Republic, Masicera pavoniae from Mace- donia and Bithia demotica from Portugal are presented. P. Mückstein, Administration of the Protected Landscape Area ïárské vrchy, Brnìnská 39, CZ 591 01 ïár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic; E-mail: [email protected] H.-P. Tschorsnig, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, D-70 191 Stuttgart, Germany; E-mail: [email protected] J. Vaòhara (*corresponding author), Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Kotláøská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic; E-mail: [email protected] V. Michalková, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Kotláøská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic; E-mail: [email protected] Received 20 October 2006, accepted 8 December 2006 1. Introduction arthropods. Knowledge on their biology, includ- ing host insect species is still rather poor. Many The tachinid fauna of Europe is well known, but problems concerning the host specificity of this new records are done every year. Information on large family have not been solved yet, so every distribution of the European Tachinidae is avail- host record is important. The short history con- able on-line in Fauna Europaea (Tschorsnig et al. cerning the research on hosts. has been presented 2005), for the Czech Republic see Vaòhara et al. in our previous paper (Mückstein et al. 2004), in- (2004). New on-line and CD versions of the cluding general references. checklist for the Czech Republic and Slovakia At present, the authors look for further tachi- were completed by Vaòhara and Tschorsnig nid hosts by the systematic cooperation particu- (2006). larly with lepidopterologists, who contribute All tachinids are parasitoids of insects or other reared tachinids from their breeding of caterpil- 180 Mückstein et al. ENTOMOL. FENNICA Vol. 18 lars from the Czech Republic. But findings from Notes: Exorista segregata is an unspecialised this country yield only a small part of new results. species (common in southern Europe), parasitis- After 1989 our lepidopterologists started freely ing many lepidopteran families. move out for collection abroad, and so there are Catocala nymphaea is a new host record. new hosts especially from southern and western Europe. 3.1.3. Meigenia mutabilis (Fallén, 1810) Material: 1 #, reared from larva of Gastrophysa 2. Material and methods viridula (Degeer) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), Czech Republic, Praha, Ruzynì, 10.VI.2003, leg. As far as not explicitly cited in the text, informa- M. Honìk (cM). tion on hosts is based on a critical host catalogue Notes: A common parasitoid of Coleoptera for the Czech Tachinidae which is currently com- larvae. Already known from the host Gastro- piled by the same authors of the present paper and physa viridula (many records). on Tschorsnigs database on Palaearctic host re- Gastrophysa viridula is a new host record for cords (unpubl.). the Czech Republic. The tachinid species were identified by the authors of the present paper, hosts by the collec- 3.1.4. Compsilura concinnata (Meigen 1824) tors. Nomenclature and arrangement of the tachi- nids follow Herting and Dely-Draskovits (1993), Material: 2 $$, reared from Aglaope infausta the names of the lepidopteran hosts follow (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae), Portugal, Karsholt and Razowski (1996). Bragança, VII.2004, leg. Z. Latùvka (cV). The material provided by various breeders is Notes: Compsilura concinnata is the tachinid stored in the collections of P. Mückstein (cM) and species with the highest number of known host J. Vaòhara (cV). species (currently at least 230 in the Palaearctic). Aglaope infausta was already known as host from 3. Faunistic records Spain and France (Benlloch & Cañizo 1934, Herting 1960). 3.1. Exoristinae Aglaope infausta is a new host record for Por- tugal. 3.1.1. Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758) 3.1.5. Winthemia quadripustulata Material: 3 $$, reared from Melanchra pisi (Fabricius, 1794) (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Czech Re- public, Moravia, Pøeckov, 1984, leg. Z. Latùvka Material: 1 $, reared from larva of Cucullia (cM, cV); 2 ##, reared from pupa of Euthrix lactucae (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera, potatoria (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Lasio- Noctuidae), Czech Republic, Rokytnice nad campidae), Czech Republic, Bohemia, Týnitì Jizerou, 30.VII.2003, leg. L. Traxler (cM). nad Orlicí, 13.VII.1986, leg. J. Voda (cM). Notes: Hosts of this common species are Notes: A common tachinid which develops in mainly Noctuidae. Herting (1960) records Cu- many lepidopteran families. cullia lactucae as a host from Germany. Melanchra pisi is a new host record. Cucullia lactucae is a new host record for the Czech Republic. 3.1.2. Exorista segregata (Rondani, 1859) 3.1.6. Phryxe prima Material: 1 $, reared from Catocala nymphaea (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889) (Esper) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Spain, Anda- lusia, NW Sierra Nevada, El Molinillo near Material: 1 $, reared from larva of Zygaena Diezma, 1200 m a.s.l., VII.2004, leg. Z. Latùvka carniolica (Scopoli) (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae), (cV). Czech Republic, Bohemia, Kvìtná near Lito- ENTOMOL. FENNICA Vol. 18 New host and country records for tachinids 181 myl, TCP Stránì 6264C, 18.VII.1998, leg. B. 3.1.10. Rhacodinella apicata (Pandellé, 1896) Mocek (cV). Notes: A parasitoid of Zygaena spp. Already Material: 1 $ (in bad condition), reared from known from the host Zygaena carniolica. pupa of Phyllodesma ilicifolia (Linnaeus) (Lepi- Zygaena carniolica is a new host record for doptera, Lasiocampidae), Czech Republic, Pøí- Phryxe prima from the Czech Republic. bram, 28.VI.2002, leg. L. Traxler (cM). Notes: An unspecialised and normally rare 3.1.7. Lydella stabulans (Meigen, 1824) species. The host Phyllodesma ilicifolia is al- ready recorded by Herting (1960) from Switzer- Material: 1 $, reared from Hydraecia micacea land. (Esper) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Czech Repub- The tachinid species Rhacodinella apicata is lic, Bohemia, Píany near Louny, 10.VII.2002, recorded for the first time from the Czech Repub- leg. edivý (cV). lic. Notes: A known parasitoid of noctuid larvae which feed hidden in stems of herbaceous plants. 3.1.11. Sturmia bella (Meigen, 1824) Hydraecia micacea is a common host of Lydella stabulans. Material: 1 $, reared from Hadena compta Hydraecia micacea is a new host record for (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera, Noctu- the Czech Republic. idae), Austria, Dachstein-Gruppe, Ramsau a. D., 46°54 N, 13°36 E, 26.31.VII.2003, leg. V. 3.1.8. Huebneria affinis (Fallén, 1810) Èervenka (cV). Notes: A common species which is predomi- Material: 1 #, reared from Arctia caja (Linnaeus) nantly reared from Nymphalidae, but also mem- (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), Czech Republic, Bohe- bers of several other lepidopteran families are mia, Vracov, VII.1983, leg. Havel [59884] known as hosts, including a few Noctuidae. (cV); 1 $, same host, Czech Republic, Moravia, Hadena compta is a new host record. Karlova Studánka env., 29.V.2003, leg. L. Traxler (cM); 1 #, same host, Slovakia, 3.1.12. Masicera pavoniae Strácovské vrchy, iroká dolina, 18.VI.2004, (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) leg. J. Rybár (cV). Notes: Usually a common parasitoid of Material: 4 ##, 2 $$, reared from Saturnia pyri Arctiidae. There are numerous records from the (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera, Satur- host Arctia caja. niidae), Croatia, Istria, Rabac, IV.2005, leg. Z. Arctia caja is a new host record for Huebneria Latùvka (cV); 2 $$, same host, Bulgaria, Zlaté affinis from the Czech Republic. Písky, 5.V.1963, leg. V. Zeman (cM); 2 ##, 5 $$, reared from Saturnia spini (Denis & 3.1.9. Carcelia rasa (Macquart, 1849) Schiffermüller), Macedonia, Tetovo, 15.V.1992, leg. L. Traxler (cM.) Material: 1 #, 2 $$, reared from larva of Calli- Notes: Masicera pavoniae is as a main para- teara pudibunda (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, sitoid of Saturnia spp. often reared from S. pyri Lymantriidae), Czech Republic, Bohemia, Tý- and S. spini. One of the four males of the series nitì nad Orlicí, 16.XII.1986, leg. J. Voda (cM). from Croatia is aberrant because it shows two Notes: This species develops in Lyman- proclinate orbital bristles (instead of one). triidae. Known from many countries as parasitoid The tachinid species Masicera pavoniae is re- of Calliteara pudibunda. corded for the first time from Macedonia. Calliteara pudibunda is a new host record for Carcelia rasa from the Czech Republic. 182 Mückstein et al. ENTOMOL. FENNICA Vol. 18 3.1.13. Spallanzania multisetosa 3.2.3. Bithia glirina (Rondani, 1861) (Rondani, 1859) Material: 1 #, 1 $, reared from larva of Chamae- Material: 1 $, reared from Cycnia sordida sphecia empiformis (Esper) (Lepidoptera, Se- (Hübner) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), Italy,