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DISCUSSION In Europe, some 23 species of Pallopteridae are known so far. Of these, nine species are found in the present study. This number is rather low compared with other Central European countries: 13 species for the Czech Republic and 14 species for the Slovak Republic (Martinék 1997); 16 species for Germany (Martinék 1999) and Austria (Franz 1989) and 15 species for Switzerland (Merz 19986). It may be speculated, that at least the following species should be found eventually in Hungary: Eurygnathomyia bicolor (Zetterstedt) in deciduous forests on chalk at higher altitudes, as well as the lowland speciesToxoneura laetabilis (Loew), T. muliebris (Harris), T. quinquemaculata (Macquart) and T. venusta (Loew) which are all very widespread in Central Europe. Some other European species, like Temnosira ambusta (Meigen) or Toxoneura ephippium (Zetterstedt) are less likely to be expected as they occur in Switzerland only in the alps above 1300 m altitude and have a more boreo-alpine distribution. Acknowledgements - It is my deepest wish to thank László Papp (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest) very much for his hospitality and friendship during my stay in Budapest and his comments on the first draft of my paper. Further, I thank L. Grève Jensen (Bergen) for sending me a specimen of P. farmosa for comparison. REFERENCES Franz, H. (1989): Die Nordost-Alpen im Spiegel ihrer Landtierwelt. Eine Gebietsmonographie. Band VU2, Diptera Cyclorrhapha. Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck, 445 pp. Martinék, V. (1977). Species of Genus Palloptera Fallén, 1820 (Dipt., Pallopteridae) in Czechoslovakia. — Studia ent. for. 12: 203-220. Martinék, V. (1997): Pallopteridae, p. 69. — In: Chvála, M. (ed.): Check List of Diptera (Insecta) of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Karolinum - Charles University Press. Prague, 130 pp. Martinék, V. (1999): Pallopteridae, p. 170. — In: Schuman, H., Bährmann, R. and Stark, A. (eds): Checkliste der Dipteren Deutschlands. Studia Dipterologica, Supplement 2, 354 pp. McAlpine, J. F. (1987): 68. Pallopteridae. Vol. 2, pp. 839-843. — In: McAlpine, J. F. et al. (eds): Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. Agric. Can. Monograph No. 28, vi + pp. 675-1332. Merz, B. (1997): Zur Faunistik der Pallopteridae der Schweiz (Diptera). —Mitt. Schweiz, ent. Ges. 70: 225-230. Merz, B. (1998a): 3.14. Family Pallopteridae. Vol. 3, pp. 201-210. — In: Papp, L. and Darvas, B. (eds): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Science Herald, Budapest, 880 pp. Merz, B. (19986): 71. Pallopteridae, pp. 264-265. — In: Merz, B., Bächli, G., Haenni, J.-P. et Gonseth, Y. (eds): Diptera. Checklist. Fauna Helvetica 1, 369 pp. Morge, G. (1967): Die Lonchaeidae und Pallopteridae Österreichs und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Eine Revision auf der Grundlage der Linzer Sammlungen und anderer österreichischer Kollektionen. 2. Teil. Die Pallopteridae. — Naturk. Jb. Stadt Linz 13: 141-212. Morge, G. (1974): Die Lonchaeidae und Pallopteridae Österreichs und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Eine Revision auf der Grundlage der Linzer Sammlungen und anderer österreichischer Kollektionen. 3. Teil. Illustration taxonomisch-diagnostischer Merkmale neuer oder seltener Arten von phylogenetischer oder forstlicher Bedeutung. — Naturk. Jb. Stadt Linz 20: 11-88. Morge, G. (1984): Family Pallopteridae. Vol. 9, pp. 242-246. — In: Soós, Á. and Papp, L. (eds.): Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 460 pp.