S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 61. (Budapest, 2000)

Additions and corrections to the list of Tephritidae of Hungary (Diptera: Acalyptrata) B. Merz Additions and corrections to the list of Tephritidae of Hungary (Diptera: Acalyptrata) — The knowledge of the Tephritidae fauna of Hungary is updated. Since the monograph of Mihályi (1960) nine additional species have been mentioned in scattered papers. Ten species are recorded here for the first time from Hungary, and three are deleted from the list because of misidentifications. Three species have been synonymized with other species on the list. Two species have been erroneously mentioned from Hungary due to misinterpretation of localities. Currently, 113 species are known to occur in Hungary. Paroxyna ochracea Hendel and Paroxyna subochracea Séguy are proposed as junior synonyms to Campiglossa plantaginis (Haliday). Key words: Tephritidae, taxonomy, faunistic list, new records, Hungary. INTRODUCTION The Tephritidae have wings usually nicely patterned, bright green reflecting eyes and a colourful body. Most species exhibit an attractive sexual behaviour, making them easy to spot at suitable places. From an economic point of view, some species are among the most noxious pests in commercial fruit plantations whereas others are regarded as beneficial because they reduce seed-production or vitality of accidently introduced weeds (White and Elson-Harris 1993). Therefore, it is not surprising that they are among the best known Diptera families in the Palaearctic region. The same reasons may explain the long tradition of Tephritidae research in Flungary. It was Thalhammer (1900) who first listed 68 species from the former borders of Hungary. Later, M. Aczél added some species to the list, mainly based on his own rearing efforts (Aczél 1940). The major increase in our knowledge can be attributed to Ferenc Mihályi, who studied all old specimens of the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Further, he and his colleagues collected and reared an important number of additional specimens (Bálás and Mihályi 1959, Mihályi 1960). These two papers formed the base of his monograph in the series Fauna Hungáriáé (Mihályi 1960). In this book, 98 species are mentioned within the present borders of Hungary (in fact, he mentions 102 species, but 3 species are now regarded as synonyms of other, also recorded species, and one species was mentioned without precise Hungarian locality). An additional paper about the Tephritidae of the Hortobágy National Park (Mihályi 1983) did not