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Thaumalea thalhammeri Zilahi-Sebess, 1956 (Fig. 2) — The single holotype was described from "Pécs" and since that time its was found in Austria, Styria only (R. Wagner, pers. comm.). This latter record makes it probable that the holotype was one of the specimens of "obscura" in Thalhammer's collection. We think all the following additional species may occur in Hungary (based mainly on Martinovsky and Rozkosny's catalogue (1988)): Androprosopa larvata (Mik, 1888), A. (Orphnephilina) nigra (Loew, 1871), Thaumalea austriaca Edwards, 1929; Thaumalea caudata Bezzi, 1913; Thaumalea cebennica Vaillant, 1977; Thaumalea decussiferens Vaillant, 1969; Thaumalea edwardsi Tjeder, 1949; Thaumalea miki Edwards, 1929; Thaumalea rumanica Edwards, 1929; Thaumalea tatrica Vaillant, 1969; Thaumalea truncata Edwards, 1929; Thaumalea vaillanti Martinovsky et Rozkosny, 1976. So we have to stress that none of the four species reported from Hungary by ZilahiSebess (1960), is at present members of the Hungarian fauna. It may also be expected that some other species, which are known now from lower altitudes in the Alps (incl. 77 thalhammeri) or in the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula, will be found later in Hungary. However, it would not be reasonable to lengthen the above "list of requests". Of course, it must be borne in mind that we are at the very beginning in the survey of the thaumaleid fauna of Hungary. The history of this survey is long in time but poor in facts. We do not think that there would be much more information available than what was written in this paper. LITERATURE Martinovsky, J. and Rozkosny, R. (1976): Four new species of Thaumaleidae (Diptera) from Europe with taxonomic and distributional notes on other species. — Acta ent. bohemoslov. 73: 187-205. Martinovsky, J. and Rozkosny, R. (1988): Family Thaumaleidae. Vol. 3, pp. 186-192. In: Soós, Á. and Papp, L. (eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 448 pp. Papp, L. (1996): Species of nine dipterous families of the Bükk National Park (Diptera). — In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Bükk National Park II. - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 427-434. Thalhammer, J. (1900): Diptera. — A Magyar Birodalom Állatvilága (Fauna Regni Hungáriáé). A K. M. Természettudományi Társulat, Budapest, 3, Dipt.: 1-76. [in Latin and Hungarian] Zilahi-Sebess, G. (1956): Neue Nematoceren (Diptera) aus dem Karpatenbecken. — Acta zool. hung. 2: 433^140. Zilahi-Sebess, G. (1960): Fonalascsápúak I. - Nematocera I. — Magyarország Állatvilága (Fauna Hungáriáé). XIV., 2. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 70 pp. (Received: 5th March, 2000) Authors' addresses: László PAPP Department of Zoology Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13 HUNGARY e-mail: lpapp@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu József MAJER Department of General and Applied Ecology, Faculty of Science Pécs University H-7604 Pécs, Ifjúság útja 6. HUNGARY e-mail: majer@ttk.jpte.hu