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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume 63 2002 pp. 163-180. New records of Phoridae (Diptera) from Hungary* L. PAPP Abstract: Twenty-three species of the family Phoridae (incl. the first record of Xenotriphleba Buck) are reported from Hungary for the first time and other 59 species are recorded, based on a newly built collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. With 6 figures. Key words: Phoridae, Xenotriphleba, faunistic survey, new records, Hungary INTRODUCTION The family Phoridae is one of the richest dipterous groups, both as regards species richness and variety of ecological properties (see e.g. Disney 1998). Pater H. Schmitz, the founding father of the taxonomy of Phoridae, published several papers on the Phoridae of the Carpathian Basin (1922, 1924/?, 1925, 1940, 1941a, b, 1953). He published new data for Hungary also in his Palaearctic monograph (Schmitz 1938-1958, Schmitz & Beyer 1965, 1974, Schmitz & Delage 1974, 1981). The contribution of other workers to the Hungarian fauna of Phoridae is insignificant. Asa result of compilation of bibliographical data Adam & Papp ( 1996) stated that 207 phorid species were recorded from Hungary. That rich collection was wholly annihilated in the fire in the HNHM (November 1956). Consequently, up to 1995 a single identified specimen of Phoridae was preserved in the collection of the HNHM from Hungary. Ádám & Papp (1996) selected ca. 11000 specimens from the present Hungary into genera and summarised the bibliographical data in a check-list. In the frame of the project "Large blank spots in the Diptera fauna of Hungary" we are to collect and publish species representing dipterous families, genera and species formerly not recorded from Hungary. The project successfully continued in 2001 with intensive collections also on Phoridae. Although last year also the * This paper was written for the project of "Large blank spots in the Diptera fauna of Hungary", supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA, No. T 30242).