Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 70. (Budapest 1978)

Papp, L.: Contribution to the revision of the Palaearctic Lauxaniidae (Diptera)

NOTATA species-group [notata FALL., maghrebisp. n., subnotata sp. n. tunisica sp. n.) Homoneura maghrebi sp. n. (Figs. 6, 11, 21) Body and legs yellow, wings spotted. Frons dull yellow, orbitalia and ocellar triangle subshining. Arista plumose, with long (about 0.06-0.07 mm) hairs. Thoracic chaetotaxy similar to that of notata FALL. Acrosticals in 4 rows. Very long bristles in median rows (but not longer than prsc). w

x of holotype çf '• 1-56, of a paratype: 1.54. Wing spots as in notata FALL. Mid tibia with two strong ventral apical bristles (shorter one about 0.15 mm), rf hind femur posteroventrally with (2/3-4/5) long but not too thick thornlike bristles (Fig. 21). Abdominal tergites with long marginal bristles, rf surstylus (Fig. 6) blunt, phallus comparatively thin, pregnital sternite (Fig. 11 ) with some short but thick bristles. Q 8th sternite simple. Wing length of holotype rf : 3.45 mm, paratypes: 3.09-3.41 mm, width: holotype rf : 1.38 mm, paratypes: 1.30-1.31 mm. — Body length : holotype çf : 3.24 mm, paratypes: 3.2-3.3 mm. Holotype çf : "Algeria, La Croix, 1913. IX. 1." — Paratypes: 3 çf : data same as for holotype; Tunisia: I çf: "Babouch, 4. 8. 1913". One female specimen in our collection (data same as for holotype) may also belong here. Homoneura subnotata sp. n. (Fig. 2, 5, 18, 20) A yellow species with spotted wings. Arista plumosa with 0.10 mm long hairs. 0 + 3 dc pairs (anterior pair just behind the suture). Acrosticals in 4 rows between dc bristles, median rows of long bristles (5-6 pairs), longest pair longer than prsc bristles. Wings spotted as in notata FALL, (end of r.,

+3 and of r

4+5

, and crossveins with dark brown spots, another 2 spots on r

i+5

), veins ochreous yellow but dark brown in the spots. m

x of holotype only 1.25. Mid tibia with I very strong and 1 shorter ventral apical bristle, çf hind femur (Fig. 20) posteroventrally with a row of long, thick black thorns between middle and distal fourth of femur (5-6:7) thorns, hind trochanter with thin bristles only. çf pregenital sternite asymmetrical (Fig. 18) without thick bristles. Surstylus (Fig. 2, 5) short, with a caudal and a lateral tip, phallus (Fig. 2) not wide. 9 8th sternite deeply bilobate, deeply cleft beneath, lateral lobes narrowly blunt. Wing-length of holotype çf : 3.41 mm, of paratypes: 3.53-3.64 mm width: holotype çf : 1.36 mm, paratypes: 1.36-1.56 mm. — Body length: holotype çf : 3.56 mm, paratypes: 3.24-3.64 mm. Holotype çf : "Hungary, Szatmár-Ököritó, SZILÁDI, 1939. VIII. 2." "//. notate" Det. SZILÁDY [1] 939. — Paratypes: \ çf ,\ 9

: data same as for holotype; 1 çf : "Kalocsa, KERTÉSZ, 2.9. 1907."; 1 rf • "Kalocsa, THALHAMMER"; 1 cf : "Szeghalom, KERTÉSZ, 26. 6. 1901." — Romania: 1 çf: "R.-Vadului, Transsylvan., THALHAMMER"; Czechoslovakia: 2 çf : "Bohemia centr. Tynec n. Labern, env. Kolin, Igt. V." Martinék, 18. 7. 72."; 1 çf : "Rózsahegy (= Ruzomberok], Hungária, THALHAMMER". — Bulgaria: 1 çf : "Varsec, 1 .—10. 8. 919., SZILÁDY". — Germany: 1 cf: "Berlin, Pichelsberg, 10. 9. [18]95." "Don. Dtsch. Ent. Inst.". — Italy: 1 çf : "Bozen [= Bolzano], 26. 7. [19]11." Homoneura tunisica sp. n. (Figs. 6b, 22) A yellow species with spotted wings. Arista plumose with 0.06-0.07 mm long hairs. Acrosticals in 4 rows, bristles in median rows much longer than those in lateral rows but longest acrosticals at most 3/4 of prsc bristles in length. Wing spots similar to those of notata FALL., e.g. spots on ends of veins r

2+3 and r

i+5 on crossveins and other 2 spots on r

i+5

. m

x

of holotype: 1.46, of a paratype: 1.48. Mid tibia with two strong ventral apicals (shorter 0.14 mm), çf hind femur posteroventrally with a row of long and thick thorns (Fig. 22), some of them extremely long, on proximal 3/4-7/8 of femur. çf hind trochanter with (4)5 thick, slightly curved thornlike bristles, çf pregenital sternite with short and thin bristles only. Phallus extremely long reaching hind coxae, with a sharp ventromedial ridge. Surstylus (Fig. 6b) with a blunt end but with an anteriorly placed sharp process. — Body length: holotype rf '• 3.1 mm, paratypes: 3.1-3.2 mm. Holotype çf: "Tunisia, Bel Mehtia, 1913. VIII. 30." "Homoneura notata FALL." Det. SZILÁDY, 1938. — Paratypes: 1 çf : "Tunisia, Les Chênes, 12. 8. 1913"; 3 f: "Algeria, La Croix, 1.9. 1913."