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

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

Holotype çf : "Bártfa (= Bardejov, Slovakia), Csergő h., 1969, VII. 5. leg. MIHÁLYI". — Paratypes: 3 çf '• data same as for holotype; Czechoslovakia: 1 çf : "Magura, PÁVEL", "illota Lw." det. KERTÉSZ; 1 çf : "Alacsony Tátra, Mala Vapenica, 21. 7. 1964., HORVATOVICH". — Hungary: 1 çf[ "Bükk-hg., Bálvány, 1. 7. 1966., leg. RESKOVITS"; 1 çf: "Hosszúbérc, Bükk fennsík, 9. 6. 1954., leg. MIHÁLYI"; 1 çf : "Bükk-hg.

v Jávorkút, 20. 8. 1963., leg. HORVATOVICH"; 1 çf : „Mátraszentlászló, rét, 8. 9. 1965, leg. Soós Á."; 1 çf : "Mátra-hegys., Pisztrángos tó, 20-27. 6. 1955., MIHÁLYI & KAKASSNÉ"; 2 çf : "Mátra hg., Kékes, 23. 7. 1969., leg. MIHÁLYI". — Romania: 1 çf : "Békási-szoros, SziL.[ády], 22. 8. 1931.", "Lycia illota" det. SZILÁDY, 1937; 1 çf: "Temesvár, Hungária, THALHAMMER", "subfasciata ZETT." coll. THALHAM.; 1 çf: "Retyezát, SZILÁDY, 18. 8. 1898., 1000 in"; "subfasciata ZETT." det. KERTÉSZ, det. SZILÁDY, 1938; USSR: 1 çf: "Tiszabogdány, 13. 8. 1939, DUDICH", "subfasciata" det. SZILÁDY, 1940. Lyciella inihalyii sp. n. is very similar to L. subfasciata (ZETT.) and it differs from it by thee/ genitalia: surstylus short and blunt (contrarily to long, acute surstylus of subfasciata (Fig. 24, cf. 23), it has a pair of asymmetrical gonites, there are no distinct conspicuous gonites on subfasciata. Phallus much longer than in subfasciata. COLLIN (1948) named a form of subfasciata as var. obtusa var. n., which has blunt surstylus but since he wrote: "no rods alongside the conical aedeagus", it seems questionable that COLLIN'S specimens are identical with mihalyii sp. n. (let alone the deffiniencies of COLLIN'S work: the description is only of a few words, and no type was designated). Lyciella conjugata (BECKER, 1895): 225, 189 (Sapromyza). — Material studied: 1 $ syntype: "Vaganski Vrh., 2. VIII.", "Sapromyza conjugata BECK." det. BECKER, 46171. — The type specimen agrees completely with the Hungarian and other Central European specimens. Lyciella deludens (CZERNY, 1932): 40, 42 (Lycia). — Holotype 9 : "KapTameBKa, neTporpaa 5. VIII. 926, UiTaKejibôepr," "Lycia deludens CZERNY" det. CZERNY (in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad). The genitalia of the holotype is seen also from the outside without any preparation and on the basis of its study it was found that it is conspecific with L. decipiens (LOEW, 1847), thus Lyciella deludens (CZERNY, 1932) syn. n. is synonymous with L. decipiens Lw. The only differentiating character, which CZERNY gave to separate it from decipiens, was the specimen has black bands on the mesonotum. Studying the specimen, it was found that there are no such bands but after the killing of the specimen it darkened in some areas owing to the decomposition of organic matter in the mesonotum. CZERNY described the specimen as a 9 with a question mark; as a matter of fact, the structure of the postabdomen is clearly seen, which proved beyond question that it is conspecific with decipiens Lw. Lyciella nitidifrons (BECKER, 1895): 189 (in key), 227 (there as nitifronsn. sp. çf) (Sapromyza). — BECKER described the holotype to be a male but in fact it is a female. Furthermore, it is beyond question that it is a female specimen of Lyciella decipiens (LOEW, 1847). The postabdomen of this species is so characteristic that it is quite unmistakable. As a distinguishing feature, BECKER said that its frons was shining contrarily to decipiens but only some shining mucous material, which soiled the antennae and frons of the specimen during its capture or pinning, made the frons shining. The other separating character given by BECKER (i.e. that the arista of nitidifrons is more elongately plumose than that of decipiens) is simply not true. Material studied: holotype 9 (Reichenhall, coll. H. LOEW). Sapromyza nitidifrons BECKER, 1895 is a new synonym of Lyciella decipiens (LOEW, 1847). Lyciella stylata sp. n. (Figs. 26, 28, 29) A species very near to pallidiventris (FALLÉN, 1820), i.e. arista with short pubescence, thorax dull grey, four acrostical rows, no anteroventral row of tiny spines on distal part of fore femur, third antennái joint brown, wing veins light brown, abdomen yellowish with brown marginal bands on tergites. It differs from pallidiventris FALL, by the çf genitalia. Surstylus (Fig. 28) less curved at tip than that of pallidiventris (Fig. 26), left gonite very long, right gonite short and much curved (Fig. 29), those of pallidiventris (Fig. 27) nearly equal in length, left one much shorter than that of stylata sp n. Wing length of holotype çf: 5.0 mm, width: 2.00 mm, paratypes: 4.8-5.4 mm, and 1.80-2.10, respectively. — Body length: holotype çf : 4.55 mm, paratypes: 3.7-4.6 mm.