Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 89. (Budapest 1997)

Papp, L.: Three new species and a new subspecies of Meoneura from the Alps (Diptera, Carnidae)

Meoneura carpathica pseudoflavifacies ssp. n. (Figs 2-3) Holotype: male (HNHM): Austria, Pillersee, 1777m, hálózás fenyőerdőben [netted in a larch forest], 1974. VII. 24., leg. Bajza & Papp (damaged, right wing lost, legs glued together). Paratype: male (ETHZ): Helv. GR 1480 m, Zernez/Gondas, 4. VIII. 96, Merz & Bächli. 2 females (HNHM, not designated as paratypes): Austria, Obergurgl, [environs of] Auf der Nase és Flach B. környéke, 1974. VII. 24., leg. Bajza & Papp. Measurements in mm: body length 1.41 (holotype), 1.31, wing length 1.29, 1.31, wing width 0.517. Body and legs black, mostly dull. Face and most anterior upper edge of genae dirty yellow, anterior quarter of Irons yellow. Frontal triangle extended to anterior 5/6 of frons, i.e. slightly longer than in M. c. carpathica, apex obtuse. 0+3 dc pairs, anterior pairs comparatively strong, ca. half length (5/11 to 6/11) of posterior pair of dorsocentrals. Fore femora with two long posteroventral setae. Costal vein greyish yellow, other longitudinal veins greyish, like alar plane. Stronger fringe of black setulae on ca. 3/5 of the third costal section. Other body features as in M. carpathica L. PAPP. Epandrium with some long bristles only (Fig. 3), lamellae with 2 long bristles only. Surstylus much longer than lamella (Fig. 3, cf. Fig. 2). Meoneura c. pseudoflavifacies ssp. n. is bigger than its nominate subspecies. Contrary to M. carpathica, anterior part of its frons is yellow, like M. flavifacies. However, the epandrium of M. flavifacies is with numerous extremely long bristles not only on its ventral surface and its surstylus is as long as lamella and without significant bristles, but its lamella bears numerous long bristles. In M. carpathica and M. c. pseudoflavifacies the surstylus is much longer than the lamella and the lamella is with 2 or 3 longer bristles only. The genitalia of the holotype of M. carpathica L. PAPP, 1977 were studied again (Fig. 2) but since they are fixed in Canada balsam, some parts cannot be figured at the required angle. So apex of the surstylus of M. carpathica is narrow and so surstylus seems more pointed than that of M. c. pseudoflavifacies; lamella bears a third longer bristle on the original figure (not seen now). The specimens from the Alps are described as a subspecies of carpathica but I cannot exclude that in the future, when more specimens will be available for comparison, its status will be changed to the species level. Meoneura falcata sp. n. (Fig. 4) Holotype male (HNHM): Austria, Pillersee, 1777m, hálózás fenyőerdőben [netted in a larch forest], 1974. VII. 24., leg. BAJZA & PAPP. Its abdomen is detached and the whole fly has been put into a plastic microvial with glycerine. Paratypes: 1 male (MHNG): Italie-Aoste s/Cervinia, 2500 m 12. VII. 65, A. Comellini (abdomen and genitalia in a plastic microvial with glycerine); 1 male (coll. Bächli/ZMZ): CH: Bürchen VS, 7.-13.8.1993., G. Bächli leg. (genitalia not prepared).