Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)
Papp, L.: Two new genera of the Oriental Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 96 Budapest, 2004 pp. 103-114. Two new genera of the Oriental Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) L. PAPP Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary. E-mail: lpapp@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu Abstract - Two new genera, Aspinilimosina gen. n. (type species A. postocellaris sp. n., Sri Lanka) and Pellucialula gen. n. (type species P. polyseta sp. n., Indonesia, Western Kalimantan) are described from the Oriental region. With 21 figures. Key words - Sphaeroceridae, Aspinilimosina, Pellucialula, new genera and species, taxonomy, Oriental Region. INTRODUCTION The family Sphaeroceridae was recently divided into five subfamilies (ROHACEK et al. 2001). Two of them (Tucminae and Homalomitrinae) are very small as for the number of species included. Another two, Sphaerocerinae and Copromyzinae are richer in species but generic revisions have already been made on them. It means, that although numerous new species are to be described in them also in the future, at the same time it is unlikely to find unknown genera. The species richest subfamily is Limosininae. ROHACEK (1982, 1983,1985) published a book-size revision paper in four parts for the Palaearctic Limosinini (formerly mostly united under the generic name Limosina). I was wrong saying after the publication of that revolutionary work that also the tropical, exotic species ought to have been studied for such a revision. Contrary, the generic status of very few of the species treated by ROHACEK (1982, 1983, 1985) have been changed since then. Even in the case, where an exotic genus "swallowed" the Palaearctic one (Phthitia/Kimosina) ROHACEK' s work facilitated descriptions on a higher level, etc. Prof. STEVEN A. MARSHALL and co-authors have achieved important results on the Nearctic and Neotropical Limosinini, describing a number of new genera. No such a work has been done on the Afrotropical and Oriental species yet. There are known species, which must belong to new genera (Limosina monorbiseta DEEMING, the Poecilosomella multicolor species group and the Paralimosina eximia species group are
