S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 30/2. (Budapest, 1977)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK (SERIES NOVA) XXX. 2. 1977 p. 119-123 Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Tunisia* By L. PAPP (Received 30. June, 1977) Abstract: A list of 18 sphaerocerid species hitherto known from Tunisia, and locality data of 27 species collected by the research workers of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in 1977. One species (Leptocera (Opacifrons) tunisica sp.n.) new to science and other 15 species new to the fauna of Tunisia. Tunisia is one of the "classic collecting areas" in dipterology. At the beginning of this century, the then large Diptera collections were enriched by valuable materials following the collecting activities of Th.BECKER, L. BIRO, and others. Among these materials there were also numerous sphaerocerid flies, a big part of which was soon identified and published. BECKER (1907) listed 14 sphaerocerid species from his collecting in Tunisia (including some specimens collected by L. BIRO), but there were two specific names among them which are now no more identifiable (see below). DUDA (1918) described four species in his big monography, the type-specimens of which originated at least partly from Tunisia. Later (DUDA 1938) he enriched the Tunisian fauna with one other sphaerocerid species. Finally, the author (PAPP 1978) recently published a paper with an additional species new to Tunisia. Thus there were known 18 species of Sphaeroceridae from that country. These are in a taxonomic order (B= BECKER, 1907): Sphaerocera curvipes Latreille, 1805 (B: as subsul- tans Fabr.); Ischiolepta pusilla (Fallén, 1820) (B: as Sphaerocera margaritata $ n.sp.); Lo tobia palltdiventrls (Meigen, 1830) (B: as Sphaerocera africana V n. sp., one female syntype (Gafsa, BIRO) in the collection of the HNHM); Copromyza (Ollnea) atra (Meigen, 1830) (B: as Olina geniculate Macq.); Ceroptera rufltarsls (Meigen, 1830) (DUDA 1938); Coproica d i - gitata (Duda, 1918) (as Limosina); Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880) (B: as Limosina hirtula); Coproica lugubrls (Haliday, 1836) (PAPP, 1978); Coproica vagans (Haliday, 1833) (B: as Limosina albipennis Rond.); Limosina brevicostata Duda, 1918; Limosina ciliata Duda, 1918; Limosina heteroneura Haliday, 1936 (B: as heteroneura Rond. ); Li m o s i n a simplicipes DUDA, 1925 pUDA 1918: as simplicimana n. sp. in coll. HNHM: 1 S syntype: Tunis, Hoegdn - "simplicimana" det. O. Duda); Leptocera (Opacifrons) coxata (Stenhammar, 1854) (B: as Limosina pusio Zett.); L. (Opacifrons ) maculifrons (Becker, 1907) (as Limosina); L. (Rachi spoda) fuscipennis (Haliday, 1833) (B: as Limosina oelandica Stenh.

, see below); L. (Rachispoda) limosa (

Stenhammar, 1854) (B: as Limosina limosa Stenh., In coll. HNHM: 1 5: Tunisia, Ain Draham - 1913. VI. 24.; 1 ?: Tunisia, Les Sources - 1913. VI. 29. on both of The collectings of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Tunisia, No. 2.