O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 68. (Budapest, 2007)

several specimens of Musca autumnalis and Neomyia cornicina on cow pats of 12 to 24 hours, although these species prefer fresh dung for egg-laying. Beside Coproica lugubris, the sphaerocerid species Lotobia africana (BECKER, 1907) was frequent in the Hortobágy cow pat assemblages in 2003. This is the dominant species in sheep droppings on dry sheep pastures in Hungary (PAPP 1985). Species of the genus Coproica RONDANI, 1861 (C.ferruginata (STENHAMMAR, 1854), C. vagans (HALIDAY, 1833) and also C. hirticula COLLIN, 1956 in lower numbers), which are characteristic for drier kinds of dung and dung heaps, were well represented. This is again a characteristic feature of the Diptera assemblages of the cow pats on the Hortobágy. Figs 1-2. The sampling device. 1 = in use, 2 = from below, showing its inner tube with 18 holes