Muchówki z rodzaju Pipizella (Diptera, Syrphidae) muraw kserotermicznych Wyżyny Miechowskiej. Hoverflies of the genus Pipizella (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the calcareous grasslands of the Miechowska Upland (S. Poland).

Three species of hoverflies of the genus Pipizella were found during the faunistic survey conducted in the Miechowska Upland. Two of them: P. annulata (Macquart, 1829) and P. divicoi (Goeldlin de Tiefenau, 1974) are rare in Poland. Brief characteristics of the species are provided, including new hints for their determination. After reviewing the information from literature, the presence of the species P. virens (Fabricius, 1805) in Poland is hereby discussed

Wstępne dane o rączycowatych (Diptera: Tachinidae) Beskidu Śląskiego oraz przyległych obszarów Beskidu Zachodniego. Preliminary data on tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) of the Silesian Beskids and adjacent areas of the Western Beskids.

Preliminary faunistic data of tachinid flies collected in Beskid Śląski (south Poland) is given the first time. Authors presented records of 111 species collected and reared in the region during 6 years of investigation period (2012 – 2017). The most interesting records: Cleonicae cf. keteli reared from Chrysomela vigintipunctata and Redtenbacheria insignis reared from Pentatoma rufipes (a new host of the species) are published

Fauna Europaea: Diptera -Brachycera

Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Pape, T., Beuk, P., Pont, A. C., Shatalkin, A. I., Ozerov, A. L., Woźnica, A. J., ... de Jong, Y. (2015). Fauna Europaea: 3, [e4187]. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4187 General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Abstract Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all extant multicellular European terrestrial and freshwater animals and their geographical distribution at the level of countries and major islands (east of the Urals and excluding the Caucasus region). The Fauna Europaea project comprises about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. Fauna Europaea represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing taxonomic specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many user communities in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. The Diptera-Brachycera is one of the 58 Fauna Europaea major taxonomic groups, and data have been compiled by a network of 55 specialists. Within the two-winged insects (Diptera), the Brachycera constitute a monophyletic group, which is generally given rank of suborder. The Brachycera may be classified into the probably paraphyletic 'lower brachyceran grade' and the monophyletic Eremoneura. The latter contains the Empidoidea, the Apystomyioidea with a single Nearctic species, and the Cyclorrhapha, which in turn is divided into the paraphyletic 'aschizan grade' and the monophyletic Schizophora. The latter is traditionally divided into the paraphyletic 'acalyptrate grade' and the monophyletic Calyptratae. Our knowledge of the European fauna of Diptera-Brachycera varies tremendously among families, from the reasonably well known hoverflies (Syrphidae) to the extremely poorly known scuttle flies (Phoridae). There has been a steady growth in our knowledge of European Diptera for the last two centuries, with no apparent slow down, but there is a shift towards a larger fraction of the new species being found among the families of the nematoceran grade (lower Diptera), which due to a larger number of small-sized species may be considered as taxonomically more challenging. Most of Europe is highly industrialised and has a high human population density, and the more fertile habitats are extensively cultivated. This has undoubtedly increased the extinction risk for numerous species of brachyceran flies, yet with the recent re-discovery of Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer), there are no known cases of extinction at a European level. However, few national Red Lists have extensive information on Diptera. For the Diptera-Brachycera, data from 96 families containing 11,751 species are included in this paper

Redescription of <i>Sphecapatoclea excisa</i> Villeneuve, 1909 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

FIGURE 5. Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve, first instar larva (specimen from Israel, deposited in NCUT). A. Pseudocephalon, anterior view. B. Cuticular sculpture, second thoracic segment. C. Anal division, posterior spiracles, posterior view. D. Second abdominal segment, dorsal view. E. Second abdominal segment, ventral view. F. Anal division, ventral view. G. Cephaloskeleton, lateral view. H. Cephaloskeleton, dorsal view. I. Pseudocephalon, ventral view. J. Pseudocephalon, lateral view. Abbreviations: abr, antennal basal ring; and, antennal dome; ao, anal opening; ap, anal papilla; co, "cheek organ"; dc, dorsal cornu; is, intermediate sclerite; lb, labrum; mh, mouthhook; mp, maxillary palpus; or, oral ridges; pb, parastomal bar; sb1, sensillum basiconicum 1; vc, ventral cornu; vo, ventral organ; vp, vertical plate.Published as part of Szpila, Krzysztof, Wyborska, Dominika, Bystrowski, Cezary & Pape, Thomas, 2020, Redescription of Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve, 1909 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 110-122 in Zootaxa 4728 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/361457

First Observation of One Maculinea Arion Pupa in a Myrmica Lobicornis Nest in Poland

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Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve. Bootstrap 1909

&lt;i&gt;Sphecapatoclea excisa&lt;/i&gt; Villeneuve &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Sphecapatoclea excisa&lt;/i&gt; Villeneuve, 1909: 156. Type locality: Sinai (&ldquo;W. Tim&acirc;n. SW.&rdquo;, &ldquo;W. Chaschibi, SW.&rdquo; and &ldquo;W&uuml;stenebene G&acirc;&rsquo;a, W.&rdquo;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Type material examined.&lt;/b&gt; 1 &female; syntype: Sina&iuml; / 1V. // Sphecapatoclea / excisa &female; / type Villen. (deposited in IRSNB) (Fig. 1).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Other material examined.&lt;/b&gt; 1 &male;, Israel, Negev desert, Makhtesh Ramon National Park, Nahal Ramon, 15 May&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;2006, 485 m a.s.l., 30&deg;36&rsquo;50.4&rdquo;N 34&deg;51&rsquo;33.5&rdquo;E, leg. K. Szpila &amp; C. Bystrowski (NCUT); 3 &male;&male;, 1 &female;, Israel, Negev desert, Makhtesh Ramon National Park, Nahal Ramon, 23 May 2006, 485 m a.s.l., 30&deg;36&rsquo;50.4&rdquo;N 34&deg;51&rsquo;33.5&rdquo;E, leg. K. Szpila &amp; C. Bystrowski (NCUT, NHMD, TAU); 1 &female;, same data but 19 May 2006 (NCUT).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Redescription (adult).&lt;/b&gt; Length 8.2&ndash; 7.5 mm (n = 6). Body shape cylindrical. Colour black with silvery grey microtrichosity, with stronger shine on the head of the male. Distinct sexual dimorphism with much darker colouration of males than females.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Male&lt;/i&gt; (Fig. 2). Head. Parafacial plate slightly receding, with lower part of head broad in profile. Frontal stripe with silvery grey microtrichosity, except anteriormost part with visible brownish-black integument. Frontal vitta narrowed anteriorly, width at lunule 0.3 x width at anterior ocellus. Fronto-orbital and parafacial plates with dense, strongly shiny, silvery microtrichosity. Scape, pedicel, first flagellomere and arista blackish. Tip of pedicel brownish-red on ventral surface. Ocellar triangle with a pair of latero-proclinate setae slightly larger than additional ocellar setulae, and two pairs of small postocellar setae. Inner vertical seta strong, almost straight, outer vertical seta curved and 0.7 x as long as inner vertical seta. Eleven pairs of strong frontal setae, anteriormost four pairs crossed over the frontal vitta. Frontal vitta and vertex bare, except one pair of paravertical setae. Two proclinate orbital setae, 2&ndash;4 reclinate orbital setae of variable size, at least one seta strong. Fronto-orbital plate with 8&ndash;9 setulae in anterior part. Parafacial plate with 13&ndash;17 setulae distributed irregularly along anterior margin. Lunule bare. Scape and pedicel with short clothing setulae, setulae on pedicel longer than pedicel. Gena and postgena with black setulae, postcranium with sparse, black setulae. Antenna inserted slightly but distinctly above level of middle of eye. First flagellomere short, 1.2 x as long as pedicel and 1.1 x as long as distance between tip of first flagellomere and vibrissal socket, tip reaching to about middle of parafacial plate.Arista micropubescent; aristomeres 1 and 2 shorter than their greatest diameter. Facial plate with a very low but distinct keel below antennal insertion. Vibrissa well developed, slightly above lower facial margin; 2&ndash;3 supravibrissal setae. Subvibrissal setae numerous, shorter than vibrissa. Height of gena 0.8 x length of first flagellomere. Proboscis short; palpus yellow.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Thorax. Black ground colour; covered with dense, grey microtrichosity except lateral surfaces above fore and hind legs; scutum with a broad, black, shiny median stripe, visible in dorsal view; stripe at level of transverse suture 0.3 x width of scutum; scutellum with a yellowish tip. &lt;i&gt;Legs&lt;/i&gt;. Fore tarsus with claws shorter than tarsomere 5. Mid tibia with 1 large and 1&ndash;2 small anterodorsal setae. Legs without particular modifications except first tarsomere of mid leg slightly curved and laterally compressed in middle part. &lt;i&gt;Wing&lt;/i&gt;. Tegula black, basicosta yellow, veins yellow; costal spine not developed; base of vein R 4+5 with 2&ndash;4 setulae dorsally and ventrally; cell r 4+5 short-petiolate with petiole turned slightly proximally.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Abdomen. Generally black, with brownish colour on anterolateral parts. Syntergite 1+2 black, without microtrichosity. Colour pattern on tergites 3&ndash;5 variable with direction of observation; all tergites with a lustrous black band across posterior margin in dorsal and lateral views, and with an indistinct median black line along all segments in dorsal view; each tergite in postero-dorsal view with a long, black, more or less drop-shaped median black spot with a small triangular black spot on either side, median spot on tergite 3 reaching anterior margin of tergite, on tergites 4 and 5 ending just before anterior margin. Sternites 3 and 4 elongated, sternite 5 heart-shaped, with anterior margin rounded and posterior lobes each with an apical sclerotised spot.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Terminalia (Fig. 3). Integument of genital segments brownish-black, without microtrichosity. Cercus (c) long, gently curved in distal third and tapering into a moderately pointed tip. Cercus with scattered setae and short clothing setulae in basal half, almost bare in distal half. Surstylus (srst) straight, almost as long as cercus, evenly rounded apically and with clothing setulae along whole length. Pregonite gently curving into an anteriorly-directed and rounded tip. Postgonite elongate with a strong anterior seta situated proximal to middle on a very small protuberance. Basiphallus (bp) strongly sclerotised; epiphallus (ep) sclerotised but separated from basiphallus by membranous strip at its base, broad and parallel-sided in proximal half and with a slightly expanded and slightly downcurved, rounded tip; ventral plate (vlp) well differentiated; dorsal plate (dp) shallowly bifid apically; membranous part of phallus with numerous denticles decreasing in size from ventral plate to tip, acrophallus (ac) widened at tip.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Female&lt;/i&gt; (Fig. 4). Differs from male in the following features: general body colouration lighter; head with grey microtrichosity but without silver shine effect, width of frons at level of anterior ocellus 0.5 x width of head (dorsal view), portion of frontal vitta without microtrichosity longer than in male; antenna inserted at level of middle of eye; abdomen entirely black with dense microtrichosity also on syntergite 1+2, pattern of three spots well developed on all tergites including syntergite 1+2 (distinctly visible in postero-dorsal view), bands on posterior margin of segments visible only as narrow strips connecting bases of spots in dorsal view, median spot on tergites 3&ndash;5 unclear in dorsal view.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Description of first instar larva&lt;/b&gt; (Fig. 5). Pseudocephalon. Antennal complex large, antennal dome (and) oval with rounded tip, antennal basal ring (abr) high; maxillary palpus (mp) shaped as a flat disc, clearly distinguished from surrounding cuticle, first sensillum basiconicum (sb1) long with slightly swollen tip and displaced from central cluster of sensilla toward medio-dorsal border of palpus, additional sensilla large and both situated at level of adjacent surface of palpus, dorsad to central cluster of sensilla; ventral organ (vo) on flat, fleshy lobe; pseudocephalon laterally with a broad, flat lobe (&ldquo;cheek organ&rdquo;); oral ridges (or) well developed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Cephaloskeleton. Labrum (lb) straight but with anterior part bent perpendicularly, tip pointed; mouthhook (mh) slightly curved, basal part with lateral arm, tip of mouthhook weakly sclerotised with row of few pointed teeth forming an angle of about 30 degrees with median plane of mouthhook; intermediate sclerite (is) slightly below parastomal bars (pb) in lateral view, longer than wide in ventral view; parastomal bars long; vertical plate (vp) slightly narrower than ventral cornu (vc) and broader than dorsal cornu (dc); dorsal bridge absent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thoracic segments. Anterior spinose bands with between 3&ndash;4 (dorsal surface) and 11&ndash;12 (ventral surface of first segment) rows of spines, spines arranged separately from each other; aperture of anterior spiracle on lateral surface of first thoracic segment; remaining area of thoracic segments with densely set cuticular ridges; Keilin&rsquo;s organ with short sensilla.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Abdominal segments. Anterior spinose bands on abdominal segments with between 2&ndash;3 and 9&ndash;10 rows of spines, all bands complete; posterior spinose band on segments a1&ndash;a4 incomplete, without spines on lateral and dorsal surfaces, complete on segments a5&ndash;a7; spines small and separated, spines on ventral and dorsal surfaces of segments similar; lateral creeping welts developed and covered in spines; all abdominal segments with densely set cuticular ridges on entire surface.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Anal division. Anterior spinose band on anal division incomplete, without spines dorsally; cuticle of anal division with ridges, except on spiracular field; papillae around spiracular field visible as flat protuberances with an apical sensillum; spiracular field ringed by hair-like spines; posterior spiracles with four small peristigmatic tufts, each with a few (1&ndash;3) branches; anal papillae rounded.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Biology.&lt;/b&gt; Unknown. The flies were collected in a desert environment along a dry stream bed, and all specimens were attracted to human sweat. The thorax of the single collected female is covered in yellow pollen grains.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;DNA Barcoding.&lt;/b&gt; The 161 bp sequences of the COI mini-barcode region obtained from one adult male and one adult female as described above, were identical. NJ analysis placed these two specimens in a clade with the two unidentified species of &lt;i&gt;Sphecapatoclea&lt;/i&gt; from the analysis by Piwczy&nacute;ski &lt;i&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;. (2017), with high bootstrap support (BS= 88.8%) (Fig. 7).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Remarks.&lt;/b&gt; Villeneuve (1909) described &lt;i&gt;S. excisa&lt;/i&gt; on an unspecified number of males and females from three different localities in the Sinai Peninsula, without designating a holotype. We have been able to retrieve only one female syntype (Fig. 1; deposited in IRSNB). Inquiries at the Staatliches Museum f&uuml;r Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany, Museum National d&rsquo;Histoire Naturelle, Paris, and the Natural History Museum, London, did not yield any additional syntypes. We are deliberately abstaining from designating this female as a lectotype in the hopes that a male syntype will eventually be discovered.&lt;/p&gt;Published as part of &lt;i&gt;Szpila, Krzysztof, Wyborska, Dominika, Bystrowski, Cezary &amp; Pape, Thomas, 2020, Redescription of Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve, 1909 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 110-122 in Zootaxa 4728 (1)&lt;/i&gt; on pages 112-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.5, &lt;a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3614571"&gt;http://zenodo.org/record/3614571&lt;/a&gt

Redescription of Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve, 1909 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Szpila, Krzysztof, Wyborska, Dominika, Bystrowski, Cezary, Pape, Thomas (2020): Redescription of Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve, 1909 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Zootaxa 4728 (1): 110-122, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.

Variation of bud flushing in Larix decidua clones

In situ assessments of bud flushing in European larch Larix decidua Mill. clones growing under natural conditions were conducted in the Łęgajny seed orchard, Warmia-Masuria Province, Poland. The 27 assessed clones (among a total of 332 trees) were derived from superior plus trees from six selected stands in north eastern Poland. The analyses were carried out on 15-year-old clones grown in two seed orchard sectors differing in soil moisture conditions (no. 3, a nearly flat surface with southern exposure and no. 5, a flat surface, slightly inclined toward the north and periodically flooded by nearby bog-springs). Apical and axillary bud flushing was assessed in March/April 2014, using a 6-stage scale. Significant differences in bud burst were observed among clones, bud types (apical or axillary), clone provenances and growing conditions in seed orchard sectors. Generally, axillary buds flushed earlier than apical buds. Clones growing in section no. 3 showed earlier bud flushing than in section no. 5. Daily mean temperature during the initial bud burst period (stages 0–3) had no significant effect on bud flushing in a number of clones, however the cumulative temperature in that period was strong correlated with bud flushing for particular clones and provenances which suggests susceptibility to spring frost. Local site conditions (i.e. different soil moisture contents and insolation levels between sectors) as well as decreased temperatures in the first period of bud development had strong effects on bud flushing in European larch clones

Towards a new classification of Muscidae (Diptera): a comparison of hypotheses based on multiple molecular phylogenetic approaches

Muscidae are a megadiverse dipteran family that exhibits extraordinary diversity in morphology and life history as both immatures and adults. The classification of Muscidae has been long debated, and most higher-level relationships remain unknown. In this study, we used multilocus Sanger sequencing (mS-seq), anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) and restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) approaches to examine relationships within Muscidae. The results from AHE and RAD-seq largely correspond to those obtained from mS-seq in terms of overall topology, yet phylogenomic approaches received much higher nodal support. The results from all molecular approaches contradict the traditional classification based predominantly on adult morphology, but provide an opportunity to re-interpret the morphology of immature stages. Rearrangements in Muscidae classification are proposed as follows: (i) Mesembrina Meigen and Polietes Rondani are transferred from Muscinae to Azeliinae; (ii) Reinwardtiinae stat. rev. is resurrected as a subfamily distinct from Azeliinae; (iii) Eginia Robineau-Desvoidy, Neohelina Malloch, Syngamoptera Schnabl and Xenotachina Malloch are transferred to Reinwardtiinae stat. rev