New records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from caves in the Bakony Mountains, Hungary

Disney, Henry; Kutasi, Csaba; Katona, Lajos Tamás; Sándor, Sándor

doi:10.3161/00159301ff2014.57.1.057

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“…The results have already been reported in some parts (see e.g. Szabó et al 2013, Disney 2014, Novák and Kutasi 2014. Several Hymenoptera specimens were also collected in these hypogean environments; in this paper we report the results of the survey regarding Hymenoptera.…”

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Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary – an overlooked taxon in hypogean research

Vas¹,

Kutasi²

2016

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There are no known troglobiotic hymenopterans, although a few species regularly occur in caves, usually for an inactive phase of their life-cycles. During a recent faunistical survey of the invertebrate fauna of Bakony Mountains' caves (Hungary) several Hymenoptera specimens were collected in hypogean environments. In this paper we report the results of the survey regarding Hymenoptera. Although the Hymenoptera material was small in numbers, they provided valuable faunistical data: very rare or rarely collected species were found, and 5 taxa are first reported from hypogean environment. Aclastus longicauda Horstmann (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) was found new to the Hungarian fauna, considerably extending the distributional area of this species that has been known only from Northern Europe so far. Our local results clearly indicate that, both at local and world-wide level, research focusing on the usually overlooked Hymenoptera fauna of caves will certainly provide valuable faunistical, distributional and biogeographical data.

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Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary – an overlooked taxon in hypogean research

Vas¹,

Kutasi²

2016

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Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of subterranean habitats in Slovakia: a review and a case study

Grundmann¹,

Oboňa

Mocek

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Biologia

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During biospeleological surveys in Slovakia in the past, phorid flies were usually overlooked or ignored. Only one species, Triphleba antricola (Schmitz, 1918), has been reported from some caves in Slovakia. The first more comprehensive study of phorid flies of subterranean ecosystems in Slovakia is herein presented. During the investigation of seven caves and one gallery located in the Malé Karpaty Mts. in 2021 a total of nine species of Phoridae were documented. They represent the three genera Borophaga (1 sp.), Triphleba (2 spp.) and Megaselia (6 spp.). Triphleba antricola, distributed along all depths and environmental gradients between entrances and the deepest parts of the caves and the gallery, represents the most common and abundant troglophilous species. Other species probably represent only temporal visitors of the shallow spaces in caves. The position, dimensions and condition of the cave/mine entrances are probably the limits of the species events of scuttle flies in caves. Megaselia breviterga (Lundbeck, 1920) and Megaselia vernalis (Wood, 1909) are recorded in Slovakia for the first time.

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New records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from caves in the Bakony Mountains, Hungary

Abstract: Eleven species o f Phoridae were obtained during the survey of invertebrates fauna of four caves in the Bakony Mountains of Hungary. Four species are new records for Hungary:

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Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary – an overlooked taxon in hypogean research

Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary – an overlooked taxon in hypogean research

Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of subterranean habitats in Slovakia: a review and a case study

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