CHAMAEMYIIDAE

Papp, L., Merz, B. & Földvári, M., 2006, DIPTERA OF THAILAND A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (2), No. 2, pp. 97-269 : 188-189

CHAMAEMYIIDAE

The Oriental fauna of Chamaemyiidae is really poorly known. In the CDO eleven species in of three genera were listed, none of them from Thailand (COGAN 1977). TANASIJTSHUK (1996) published a book-size paper on the silver-flies of Australia, which is the most useful work even when studying the Oriental species.

We captured only one chamaemyiid specimen in 2004 but the HNHM expeditions in 2003 produced ten specimens.

Acrometopia reicherti ( EDWARDS, 1929) – 1 f: Fang, Mae Fang NP, Doi Pha Hom Pok, 2000 m, from herbs, 20. 11. 2003, leg. A. SZAPPANOS; 2 m 2 f: ibid., 1800 m, spring, 21. 11.; 1 f: FSz04/21. It is widespread from the S Kurile Islands and Japan , in the Oriental and Australasian regions, but it is new to Thailand.

Anochthiphila sp. n. – 2 m 1 f: Trang Prov., Rotehamangkon, swept, 01. 12. 2003, swamp forests, sand dunes, No. 26, OROSZ & SZIRÁKI. This is the first record of the genus from the Oriental region. It is a sp., near A. norrisi TANASIJTSHUK, 1996 , but it is obviously a different one: dark dorsal spots are only on its T4 and T5 and none of them is confluent with the lateral ones. Male genitalia also show differences, though the structures are similar .

Leucopis (Leucopis) sp. – 1 m: FSz03/25; 1 f: PF04/32. A small species with palpi, antennae and legs black (knees and metatarsi paler), 2 pairs of dc, anterior pair weak, abdominal tergite 1+2 dark grey, T3 with a pair of small spots T4-T5 with sagittal darker line (f) or without it (m).