MYCETOPHILIDAE, , COLLESS & LIEPA, 1973

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 : 142-143

MYCETOPHILIDAE s.str.

In the CDO (COLLESS & LIEPA 1973: 451–463) there is only one species, Allactoneura argenteosquamosa ( ENDERLEIN, 1910) listed from Thailand. Later KJAERANDSEN (1994) described Pseudexechia inthanonensis (p. 329) from Thailand. In his revision of the Oriental Sciophila, SØLI (1995) described three species: Sciophila bilobata (p. 283), S. fistulata (p. 285) and S. suthepensis (p. 286).

It is not an exaggeration, if we say that our material is extremely rich. In 2004 we captured and pinned 1120 indiv. of Mycetophilidae s.str., the 2003 expedition resulted in 479 indiv., partly from Vietnam but mainly from Thailand. All the material must contain well over 100 species, a good majority of them new to science.

We list the genera represented in the material following BECHEV’ s (2000) table (with the number of indiv. from 2004 + 2003 in brackets).

Mycomyinae : Mycomya RONDANI, 1856 (68+29), Neoempheria OSTEN SACKEN, 1878 (246+4), Parempheriella MATILE, 1973 (15 indiv., 6 new species)

Sciophilinae : Acnemia WINNERTZ, 1863 (1+1), Azana WALKER, 1856 (1), Monoclona MIK, 1886 ( M. laosilvatica ŠEVČÍK, 2000: 1 m: PF04/28), Neuratelia RONDANI, 1856 (8), Phthinia WINNERTZ, 1863 , or a gen. n. (2), Sciophila MEIGEN, 1818 (1)

Gnoristinae : Boletina STAEGER, 1840 (1), genus aff. Dziedzickia JOHANNSEN, 1909 (7), Tetragoneura WINNERTZ, 1846 (2)

Allactoneurinae: Allactoneura DE MEIJERE, 1907 (4)

Metanepsiinae : Metanepsia EDWARDS, 1927 , (2)

Leiinae : Clastobasis SKUSE, 1890 (40+3), “Docosineura” gen. n. (5), Leia MEIGEN, 1818 (4+2), Megophthalmidia DZIEDZICKI, 1889 (1+3), Neoclastobasis OSTROVERCHOVA, 1970 + Greenomyia BRUNETTI, 1912 (12), Rondaniella JOHANNSEN, 1909 (15), Sticholeia SÖLI, 1996 (1 f, sp. n., the 4th species of the genus, the first one from the Asian continent)

Mycetophilinae : Exechiini : Allodia WINNERTZ, 1863 (48+2), Anatella WINNERTZ, 1863 (5), Brachypeza WINNERTZ, 1863 (2), Brevicornu MARSHALL, 1896 (1+3), Cordyla MEIGEN, 1803 (4), Exechia WINNERTZ, 1863 (33+2),? Tarnania TUOMIKOSKI, 1966 (1)

Mycetophilini : Aspidionia COLLESS, 1966 (7+1), Epicypta WINNERTZ, 1863 (493+68), Mycetophila MEIGEN, 1803 (21+11), Phronia WINNERTZ, 1863 (8), Platurocypta ENDERLEIN, 1910 (21+1), Sceptonia WINNERTZ, 1863 (0+2), Zygomyia WINNERTZ, 1863 (2)

In addition, representatives of two new genera of the Exechiini are in that material.

The most interesting specimens are probably one m and one f of Leptomorphus , or a new genus aff. Leptomorphus (PF04/29). Its body is a metallic blue and yellow, and its wing venation fit well to that of Leptomorphus . However, it has no scutellum! The thinner sclerotized (nearly membranous) yellow lamella at the place of scutellar base can be slightly protruding (m) or totally flat (f).

We have to mention here that also the material from Vietnam (FSz03/1–6) is very interesting. I found the representatives of the following genera: Mycomya , Neoempheria , Acnemia , Polylepta WINNERTZ, 1863 , Sciophila , Apolephthisa GRZEGORZEK, 1885 , Boletina , Coelosia WINNERTZ, 1863 , Saigusaia VOCKEROTH, 1980 , Tetragoneura , Leia , Allodia , Anatella , Brevicornu , Exechia , Rymosia WINNERTZ, 1863 , Synplasta SKUSE, 1890 , Aspidionia , Epicypta , Mycetophila , Phronia , Platurocypta , Trichonta WINNERTZ, 1863 , Zygomyia . In addition, a new genus of Gnoristini is involved.