Levente-Péter Kolcsár

Mycomya supernivea Nakamura and Saigusa, 2020 is a recently described large-sized cold-adapted fungus gnat species known from the island of Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu in Japan. This study reports the species for the first time from Shikoku Island and the central part of Honshu, indicating that the species is more widely distributed th...

The cranefly (Tipuloidea) fauna of the Western Balkans is still poorly known. In this study, occurrence data of 77 species is reported, of which two species are newly recorded for Albania, eight species for Bosnia and Herzegovina, twelve for Croatia, and seven for Slovenia, respectively. A new species, Baeoura neretvaensis Kolcsár & d’Oliveira, sp....

The superfamily Tipuloidea contains the following cranefly families: Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, with 1267 species known in Europe. Recent studies have increased our knowledge regarding these families substantially, but craneflies still represent an understudied group, even in Europe. A previous paper focused on European...

Chaoborus phantom midges have a cosmopolitan distribution and are often abundant inhabitants of lentic water bodies during their immature stages. Chaoborus punctipennis, a native species of lakes in the USA and Canada, is reported for the first time in the Palaearctic region in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, as invasive taxon. The species is easy to iden...

Japanese species of the subgenera Oreophila Lackschewitz and Parormosia Alexander of the genus Ormosia Rondani (Limoniidae) are revised. Two new species Ormosia (Oreophila) komazawai Kato & Kolcsár, sp. nov. and Ormosia (Parormosia) phalara Kato & Kolcsár, sp. nov. are described. The identities of all Japanese species of the two subgenera are clari...

We summarized the known data on the distribution of Penthetria funebris Meigen, 1804 in Romania, based on old and two new records. We illustrate the male habitus, brachypterous wing, head and terminalia.

A morphological and molecular study of 17 Cylindrotomidae species revealed that the two subspecies of Cylindrotoma distinctissima , the Nearctic C. americana Osten Sacken, 1865, stat. reval. and the Palearctic C. distinctissima (Meigen, 1818), represent separated lineages and consequently are raised to species level. Cylindrotoma japonica Alexander...

A new species of the genus Afrolimnophila Alexander, 1956 is described from Europe, A. erhanae sp. nov., and its wing and male terminalia are illustrated. A key to West Palearctic species of the genus is appended.

Limoniidae is one of the most species-rich Dipteran families, with 661 reported species in Europe. Despite the fact that the European limoniid crane fly fauna has been studied ever since Carolus Linnaeus, it is still poorly known. In this study, we summarise the taxonomic and faunistic studies of European Limoniidae, which described new species and...

Background: Holorusia Loew, 1863 (Diptera: Tipulidae) is a relatively large crane fly genus with a wide distribution in the Afrotropic, Australasian-Oceanian, Eastern Palearctic, Oriental and Nearctic Regions. Although the genus is well known to include the largest crane fly species, the immature stages are, thus far, only described for the larva...

Japanese species of the genus Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924 are revised. Two new species, Nipponomyia okinawensis Kolcsár & Kato, sp. nov. and N. yakushimensis Kolcsár & Kato, sp. nov. are described from the Ryukyu Islands. Images of habitus and wings, illustrations of male and female terminalia, and distribution maps are provided for the Japanese sp...

Japanese species of the genus Ulomorpha Osten Sacken, 1869 are revised and U. amamiana Kato & Kolcsár, sp. nov. and U. longipenis Kato & Kolcsár, sp. nov. are described. A key to the four Japanese species of the genus is provided, with images of habitus and wings, and drawings of their male terminalia. Ulomorpha amamiana Kato & Kolcsár, sp. nov. is...

The Romanian Trichoceridae fauna is poorly known. Trichocera ( Saltrichocera ) annulata Meigen, 1818 and Trichocera ( Saltrichocera ) maculipennis Meigen, 1818 are amongst the most widespread species in Europe, but the former species was not recorded from Romania so far and the later has only 120 years old records. Herein we report T. ( S. ) annula...

Studies on aquatic Diptera in the Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia) conducted in the last 50 years have produced 157 species and 7 taxa of aquatic Diptera placed in 13 families. Samples were collected at 25 sampling sites representing the four main types of karst aquatic habitats: spring, stream, tufa barriers and lakes. All records of all the...

The first records of Sylvicola cinctus (Fabricius, 1787) from Albania and Croatia, S. fuscatus (Fabricius, 1775) from Croatia and Ukraine, S. stackelbergi Krivosheina et Menzel, 1998 from Romania, and the second record of S. fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) from France are presented. Several other records are briefly discussed.

A number of human and animal diseases can be caused by viruses, which are transmitted by arthropods (e.g. arthropodborne virus). These arthropod vectors show a growing importance in many European countries, including Romania. Globalization and climate change creates favorable conditions for several exotic pathogens to enlarge their original ranges...

Sciaridae or the dark-winged fungus gnats fauna of southern and eastern Europe is very poorly known. A total of 29 species were identified from Romania, of which 20 species are reported here for the first time from the country. An updated checklist of darkwinged fungus gnats (Sciaridae) of Romania is provided. DNA barcodes of 39 specimens belonging...

The monitoring of Culicidae through faunistic data is important to identify potential vector species of disease and therefore acts as an early warning system. The Balkans have a diverse mosquito fauna that can be an important gateway of potential vector species to Europe, because of the abundance of larval habitats and favorable climatic conditions...

Thirty-two species of crane flies are reported as new for Hungary based on a recent survey and the revision of earlier collected specimens of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. The recent survey was carried out in spring and autumn of 2017 in a mature oak-hornbeam forest in the Pilis Mountains (Hungary). Identifications of four other s...

The cranefly Tipula (Lunatipula) helvola Loew (Tipulidae, Diptera) was identified as a new host for bigheaded fly Nephrocerus flavicornis Zetterstedt (Pipunculidae, Diptera). This bigheaded fly is noted as new to Romania.

Pediciidae, or hairy-eyed craneflies, are a small dipteran family within the super-family Tipuloidea. Most of species are associated with humid habitats and distributed mostly in mountainous areas. Here we report a number of species for the first time from various European countries. These are Dicranota (Ludicia) lucidipennis (Edwards, 1921) from B...

We present here an update checklist increases the number of Culicidae species in Romania from 50 to 60, split into 7 genera: Aedes (29 species), Anopheles(10 species), Coquillettidia (2 species), Culex (9 species), Culiseta (8 species), Orthopodomyia (1 species) and Uranotaenia (1 species). Additionally, 20 new faunistic records to different region...

A new species of the TipulasubgenusMediotipula is described from the south-eastern part of Albania, south-eastern Europe. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to T. (M.) stigmatella Schummel, 1833, but differs mainly with respect to males, having a distinctly shaped posterior margin of tergite 9–10, a widened outer gonostylus and a seri...

A new species of the Tipula subgenus Mediotipula is described from the south-eastern part of Albania, south-eastern Europe. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to T. (M.) stigmatella Schummel, 1833, but differs mainly with respect to males, having a distinctly shaped posterior margin of tergite 9–10, a widened outer gonostylus and a se...

Integrative tools should accelerate identification of "difficult" stages using genetic similarities between larvae and already known adult forms. Acutipula Alexander, 1924 larvae, which belong to the genus Tipula Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera, Tipulidae), are common in aquatic, semi-aquatic or helobiont habitats in leaf litter or mud in the margins of sm...

Here we report a new winter crane fly (Trichoceridae) species, belonging to the subgenus Metatrichocera Dahl, 1966 from Bulgaria. Further records of Metatrichocera Dahl from Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia are presented with illustrations and taxonomic remarks. The records of Trichocera (Metatrichocera) forcipula Nielsen, 1920 and Trichocera (Metatri...

Tipulidae larvae taxonomy

Three species of Limonia Meigen (Diptera: Limoniidae) are recorded here for the first time from countries within the Balkan region. Here we report Limonia pannonica (Kowarz, 1868) from the Republic of Macedonia, L. phragmitidis (Schrank, 1781) from Greece, and L. splendens (Kuntze, 1920) from Montenegro and Serbia.

Here we report a number of species for the first time from various European countries. These are Erioptera (Erioptera) divisa (Walker, 1848) and E. (E.) lutea lutea (Meigen, 1804) from Greece; E. (E.) flavata (Westhoff, 1882) and E. (E.) griseipennis (Meigen, 1838) from Bosnia and Herzegovina; E. (E.) fusculenta (Edwards, 1938) from Austria, Monten...

Here we present the first records of Cylindrotoma distinctissima distinctissima (Meigen, 1818) from Serbia, which represents a new family (Cylindrotomidae, Diptera) to the dipteran fauna of the country. Additionally, new records on this species are given from Bulgaria and Romania. New records of two other rare species of Cylindrotomidae, i.e. Diogm...

A total of 95 fungus gnats species were identified from sweep net samples collected from Montenegro, Romania and Serbia during 2010–2017. A mycetophilid species, Trichonta comis Gagné, 1981, is redescribed and a key is provided for the separation of European Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818)-group species. Ten species from Montenegro, 27 from Roma...

A total of 95 fungus gnats species were identified from sweep net samples collected from Montenegro, Romania and Serbia during 2010–2017. A mycetophilid species, Trichonta comis Gagné, 1981, is redescribed and a key is provided for the separation of European Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818)-group species. Ten species from Montenegro, 27 from Roma...

Background Fungus gnats (Sciaroidea) are a globally species rich group of lower Diptera. In Europe, Fennoscandian peninsula in particular holds a notable diversity, ca. 1000 species, of which 10 % are still unnamed. Fungus gnats are predominantly terrestrial insects, but some species dwell in wetland habitats. New information Eight new fungus gnat...

A list of five species of fungus gnats (Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) collected in Ukrainian Carpathians in July 2014 including Isoneuromyia semirufa (Meigen, 1818) and Mycomya (Mycomya) alpina Matile, 1972 recorded from Ukraine for the first time.

A list of nine hairy-eyed crane fly (Tipuloidea: Pediciidae) species collected in Ukrainian Carpathians in July 2014 including Pedicia (Amalopis) fusca Ujvárosi and Bálint, 2012 recorded from Ukraine for the first time.

Three new species of the genus Pedicia, subgenus Crunobia (Diptera: Pediciidae) belonging to the staryi group are described on the basis of a combination of molecular and morphology datasets, and a key to discriminate between species of the subgenus Crunobia is added. Geographic projection of the identified taxa suggests insular-like distribution a...

Contribution to the tipulid fauna (Di ptera: Tipulidae) of Austria with first records from Austria and different provinces. In this paper, records of the family Tipulidae from Austria are published. The specimens were collected from the second author in the period 1991–2013 as by-products of his study about the aquatic insect fauna of Austria. The...

Background: Anisopodidae (window gnats or wood gnats) is a small family of nematocerous Diptera. Until now only Sylvicola (Anisopus) punctatus (Fabricius, 1787) and Sylvicola (Sylvicola) fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) were reported from Romania. New information: New faunistic records of Sylvicola (Diptera: Anisopodidae) are presented. Sylvicola (Sy...

Sampling information

Diptera specimens were collected between 2014-2015 and some Polineura species between 2004-2013. We investigated our research in 76 localities in Sǎlaj Județul, Romania. Altogether 516 specimens of 141 species comprised of 37 Diptera families are reported from Sǎlaj Județul. 15 species of them proved to be new to the Romanian fauna.

Eleven species of hairy-eyed cranefl ies (Pediciidae) are known to occur in Hungary. Dicranota subtilis Loew, 1871 and Pedicia pallens Savchenko, 1978 are reported for the fi rst time and the presence of Pedicia straminea (Meigen, 1838) is confi rmed in Hungary.

The natural biodiversity crisis opens new perspectives in the field of faunistic or taxonomic research. Dipterans are of major importance in almost all types of ecosystems. In the present integrative taxonomy study a comparative morphological analysis and molecular tools (mtCOI sequences) were used to test taxonomic hypotheses in the case of the Pt...

The Carpathian region is recognized as one of the most important hotspots for aquatic biodiversity in Europe. In the present study, 658-bp long nucleotide sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene were used to study the phylogeographical patterns of the Carpathian endemic dipteran species belonging to the Pedicia...

Background: Molophilus Curtis, 1833 is the most species-rich Limoniidae genus with a total number of 1006 species and subspecies, from which 97 are recorded in the Western-Palaearctic region so far. However new species are still expected from less investigated regions, like the Balkans or the Eastern Europe. New information: In the present artic...

New records are provided for Limoniidae and Pediciidae from Croatia, with new distribution records for species in 12 different genera. Four genera and 18 species are newly recorded for Croatia. Until now, including this data, 87 Limoniidae and eight Pediciidae have been recorded from Croatia. In this paper we confirm presence of Ormosia (Oreophila)...

Secondary succession in former arable fields (i.e. old fields) might be altered by the colonization of invasive alien species, with possible community-wide impacts, hindering the ability old fields to become species-rich communities. However, the effects of invasive species on local communities have rarely been addressed in the light of secondary s...