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The species of Atherigona found on the island of Réunion are listed with the collection data. Where known, notes are given on biology, ecology and parasitoids. Atherigona brunnisquama sp. n. is described and illustrated. Geographical distribution outside the island is included.
An entomological research and collecting expedition took place in Mongolia, from July 30 till August 20, 2022.
This three-week excursion in the northeast of Mongolia investigated the insect fauna in a range of habitats across the aimaks of Ulaanbaator, Khentii and Dornod. The habitats included parts of the southern border of taiga forests of Siber...
An account of Neotropical Chyromyidae is given and the following new species are described: Gymnochiromyia semihirta sp. nov., G. tropica sp. nov., Tethysimyia bonairensis sp. nov., T. chilensis sp. nov., T. litophila sp. nov. and T. nigrifacies sp. nov. Aphaniosoma Becker and Notiochyromya Ebejer are reported for the first time from the Neotropica...
The species of Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 described from Egypt by Collin in 1949 are reviewed and lectotypes designated for Aphaniosoma creperum Collin, 1949, A. fissum Collin, 1949, A. lamellatum Collin, 1949 and A. sodalis Collin, 1949. All species known from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East are reviewed, with annotations, distribution...
Somatiosoma variseta sp. n. is described from Israel. This primarily Afrotropical and Arabian genus is discussed and a key to all known species is given.
Entomology is key to understanding terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems at a time of unprecedented anthropogenic environmental change and offers substantial untapped potential to benefit humanity in a variety of ways, from improving agricultural practices to managing vector-borne diseases and inspiring technological advances.
We identified high pr...
Camilla flavicauda Duda represents the first camillid fly species recorded for the United Arab Emirates.
Four families with five species of acalyptrate Diptera are recorded for the first time from Sicily: Aulacigastridae [Aulacigaster falcata Papp, A. leucopeza (Meigen)], Odiniidae [Odinia trinotata Robineau-Desvoidy], Periscelididae [Periscelis annulata (Fallén)] and Carnidae [Meoneura freta Collin]. In six families that were previously known from Si...
The faunistic knowledge of the Diptera of Morocco recorded from 1787 to 2021 is summarized and updated in this first catalogue of Moroccan Diptera species. A total of 3057 species, classified into 948 genera and 93 families (21 Nematocera and 72 Brachycera), are listed. Taxa (superfamily, family, genus and species) have been updated according to cu...
Additional records of 28 species of interest belonging to acalyptrate families Lonchaeidae (1 species), Lauxaniidae (2 species), Chamaemyiidae (9 species), Agromyzidae (16 species) and Opomyzidae (1 species) from glacial sand deposits in the Czech Silesia (NE Czech Republic) are presented and their association with sandy habitats discussed. A total...
An account is given of the Chyromyidae (Diptera) of Cyprus. First records are given for 15 species in the genus Aphaniosoma Becker, one in Gymnochiromyia Hendel and three in Chyromya Robineau-Desvoidy. Two species are described as new to science: Aphaniosoma cypriense sp. n. and A. pteropus sp. n. The possible origin of this fauna and its affinity...
A checklist is presented of all 986 extant species of Diptera known from the archipelago of the Maltese Islands situated in the central Mediterranean. Species considered to be alien to the Islands are listed with annotations in Appendix 1. The history of dipterology applicable to the islands is outlined and the three important historical published...
New records of 27 species of acalyptrate Diptera belonging to the families Psilidae, Conopidae, Lauxaniidae, Sepsidae, Asteiidae, Odiniidae, Xenasteiidae, Heleomyzidae, Chyromyidae, Nannodastiidae and Cryptochetidae occurring on the Maltese Islands are listed and each family is briefly reviewed in the local context. Las familias Psilidae, Conopidae...
Two families of acalyptrate Diptera, Curtonotidae and Helcomyzidae, are here recorded for the first time from Portu-gal, with the latter also being the first mention of this family for the Iberian Peninsula. Additionally, the acalyptrate family Tany-pezidae is also recorded for the first time from Spain. Nuevas familias de Diptera para Portugal y E...
The family Carnidae is reported from the Balearic Islands (Spain) for the first time. Meoneura glaberrima Becker, 1910 and M. prima (Becker, 1903) are new records and two species are described as new: M. ibizana sp. n. and M. micropygialis sp. n. This brings the total number of species of Meoneura known from Spain to 31.
An account is given of the Empididae of Malta. The eleven species known to inhabit the islands are listed with data for the eight species not previously published. The paucity of species on the Maltese Islands is briefly discussed in the context of the distribution of the family and some aspects of its ecology.
All 41 species of Dolichopodidae in 22 genera (excluding one species each in the subfamilies Microphorinae and Parathalassinae) known to occur on the Maltese Islands are reviewed, with 31 of these being recorded for the first time. Habitat preferences and flight periods of the species recorded are tabulated and discussed.
A review of all 81 species of the leaf-mining flies of the Maltese Islands with new records and phenology.
The representation in the Maltese Islands of the Order Orthoptera, including the Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Gryllotalpoidea, Tetrigoidea, Pyrgomorphoidea and Acridoidea, is reviewed for the first time in almost fifty years. A total of fifty-five species are treated, of which forty-six are accepted and nine are rejected on the basis of re-evaluated...
Records of 18 species of the families Micropezidae (1 species), Lonchaeidae (1 species), Lauxaniidae (1 species), Chamaemyiidae (6 species), Agromyzidae (6 species) and Chloropidae (3 species) from glacial sand deposits in the Czech Silesia (NE Czech Republic) are presented and their association with sandy habitats is discussed. All of them are rec...
In late 2017, prompted by the increase in fly fervour for the then incoming 9th International Congress of Dipterology (Windhoek, Namibia) and 2019 Year of the Fly, an overview of the Diptera collections held at OUMNH was undertaken with a view to forecast and plan collections work over the next decade. One of the strands for this plan encompassed t...
The Chyromyidae of Turkey are reviewed and all 15 species known from the country are listed. The following are new records: Chyromya miladae Andersson, 1976, Gymnochiromyia inermis (Collin, 1933), Aphaniosoma approximatum Becker, 1903, A. micromacro Carles-Tolrá, 2001, A. propinquans Collin, 1949 and A. proximum Ebejer, 1998.
The faunistic knowledge of the Lauxaniidae of Morocco is reviewed. Nineteen species are recorded for the first time bringing the total number known from this country to 26. Full data are given with a summary distribution of each species outside Morocco.
A new species of Micropezidae, Micropeza kettaniae, is described from Morocco and the twelve west Palaearctic species of Micropeza Meigen are keyed. This is the first record of the family from Morocco and the second species to be described from North Africa.
A list of all the species of Chamaemyiidae known from Turkey is compiled from the literature and supplemented by new records. A total of 40 species in five genera is given with updated nomenclature. One undescribed species is illustrated but not named for lack of males. The distribution of each species outside Turkey is summarised.
Taxonomic characters separating the genera Lauxania, Calliopum and Sapromyza are discussed. The taxonomy of Sapromyza sordida, S. halidayi and S. tuberculosa is revised. Sapromyza sordida and S. halidayi are proposed junior synonyms of S. tuberculosa, which is transferred to Calliopum, comb. nov. The Minettia punctiventris group of species is chara...
A review of the West African “snail-killing flies” or “marsh flies” (Sciomyzidae) shows that the fauna is not as dominated by the generally aquatic, predaceous genus Sepedon as was previously considered. Twenty species in seven genera, including three new species, Colobaea occidentalis, Pteromicra zariae and Sepedonella castanea are recorded. The H...
The following species of Chyromyidae are new records for Morocco: Chyromya robusta Hendel, Aphaniosoma approximatum Becker , A. quadrinotatum (Becker) and A. rufum Frey. Gymnochiromyia tschirnhausi is described as a new species. The total number of Chyromyidae species known from Morocco is 24.
An overview of the Chamaemyiidae of the Middle East is given with species distribution within the Arabian Peninsula. For countries bordering Saudi Arabia, the distribution is tabulated. Data on new records for species of Chamaemyiidae from countries within the Arabian Peninsula are included. Descriptions and illustrations are provided for Chamaemyi...
Five species of Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 are recorded for the first time from Algeria: Aphaniosoma annulatum Lyneborg, 1973, A. approximatum Becker, 1903, A. fissum Collin, 1949, A. nigricauda Ebejer, 1998 and Aphaniosoma sp. All were collected in the northern Sahara of Algeria in the oases of Oued M'Zab and in the region of Ghardaïa. The limited i...
The family Scathophagidae is very poorly known in Portugal and until now only four species in the genus Scathophaga Meigen, 1803 were recorded. In the present paper 8 species and 5 genera are recorded for the first time from Portugal, increasing the total number to 12 species in 6 genera. The genus Ceratinostoma Meade, 1885 and the species Cordilur...
The genus Prochyliza Walker is recorded for the first time from the Afrotropical Region. A new species, Prochyliza ignifera sp. nov., is described from the Indian Ocean islands of Aldabra and La Réunion. The status of this species as possibly the most primitive in the genus Prochyliza is hypothesised and discussed, raising some questions about the...
Nineteen species of Chyromyidae from Morocco are listed with data and compared to the fauna of the other North African countries bordering the Mediterranean. Five new species of Aphaniosoma, A. gatti, A. nigripes, A. nitidum, A. soror and A. zizense spp. n. are described and their relationships discussed and 11 species are recorded from Morocco for...
Parochthiphila ruderalicola Beschovski & Merz, 1998 is proposed as a junior synonym of P. frontella (Rondani, 1875). A key to the Palaearctic species of the genus is provided. Introduction Parochthiphila ruderalicola Beschovski & Merz, 1998 was described from a single male collected in Croatia. The authors drew attention to the similarity of this s...
The Sciomyzidae of Portugal is reviewed and records for 20 additional species for the continental part of the country are added to the previously known 12 species. A new species, Pherbellia inornatifrons, is described, illustrated and compared with closely related species.
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Nine species of acalyptrate flies belonging to the families Acartophthalmidae, Camillidae, Campichoetidae and Diastatidae are here reported for the first time from Portugal, with Camilla flavicauda Duda, 1922 also new for Iberia. The family Campichoetidae is new for the country. This represents a significant contribution to the knowledge of the spe...
Species of Chloropidae were collected from a wide range of habitats on mainland Portugal over a 68-month period from August 2008 to April 2014. One hundred and two species are listed with their data and habitats; 94 of these are recorded for the first time from mainland Portugal and 28 species are new records for Iberia. Three genera: Eribolus Beck...
The literature pertaining to the dipteran families Tipulidae, Limoniidae and Trichoceridae of Malta is reviewed. New material has been studied and as a result, 11 new records are added for the islands. The family Trichoceridae is also recorded for the first time.
An account of the Tephritoidea of the Maltese Islands is presented,
based on a review of the literature and an examination of new material. The nomenclature of older records is updated. The family Lonchaeidae is represented by only three species, one is a new record, the Piophilidae by a single species, the Tephritidae by 27 species, three of these...
An account is provided of the family Chyromyidae in the Afrotropical Region and taxonomic characters are re-examined and discussed. A division of the family into two subfamilies, Chyromyinae and Aphaniosominae subfam. n., is proposed and a cladistic analysis corroborates the generic concepts. Illustrated keys are provided to aid identification of b...
An account is given of the families in the Carnoidea (Diptera: Schizophora) that have not been recorded previously from Malta. These are Braulidae, one species, Canacidae, one species, Carnidae, two species and Milichiidae, seven species.
An account is given of the three Aschiza families of Diptera: one species of Lonchopteridae, one species of Opetiidae and four species of Pipunculidae that occur in Malta and which are all new records for this country.
New records of Rhinophoridae are given for Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta and Tunisia. Previous knowledge of this family from these countries was more limited. Some faunistic comparisons are made between the Rhinophoridae occurring in these countries and the Balearics.
The literature on the Tachinidae of Malta is reviewed. Nineteen species are recorded for the fi rst time bringing to 61 the total number known. A checklist of species is provided and rearing data, where available, is included with the records of the relevant species.
The females of all West Palaearctic species of Gymnochiromyia were studied to elucidate taxonomic characters that may aid identification. Four new species are described from Israel: G. hermonensis, G meronensis, G. pallida, G. persimilis and one from the United Arab Emirates: G. curtisetosa. Illustrations are provided of the female postabdomen of a...
An account is given of the Syrphidae of Gibraltar with a brief description of their habitats: 42 species are recorded, 19 in the subfamily Syrphinae and 23 in the subfamily Milesiinae. Eumerus hungaricus Szilády, 1940 and Merodon eques Fabricius, 1805 are new to Iberia.
Mainly within the last ten years, the number of species of Odonata known from the Maltese Islands has increased from nine resident and two migrant species to 13 res-idents and two migrants. The former migrant species now regularly breed in the is-lands. The literature on the Odonata of Malta is reviewed, and an overview of the flight season data is...
The genus Gymnochiromyia Hendel, 1933 is redescribed. Several new characters are used in the diagnosis, and the characters in the female postabdomen are presented and discussed for the first time. The little that is known on the biology, ecology and distribution of the genus is summarised. Fourteen new species are described from Southern Africa: ba...
A new species of Chamaemyiidae from Turkey, Parochthiphila (Euestelia) argentiseta is described. Parochthiphila inconstans (Becker, 1903) is assigned to the subgenus Parochthiphila Czerny, 1904 after examination of the types. New records of 25 species are given from several countries around the Mediterranean and from Oman thus extending our previou...
An account is given of the dipterous family Chloropidae from the Balearic Islands. New records of all the 41 species recently encountered on the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Mallorca are given with some information on their habitat and distribution. The genus Speccafrons Sabrosky, 1980, is recorded for the first time from Spain with the species S....
36 species of Syrphidae are recorded from s'Albufera de Mallorca and another 3 from sites outside the park. 8 species are recorded for the first time from the Balearic Islands bringing to 66 the total number of confirmed species, Notes on their ecology and distribution are given where available and the checklist is updated.
A study of some Chyromyidae from Central Asia has yielded a total of 27 new species and three previously known species of Aphaniosoma BECKER, 1903. The material consisted of 341 specimens from Mongolia and one from Russia, Altai region, deposited in the Zoological Museum, St Petersburg, Russia; 48 specimens from Kyrgizstan and four specimens from U...
The family Chryomyidae is reported from Sicily (eleven species) and from Sardinia (nine species). Additional records of species for mainland Italy are also given. A new species of Aphaniosoma is described from France, Sicily and Sardinia. A total of eleven species are new to Italy: Chyromya miladae, Gymnochiromyia fallax, G. flavella, G. inermis, G...
Muscarinic receptors are a functionally important family of G-protein-coupled receptors. Using a combination of rapid amplification of 5' cDNA ends and reporter gene assays, we characterized the 5' untranslated region of the CHRM2 gene as expressed in human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells. A splice site is present 46 bp upstream from the ATG star...
Muscarinic receptors are important in the development of airway hyperresponsiveness, and dysfunction of these receptors has been suggested to be present in asthma.
The human muscarinic M2 and M3 receptor genes were screened for polymorphic variation using single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis, complemented by direct fluorescent...
I known Palaearctic species of Aphaniosoma Becker are reviewed. Taxonomy and morphological variation are discussed. Notes on ecology and distribution are given where these are known. Eighteen species are described as new: bartaki, bicarinatum, egregium, falciferum, forcipatum, grisescens, impudens, necopinatum, nigricauda, nigrum, occidentalis, pil...
All known Palaearctic species of Aphaniosoma Becker are reviewed. Taxonomy and morphological variation are discussed. Notes on ecology and distribution are given where these are known. Eighteen species are described as new: bartaki, bicarinatum egregium, falciferum, forcipatum, grisescens, impudens, necopinatum, nigricauda, nigrum, occidentalis, pi...
The pulmonary hypertension of cor pulmonale can be reversed by sustained correction of hypoxia but continuous oxygen treatment poses problems in clinical practice. Alternative methods of relieving pulmonary vasoconstriction have therefore been explored. Eight patients with chronic cor pulmonale (five of them men) were studied to measure the haemody...
