last updated: 17. April 2011


Pipunculidae literature and identification keys focusing on the European fauna

During the last 25 years, the knowledge about Pipunculidae has increased significantly. Many genera from different zoogeographical regions have been revised, resulting in the description of many new species.
Here, you can find a compilation of mostly taxonomic literature, necessary for identification purposes. The focus of this listing has been put on the European fauna.



Identification key to European genera/tribes of Pipunculidae
Source: Dunk (1997); ammended.



Faunistics


Phylogeny


The Genera of Pipunculidae


Subfamily Chalarinae

Chalarus Walker, 1834

Additional literature:
  • Coe, R.L. (1966b): Some British species of Chalarus and Verrallia (Diptera: Pipunculidae).- Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 35 (11-12): 149-160.
  • Dempewolf, M. (1998): On the taxonomy of two German pipunculid flies with remarks on the terminology of the male genitalia.- Beiträge zur Entomologie 48 (2): 531-537; Berlin.
  • Kehlmaier, C. (2003d): Pipunculidae (Diptera) from a forest ecosystem in northern Spain, with the description of a new species.- Entomologische Zeitschrift 113 (3): 87-94; Stuttgart.


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    Jassidophaga Aczél, 1939

    Additional literature prior to the above mentioned:
  • Coe, R.L. (1966a): Pipunculidae.– Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, Vol. X (Part 2c): 1-83; London.
  • Coe, R.L. (1966b): Some British species of Chalarus and Verrallia (Diptera: Pipunculidae).- Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 35 (11-12): 149-160.
  • Lauterer, P. (1981): Contribution to the knowledge of the family Pipunculidae of Czechoslovakia (Diptera).– Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae naturales 66: 123-150; Brno


    • Verrallia Mik, 1899



    Subfamily Nephrocerinae

    Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1838


    Protonephrocerus Collin, 1931
    Not present in Europe.



    Subfamily Pipunculinae

    Tribe Pipunculini

    Parapipunculus Rafael, 1986

    Not present in Europe and considered synonymus with Pipunculus by Skevington, J. & Marshall, S.A. (1998: 2).

    Pipunculus Latreille, 1802

    Additional literature prior to the above mentioned work:
  • Földvári, M. & Kozánek, M. (2001): New morphological and faunistic records of Hungarian Pipunculidae (Diptera).- Folia entomologica hungarica Rovartani Közlemények 62: 293-303.
  • Kozánek, M. (1981a): Genus Pipunculus Latreille (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in Czechoslovakia.- Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae 142: 1-16; Bratislava.
  • Kozánek, M. (1981b): Description of a new species of Pipunculus Latr. (Diptera, Pipunculidae) and a redescription of P. omissinervis Beck.- Biológia 36 (8): 605-609; Bratislava.
  • Kuznetzov, S. Y. (1993): A new Pipunculus species from Spain (Diptera: Pipunculidae).- Dipterological Research 4 (3): 139-144.



    •  Tribe Cephalopsini

    Cephalops Fallén, 1810


    Cephalosphaera Enderlein, 1936



    Tribe Microcephalopsini

    Collinias Aczél, 1940

    Not present in Europe.

    Microcephalops De Meyer, 1989



    Tribe Eudorylini

    Allomethus Hardy, 1943

    Not present in Europe.

    Amazunculus Rafael, 1986

    Not present in Europe.

    Basileunculus Rafael, 1987

    Not present in Europe.

    Claraeola Aczél, 1940


    Clistoabdominalis Skevington, 2001


    Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001


    Elmohardyia Rafael, 1987

    Not present in Europe.

    Eudorylas Aczél, 1940

    Additional literature prior to the above mentioned revision:
  • Ackland, D. M. (1994): Draft key to Eudorylas.- Unpublished manuscript.
  • Ackland, D. M. (1999): A new species of Eudorylas from Scotland (Diptera, Pipunculidae).- Dipterist's Digest 6: 35-39.
  • Ackland, D.M. (2002): Test keys to British Eudorylini.– The Piercer. A Pipunculidae Newsletter, 3, Dipterists Forum, Pipunculidae Study Group (Internet: http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk).
  • Becker, T. (1897): Dipterologische Studien V. Pipunculidae.- Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 42 (1/2): 25-100.
    Note: The article is in German.
  • Becker, T. (1900): Dipterologische Studien V. Pipunculidae. Erste Fortsetzung.- Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 45: 215-252.
    Note: The article is in German.
  • Becker, T. (1921): Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung. Pipunculidae (Dorylidae).- Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 38: 123-132 & 149-167.
    Note: The article is in German.
  • Coe, R. L. (1966): Pipunculidae.- In: Handbook for the Identification of British Insects Vol. X, Part 2 (c): 83pp.
  • De Meyer, M. (1993): Notes on the Pipunculidae fauna (Diptera) of Switzerland.- Mitteilungen der schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft 66: 41-52.
    Note: Description of Eudorylas kozaneki.
  • De Meyer, M. (1995): The pipunculid flies of Israel and the Sinai (Insecta, Diptera, Pipunculidae).- Spixiana 18 (3): 283-319; Munich.
  • De Meyer, M. (1997): Contribution to the Pipunculidae fauna of Spain (Diptera).- Beiträge zur Entomologie 47 (2): 421-450; Berlin.
  • Dempewolf, M. (1996): Taxonomical notes on west palaearctic Pipunculidae including the description of two new Eudorylas species (Diptera).- Studia dipterologica 3 (1): 87-92; Halle an der Saale.
  • Dempewolf, M. (1998): On the taxonomy of two German pipunculid flies (Diptera) with remarks on the terminology of the male terminalia.- Beiträge zur Entomologie 48 (2): 531-537.
  • Dempewolf, M. & Dunk, K. von der (1996): A new Eudorylas species from Southern and Western Germany (Diptera, Pipunculidae).- Studia dipterologica 3 (1): 93-96; Halle an der Saale.
  • Duda, O. (1940): [New and insufficiently known Palaearctic Diptera from my own collection].- Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica 10 (1): 214-226.
    Note: Description of E. dudai (Hardy, 1947) (as Dorylas curvitibia) and E. electus (Hardy, 1947) (as Dorylas caudatus). The article is in German.
  • Dunk, K. von der (1995): Description of two new Eudorylas species and the so far unknown female of E. restrictus Coe, 1966 (Dipt.- Pipunculidae).- galathea 11 (3): 119-125; Nürnberg.
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  • Dunk, K. von der (1997): Key to Central European species of Pipunculidae (Diptera).- Studia dipterologica 4 (2): 289- 335; Halle an der Saale.
  • Dunk, K. von der & Lauterer, P. (1998): More details on the rare Eudorylas furvulus Collin and Microcephalops opacus (Fallén) comb. n. (Diptera: Pipunculidae).- Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. biol. 82: 163-171.
  • Janssens, E. (1955): Mission E. Janssens & R. Tollet en Crece (Juillet-Aout 1953) 13e Note. Diptera Pipunculidae.- Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 31: 1-6.
    Note: Description of E. straeleni. The article is in French.
  • Kozánek, M. (1988): Description of two new species of the genus Eudorylas (Diptera, Pipunculidae) from Soviet Middle Asia.- Biológia 43 (10): 945-948; Bratislava.
  • Kozánek, M. (1993): Description of five new Eudorylas Aczél species from Central Europe (Diptera: Pipunculidae).- Entomological Problems 24 (1): 39-50; Bratislava.
  • Kozánek, M. & Kehlmaier, C. (2004): Pipunculidae of Slovakia: additions and corrections to faunal list, with a description of a new Eudorylas (Diptera).- Entomological Problems 34 (1-2): 21-36; Bratislava.
  • Kuznetzov, S. Y. (1990): New Palaearctic species of Pipunculidae (Diptera).- Dipterological Research 1: 23-50.
    Note: Description of E. rusticus.
  • Kuznetzov, S. Y. (1995): Eudorylas electus (Hardy): new record and redescription (Diptera, Pipunculidae).- Acta Zool. Fennica 199: 33-35; Helsinki.



    • Tribe Tomosvaryellini

    Dorylomorpha Aczél, 1939


    Tomosvaryella Aczél, 1939

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