ACROCERIDAE

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 : 149

ACROCERIDAE – B. MERZ

Over 500 species of Acroceridae have been described from all over the world. They are very insufficiently known. Often, they are represented only by few specimens in collections, since they are difficult to spot in the field. They are parasites of spiders and are more easily collected by arachnologists. It is therefore not surprising that only scattered data is available for the Oriental Region . According to the CDO ( SCHLINGER 1975 ) 40 species are known from that region, but mostly only from the type series. No species has ever been recorded from Thailand. Herewith we report the first finding of this family for Thailand. The specimen at hand remains at the present moment unidentified .

1 f: Thailand, Uttaradit province, Nam Pat district, Phu Soay Dao National Park, evergreen gallery forest above Phu Soay Dao Waterfall, 750 m, (17.42N, 100.57E), 23.XII.2005, leg. P. SCHWENDINGER. Pupariation: 2.III.2006, emergence 16.III.2006, ex Macrothele sp. ( Hexathelidae , Araneae ) (MHNG).