Chamaemyiidae

Papp, L., 2005, Some Acalyptrate Flies (Diptera) From Taiwan, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51 (3), pp. 187-213 : 202-203

Chamaemyiidae

Our collection trips were not successful in capturing chamaemyiids, which otherwise look rare and not species rich in the Oriental region; only two specimens were collected. There are specimens of two Leucopis MEIGEN, 1830 species from SAUTER’ s collections in the HNHM. It was a good surprise to find specimens of two species (an Acrometopia SCHINER, 1862 and a Chamaemyia MEIGEN, 1803 ) in the unsorted material of the Taichung Museum, which are described below as new.

Leucopomyia sp. – 1 female: Kaohsiung Hsien, Liukuei, Shan-Ping LTER Site , along a creek, April 3, 2003, No. 19, L. PAPP & M. FÖLDVÁRI. This is a dark bodied species with strong prescutellar pair of setae, its palpi are black. We cannot describe it as new, since it is a female, but in any case, the genus Leucopomyia MALLOCH, 1921 is new for the Taiwanese fauna.

Leucopis apicalis MALLOCH, 1914 – Holotype male: Formosa Sauter – Tainan 909. II. – “ Leucopis apicalis MALLOCH (type)”. 1 male 1 female paratypes: ibid., without MALLOCH’ s label. In addition, there are 19 males and 16 females (Tainan) in the HNHM, which were identified by S. D. GAIMARI in 2002.

Leucopis formosana HENNIG, 1938 – In the HNHM there are four specimens from Tainan and Anping , which were identified by S. D. GAIMARI in 2002.