Opacifrons Duda, 1918

Marshall, Stephen A., Roháček, Jindřich, Dong, Hui & Buck, Matthias, 2011, The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000 - 2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 217-298 : 252-253

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Genus Opacifrons Duda, 1918 View in CoL View at ENA

Bispinicercia Su & Liu, 2009a: 49 View in CoL (feminine). Type species: Bispinicercia liupanensis Su & Liu, 2009a: 50 View in CoL . – SU &

LIU (2009a): 49 [description, illustr.]. – syn. nov.

Note. Bispinicercia liupanensis Su & Liu, 2009 clearly is a species of Opacifrons related to O. coxata (Stenhammar,

1855). Consequently, the genus Bispinicercia Su & Liu, 2009 is a new junior subjective synonym of Opacifrons

Duda, 1918.

Opacifrons coxata (Stenhammar, 1855) View in CoL . Distr.: Afrotropical: Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Africa, Zaire (all need verification); Oriental: all records doubtful; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel [record missing from previous catalog], Italy (incl. Sardinia), Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Macedonia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (CET, ES, FE, NET, SET, WS), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turkey. Opacifrons coxata View in CoL . – NASH (1989): 152 [new record from Ireland]; EBEJER (2003): 103 [new record from Balearic Is.]; ROHÁČEK (2004b): 254 [new record from Cyprus]; GATT (2007): 302 [new records from Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey].

Opacifrons liupanensis (Su & Liu, 2009) View in CoL comb. nov. Distr.: Palaearctic: China (NIN).

Bispinicercia liupanensis Su & Liu, 2009a: 50 View in CoL [male]. Type locality: China, Ningxia, Liu-p’an Mountians National Nature Reserve. HT male (SACS).

Opacifrons maculifrons (Becker, 1907) View in CoL . Distr.: Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (ACT, NSW, SA, WA), New Zealand; Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC), USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, IN, KA, MI, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, TX, VA); Palaearctic: Algeria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Malta, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia.

Opacifrons maculifrons View in CoL . – BÄHRMANN (2007): 64 [new record from Germany]; GATT (2007): 302 [new record from Morocco].

References

BAHRMANN R. 2007: Opacifrons maculifrons (Becker, 1907) (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) - neu fur Deutschland. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 51 (1): 64.

EBEJER M. J. 2003: Diptera of the Natural Park of S'Albufera de Mallorca. Butlleti Cientific dels Espais Naturals Protegits de les Illes Balears 1 (3 era Epoca): 99 - 114.

GATT P. 2007: New records of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Mediterranean, with distributional notes. Studia Dipterologica 13 (2006): 297 - 308.

NASH R. 1989: Diptera new to Ireland (Tipulidae, Empididae, Sphaeroceridae, Chloropidae). Irish Naturalists' Journal 20: 151 - 152.

ROHACEK J. 2004 b: New records of Clusiidae, Anthomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Cyprus, with distributional and taxonomic notes. In: KUBIK S. & BARTAK M. (eds.): Dipterologica bohemoslovaca 11. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 109: 247 - 264.

SU L. X & LIU G. C. 2009 a: A new genus and new species of Diptera (Sphaeroceridae, Limosininae) from China. Oriental Insects 43: 49 - 54.