Dioxyna Frey, 1945

Ebejer, Martin J. & Gatt, Paul, 2021, A checklist of the Diptera (Insecta) of the Maltese Islands, Zootaxa 5018 (1), pp. 1-75 : 42-43

Dioxyna Frey, 1945

bidentis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Ensina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767) Euarestella Hendel, 1927 megacephala (Loew, 1846) Goniurellia Hendel, 1927 persignata Freidberg, 1980 Myopites Blot, 1827 longirostris (Loew, 1846)

variofasciatus Becker, 1903 synonym 2

zernyi Hering, 1939 synonym 2 stylatus (Fabricius, 1794) Spathulina Rondani, 1856 sicula Rondani, 1856 Sphenella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 marginata (Fallén, 1814) Tephritis Latreille, 1804 divisa Rondani, 1871 formosa (Loew, 1844) nigricauda (Loew, 1856) praecox (Loew, 1844) vespertina (Loew, 1844) Terellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 fuscicornis (Loew, 1844) serratulae (Linnaeus, 1758) Trupanea Schrank, 1975 amoena (Frauenfeld, 1857) stellata (Fuessly, 1775) Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 mauritanica Macquart, 1851 quadrifasciata (Meigen, 1826) Trypetinae Euleia Walker, 1835 heracleii (Linnaeus, 1758) Plioreocepta Korneyev, 1987 poeciloptera (Schrank, 1776) Rhagoletis Loew, 1862 cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) 3

1. The only record of this species is by Rondani (1870: 51). This and C. producta are very similar. A misidentification is considered likely in the absence of compelling evidence that it is present on Malta.

2. The identity of several species of Myopites from the Mediterranean is problematic and a revision is in progress. Dr Valery Korneyev (Kiev, Ukraine) is gratefully acknowledged for sharing his unpublished opinion on a number of synonyms. See also El Harym et al. (2020).

3. Recorded based on larvae, which frequently infest imported cherries, but the species never became established in Malta ( Borg 1939).

ULIDIIDAE

Literature: Ebejer (2015b); Kameneva (2007); Kameneva & Greve (2013); Pandellé (1898 –1902); Rondani (1869); Séguy (1934); Schembri et al. (1991).

Otitinae

Ceroxys Macquart, 1835

urticae Linnaeus, 1758

Herina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

ghilianii Rondani, 1869

Otites Latreille, 1804

atripes Loew, 1858

Ulidiinae

Physiphora Fallén, 1810

alceae Preyssler, 1791

MUSCOMORPHA SCHIZOPHORA Calyptratae

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA

HIPPOBOSCIDAE

Literature: Bezzi & de Stefani-Perez (1897); Falcoz (1926); Rondani (1879); Schembri (1978, 1979).