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

Genus Opacifrons Duda, 1918

Bispinicercia Su & Liu, 2009a: 49 (feminine). Type species: Bispinicercia liupanensis Su & Liu, 2009a: 50 . – 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) . 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 . – 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) comb. nov. Distr.: Palaearctic: China (NIN).

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

Opacifrons maculifrons (Becker, 1907) . 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 . – BÄHRMANN (2007): 64 [new record from Germany]; GATT (2007): 302 [new record from Morocco].