Leptocera Olivier, 1813

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 : 245-249

Genus Leptocera Olivier, 1813

Leptocera Olivier, 1813 . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 7 –16 [as genus; diagnosis, revision of New World species, phylogenetic notes, species groups, key, illustr.].

Leptocera aequilimbata Duda, 1925 . Distr.: Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru.

Leptocera (Paracollinella) aequilimbata Duda, 1925: 58 [both sexes]. Type locality: Peru, Cuzco [3,700 –4,200 m]. LT male, designated by Buck in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 23 (SMTD).

Leptocera aequilimbata . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 23 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key, new record from Argentina].

Leptocera angulispina Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (YT), USA (AK).

Leptocera angulispina Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 75 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: USA, Alaska, Richardson Hwy mi 206. HT male (DEBU).

Leptocera argentinica Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia.

Leptocera argentinica Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 25 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Argentina, Prov. Tucumán, Arroyo 14 km S El Tala [700 m]. HT female (CNCI).

Leptocera caenosa (Rondani, 1880) . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa; Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (CT, NS, TA, VI), Hawaii ( USA), New Zealand (incl. Snares Is.); Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK), USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WV, WY); Neotropical: Argentina, Bermuda,? Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile), Mexico (HID, JAL, MOR, QRE), Panama,? Peru; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Japan, Latvia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia (CET, ES, FE, NET, WS), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uzbekistan; South Atlantic: Gough I., Tristan da Cunha; Subantarctic: South Shetlands.

Leptocera caenosa . – NARTSHUK & KRIVOKHATSKY (1996):447 –449 [breeding in formalin-fixed reptiles,puparium, illustr.]; GATT (2004): 112 [new record from Cyprus]; BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 27 [both sexes, illustr., key, new records from Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile), Tristan da Cunha]; CARLES- TOLRÁ & ROSADO (2009): 346 [record from Portugal]; ZATWARNICKY (2007): 213 [record from Poland].

Leptocera cultellipennis (Enderlein, 1938) . Distr.: Neotropical: Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile).

Leptocera cultellipennis . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 62 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key].

Leptocera cymatonota Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Guatemala, Mexico (CHI).

Leptocera cymatonota Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 94 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Guatemala, Dpto. Quetzaltenango, 8 km SE Zunil [2,450 m]. HT male (DEBU).

Leptocera decisetosa (Vanschuytbroeck, 1950) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Rwanda, South Africa, Zaire.

Leptocera decisetosa . – PAPP (2008d): 225 [new record from South Africa].

Leptocera dicrofulva Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico (SLP, VRC), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.

Leptocera dicrofulva Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 102 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Panama, Prov. Colón, Canal Zone, Tabernilla. HT male (USNM).

Leptocera duplicata Richards, 1955 . Distr.: Neotropical: Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile).

Leptocera duplicata . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 64 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key].

Leptocera ellipsipennis Richards, 1955 . Distr.: Neotropical: Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile).

Leptocera (Leptocera) ellipsipennis Richards, 1955: 76 [male, description of female based on misidentified specimens of Leptocera parallelipennis Buck, 2009 ; illustr.]. Type locality: Chile, Juan Fernández Is., Masatierra I. (= Robinson Crusoe I.), Plazoleta del Yunque [200 m]. HT male (originally deposited in IESC; its present depository unknown, see PITKIN (1989: 18) and A. Henry (in litt. 1999). PTs ( IESC, BMNH) ; except for one male ( IESC) all paratypes are misidentified Leptocera parallelipennis Buck, 2009 (see BUCK & MARSHALL 2009: 66 ) .

Leptocera ellipsipennis . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 66 [redescription, both sexes, phylogenetic notes, illustr., key].

Leptocera erythrocera (Becker, 1920) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Burkina Faso; Australasian / Oceanian: Hawaii ( USA); Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT), USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY); Neotropical: Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Is., Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galápagos Is. ( Ecuador), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (BCN, CHI, DUR, JAL, MOR, NAY, OXA, PUE, SIN, SLP, SON, TAB, TAM, VRC), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Venezuela; South Atlantic:? Tristan da Cunha [due to confusion with Leptocera caenosa (Rondani, 1880) ?].

Leptocera erythrocera . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 34 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key; new records from Burkina Faso, Colombia, Montserrat, St. Croix].

Leptocera (Paracollinella) pararoralis Duda, 1925: 51 [female]. Type locality: USA, Illinois, Algonquin (not Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, as suspected by Buck in ROHÁČEK et al. (2001): 153)). LT female, designated by Marshall & Buck in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 34 (MSNM). – Buck & Marshall in ROHÁČEK et al. (2001): 153 [synonymy].

Leptocera erythrocera pararoralis . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 34 [subspecies status].

Leptocera (Paracollinella) abdominiseta Duda, 1925: 52 [both sexes]. Type locality:“ Chile ” [=? Peru], Tacna. LT female, designated by Buck in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 34 (SMTD). – Buck in ROHÁČEK et al. (2001): 153 [synonymy].

Leptocera equispina Papp, 1973 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Mongolia, Russia (WS).

Leptocera equispina . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 94 [new record from Russia].

Leptocera erratica Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa; Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (QLD); Nearctic: USA (CA); Neotropical: Argentina.

Leptocera erratica Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 32 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Mt. Glorious. HT male (ANIC).

Leptocera finalis (Collin, 1956) . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (LB, MB, NS, NT, QC, YT), USA (AK). Palaearctic: Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia (ES, FE, NET, WS).

Leptocera finalis . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 77 [illustr., key, new records from USA].

Leptocera fontinalis (Fallén, 1826) . Distr.: Afrotropical: all records doubtful; Nearctic: Canada (NF, NS, QC); USA (NH); Neotropical: all records doubtful; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria,? Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria,? China (TIB), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Finland, France, Georgia,

Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel [record missing from previous catalog], Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (CET, NET, SET), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Lepocera (Leptocera) fontinalis . – LUTOVINOVAS et al. (2003): 408 [new record from Lithuania].

Leptocera fontinalis . – EBEJER (2003): 103 [new record from Balearic Is.]; GATT (2007): 301 [new records from mainland Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey]; ROHÁČEK (2007a):116 [deleted records from Madeira]; BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 78 [illustr., key, record from USA confirmed]

Leptocera fulva (Malloch, 1912) . Distr.: Nearctic: USA (FL); Neotropical: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,? Galápagos Is. ( Ecuador) [due to confusion with Leptocera erythrocera (Becker, 1920) ?], Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (CHI, COL, GUE, JAL, OXA, QNR, SIN, TAM, VRC), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Trinidad (incl. Tobago), Venezuela.

Leptocera fulva . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 104 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key, new record from El Salvador].

Limosina scutellaris Williston, 1896: 432 [both sexes; a primary junior homonym of Limosina scutellaris Haliday, 1836 = Chaetopodella scutellaris (Haliday, 1836) ]. Type locality: West Indies, Saint Vincent I. LT female, designated by Buck in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 104 (BMNH).

Leptocera gongylotheca Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Argentina.

Leptocera gongylotheca Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 46 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Argentina, Prov. Salta, Santa Rosa de Tastil 100 km W Salta [3,000 m]. HT female (DEBU).

Leptocera hexadike Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Costa Rica, Panama.

Leptocera hexadike Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 97 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Costa Rica, Prov. San José, San Gerardo de Dota, 9°33′N, 83°48′W. HT male (INBC).

Leptocera insularum Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.

Leptocera insularum Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 109 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Puerto Rico, Guánica. HT male (DEBU).

Leptocera kanata Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (AB,?BC, NB, ON, QC, SK, YT), USA (AK, MA, MI,?NM,?UT,?WY).

Leptocera kanata Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 80 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Guelph, South Arboretum. HT male (DEBU).

Leptocera longilimbata Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Chile.

Leptocera longilimbata Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 48 [male, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Chile, Reg. Coquimbo, Hacienda Illapel [2,300 –2,600 m]. HT male (CNCI).

Leptocera mendozana Richards, 1931 . Distr.: Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru.

Leptocera mendozana . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 49 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key, occurrence in Bolivia confirmed].

Leptocera neocurvinervis Richards, 1931 . Distr.: Neotropical: Argentina, Chile.

Leptocera neocurvinervis . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 51 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., key].

Leptocera neofinalis Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), USA (AK, CA, NH, NY, WA, WY).

Leptocera neofinalis Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 83 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Canada, Yukon Territory, Dempster Hwy km 141, Blackstone River. HT male (DEBU).

Leptocera neovomerata Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (YT), USA (AK, CO, NM, WY).

Leptocera neovomerata Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 87 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Lincoln Co., Sierra Blanca [9,700 ft]. HT male (DEBU).

Leptocera nigra Olivier, 1813 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde Is., Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Zaire; Neotropical: Venezuela; Oriental: India (Uttaranchal), Nepal, Pakistan; Palaearctic: Algeria, Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy (incl. Pantelleria I., Sardinia, Sicily), Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (CET, ES, FE, NET, SET, WS), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan; South Atlantic: Saint Helena.

Leptocera nigra . – GATT (2007): 301 [new records from Crete, Lebanon]; BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 117 [illustr., key, new record from Venezuela, occurrence in Pakistan confirmed].

Leptocera oldenbergi (Duda, 1918) . Distr.: Palaearctic: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland.

Leptocera (Leptocera) oldenbergi . – NASH et al. (2001): 192 [new record from Ireland].

Leptocera papallacta Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Ecuador, Peru.

Leptocera papallacta Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 54 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Cotopaxi Natl. Pk., Quebrada Mishahuaicu [3,600 m]. HT male (QCAZ).

Leptocera parafinalis Papp, 1973 . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (AB, NT, NU, YT), USA (AK, CO); Palaearctic: Mongolia.

Leptocera parafinalis . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 89 [both sexes, key, illustr., new records from Canada, USA].

Leptocera parallelipennis Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile).

Leptocera parallelipennis Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009):69 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Chile, Reg. Aconcagua, Juan Fernández Is., Robinson Crusoe I., above Plazoleta. HT male (MNNC).

Leptocera plax Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Ecuador.

Leptocera plax Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 121 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Ecuador, Prov. Napo, Baeza [1,500 m]. HT male (ROME).

Leptocera posteronitens Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Guatemala, Mexico (CHI).

Leptocera posteronitens Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 123 [female, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Guatemala, Dpto. Baja Verapaz, 4.8 km E Purulhá [1,680 m]. HT female (DEBU).

Leptocera prolixofulva Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela.

Leptocera prolixofulva Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 109 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Venezuela, Mérida, La Punta, Río Chana. HT male (IZAV).

Leptocera rhadinofulva Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Leptocera rhadinofulva Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 112 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Peru, Dpto. Madre de Dios, Los Amigos Biol. Stn. HT male (MUSM).

Leptocera schlingeri Richards, 1963 . Distr.: Neotropical: Ecuador, Peru.

Leptocera schlingeri . – BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 128 [redescription, both sexes, key, illustr.].

Leptocera sphaerotheca Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Nearctic: USA (AZ, TX); Neotropical: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (AGC, CHI, CHU, DUR, GUA, GUE, HID, JAL, MEX, MIC, MOR, NAY, NUL, OXA, PUE, QRE, SLP, SON, TAM, TLA, VRC, ZAC), Panama.

Leptocera sphaerotheca Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 57 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Mexico, Chiapas, San Cristóbal de las Casas [7,200 ft]. HT female (CNCI).

Leptocera tapanti Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Neotropical: Costa Rica, Panama.

Leptocera tapanti Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 124 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Costa Rica, Prov. Cartago, Tapantí Natl. Pk. [1,550 m]. HT male (INBC).

Leptocera tenuispina Buck, 2009 . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (BC).

Leptocera tenuispina Buck, 2009 in BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 91 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Hixon. HT male (CNCI).

Leptocera vomerata Roháček & Papp, 1983 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Russia (FE).

Leptocera vomerata . – ROHÁČEK et al. (2001): 157 [misrecorded from Nearctic]; BUCK & MARSHALL (2009): 87 [Nearctic distribution deleted; based on misidentified material of Leptocera neovomerata Buck, 2009 ].