tailieunhanh - A checklist of the family lauxaniidae (Diptera, lauxanioidea) in Vietnam

In this paper, I provide a taxonomic checklist of 60 nominal species under the subfamily Homoneurinae. However, this checklist is based on information of diverse literatures, not confirmation of identifications with each species. I will provide other checklist of lauxaniid species under the subfamily Lauxaniinae as soon as possible. A more comprehensive research is needed to confirm identifications of previously recorded lauxaniid species in Vietnam. | TẠP CHÍ KHOA HỌC ĐẠI HỌC ĐÀ LẠT Tập 6, Số 4, 2016 493–515 493 A CHECKLIST OF THE FAMILY LAUXANIIDAE (DIPTERA, LAUXANIOIDEA) IN VIETNAM Hyun Suk Leea* a The Faculty of Biology, Dalat University, Lamdong, Vietnam Article history Received: August 10th, 2016 | Received in revised form: September 20th, 2016 Accepted: September 30th, 2016 Abstract I reviewed the lauxaniid literatures as much as possible, and listed any lauxaniid species with collecting records in Vietnam. Vietnamese lauxaniid flies belong to two subfamilies. In this paper, I provide a taxonomic checklist of 60 nominal species under the subfamily Homoneurinae. However, this checklist is based on information of diverse literatures, not confirmation of identifications with each species. I will provide other checklist of lauxaniid species under the subfamily Lauxaniinae as soon as possible. A more comprehensive research is needed to confirm identifications of previously recorded lauxaniid species in Vietnam. Keywords: Checklist; Diptera; Homoneurinae; Lauxaniidae; Vietnam. 1. INTRODUCTION The Lauxaniidae is one of the largest Acalyptratae families. There are more than 160 genera and nearly 2,000 described species, distributed worldwide except for Antarctica (Shi, Yang, & Gaimari, 2011). Lauxaniid flies are usually found in moist shady undergrowth, grassland, all forest types, sand dunes, mangrove swamps and even on mountain summits (Kim, 1994). Saprophagous larval stages are found in leaf litter, decaying vegetation and similar habitats (Kim, 1994). Sasakawa (2001) conducted a comprehensive taxonomic research about the Vietnamese fauna of lauxaniid flies for the first time. This work consists of 75 species including 34 new species and 40 newly recorded species (21 species belong to the Lauxaniinae and 54 to the Homoneurinae). Before this work, only three species, Sciasmomyia meijerei Hendel (1907), Trigonometopus (Tetroxyrhina) tinctipennis de Meijere (1924) and Homoneura (Homoneura) trypetoptera .