<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Records of six species of the family Drosophilidae from the Czech Republic are presented. Drosophila tripunctata Loew, 1862, reported from the Old World long ago on the basis of a wrong determination, is newly confirmed from the region (Czech Republic: Bohemia); although this finding originates from a greenhouse, the record is important because this thermotolerant species has a potential to spread outdoors in Central Europe. Cacoxenus indagator Loew, 1858 is for the first time recorded from North Moravia (Czech Silesia) in the Czech Republic and Cacoxenus argyreator Frey, 1932 from Slovakia. Mycodrosophila poecilogastra (Loew, 1874) is new addition to the fauna of Bohemia, Drosophila (Sophophora) helvetica Burla, 1948 and Drosophila (Sophophora) suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) are new for Moravia.</p></abstract>

Records of six species of the family Drosophilidae from the Czech Republic are presented. Drosophila tripunctata Loew, 1862, reported from the Old World long ago on the basis of a wrong determination, is newly confirmed from the region (Czech Republic: Bohemia); although this finding originates from a greenhouse, the record is important because this thermotolerant species has a potential to spread outdoors in Central Europe. Cacoxenus indagator Loew, 1858 is for the first time recorded from North Moravia (Czech Silesia) in the Czech Republic and Cacoxenus argyreator Frey, 1932 from Slovakia. Mycodrosophila poecilogastra (Loew, 1874) is new addition to the fauna of Bohemia, Drosophila (Sophophora) helvetica Burla, 1948 and Drosophila (Sophophora) suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) are new for Moravia.

New and interesting records of Drosophilidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia / Nové a zajímavé nálezy octomilkovitých (Diptera: Drosophilidae) z České republiky a Slovenska

Czech Entomological Society, Viničná 7, CZ - 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic

Slezské zemské muzeum, Nádražní okruh 31 CZ - 746 01 Opava, Czech Republic

Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de São Paulo, CxPostal 11464, São Paulo, SP 05422-970, Brazil

Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, Division of Diagnostics, Šlechtitelů 23, CZ-779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

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Records of six species of the family Drosophilidae from the Czech Republic are presented. Drosophila tripunctata Loew, 1862, reported from the Old World long...

New and interesting records of Drosophilidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia / Nové a zajímavé nálezy octomilkovitých (Diptera: Drosophilidae) z České republiky a Slovenska

Published Online: Nov 05, 2015

Page range: 101 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2015-0013

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