<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Crumomyia parentela</italic> (Séguy, 1963) (Sphaeroceridae) is recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time, based on specimens collected in the cave Cyrilka in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts. They are affiliated to subspecies <italic>C. p. alpicola</italic> (Roháček, 1980) but because of more reduced eyes and shorter wings than have other specimens known from the Alps and Carpathians this population is concluded to have survived as a glacial relict in the cave habitat for a long time. The cavernicolous fauna of Sphaeroceridae in the Czech Republic is surveyed and its members (15 species) are classified according to their affiliation to the cave milieu. No trogloxenous or troglobiont species were found; most species (12) are hemitroglophilous and only 3 are troglophilous, viz. <italic>Crumomyia p. alpicola, Herniosina bequaerti</italic> (Villeneuve, 1917) and <italic>Terrilimosina racovitzai</italic> (Bezzi, 1911). It is presupposed that some additional hemitroglophilous, possibly one more troglophilous but no troglobiont species could be found in cave systems in the Czech Republic in the future.</p></abstract>

Crumomyia parentela (Séguy, 1963) (Sphaeroceridae) is recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time, based on specimens collected in the cave Cyrilka in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts. They are affiliated to subspecies C. p. alpicola (Roháček, 1980) but because of more reduced eyes and shorter wings than have other specimens known from the Alps and Carpathians this population is concluded to have survived as a glacial relict in the cave habitat for a long time. The cavernicolous fauna of Sphaeroceridae in the Czech Republic is surveyed and its members (15 species) are classified according to their affiliation to the cave milieu. No trogloxenous or troglobiont species were found; most species (12) are hemitroglophilous and only 3 are troglophilous, viz. Crumomyia p. alpicola, Herniosina bequaerti (Villeneuve, 1917) and Terrilimosina racovitzai (Bezzi, 1911). It is presupposed that some additional hemitroglophilous, possibly one more troglophilous but no troglobiont species could be found in cave systems in the Czech Republic in the future.

First Cavernicolous Population of <italic>Crumomyia Parentela</italic> (Séguy, 1963) and a Review of Cave-Dwelling Fauna of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the Czech Republic

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First Cavernicolous Population of  (Séguy, 1963) and a Review of Cave-Dwelling Fauna of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the Czech Republic

Crumomyia parentela (Séguy, 1963) (Sphaeroceridae) is recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time, based on specimens collected in the cave Cyrilka in...

First Cavernicolous Population of Crumomyia Parentela (Séguy, 1963) and a Review of Cave-Dwelling Fauna of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Nov 20, 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2014-0011

Keywords
Diptera, Sphaeroceridae, new record, systematics, morphology, habitat association, distribution, cavernicolous fauna, Czech Republic

© 2014 Jindřich Roháček

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

First Cavernicolous Population of Crumomyia Parentela (Séguy, 1963) and a Review of Cave-Dwelling Fauna of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Nov 20, 2014

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2014-0011

KeywordsDiptera, Sphaeroceridae, new record, systematics, morphology, habitat association, distribution, cavernicolous fauna, Czech Republic

© 2014 Jindřich Roháček

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Diptera, Sphaeroceridae, new record, systematics, morphology, habitat association, distribution, cavernicolous fauna, Czech Republic