Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969: new record to the Balearic Islands (Spain) (Diptera, Asteiidae)

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by  Hjorth-Andersen, Miguel Carles-Tolra

Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969:
new record to the Balearic Islands
(Spain) (Diptera, Asteiidae)
Miguel CARLES-TOLRÁ
SHNB Carles-Tolrá, M. 1995. Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969: new record to the Balearic
Islands (Spain)(Diptera, Asteiidae). Bo/l, Soco Hist. Nat. Ba/ears, 38:181-182 ISSN
0212-260X. Palma de Mallorca.
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Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969 is recorded lor the lirst time Irom the Balearic
Islands, concretely Irom the Isle 01 Ibiza. Furthermore, a list 01 asteiid species
recorded in the Balearic Islands is given,
Keywords: Asteiidae, Asteia inanis, new record, Ba/earic /s/ands.
Asteia inanis LYNEBORG, 1969: NOVA CITA PER A LES ILLES BALEARS
(ESPANYA) (DIPTERA, ASTEIIDAE), Es cita per primera vegada per a les lIIes
SOCIETAT D'HISTÓRIA
Balears, concretament de l'illa d'Eivissa, I'asteid Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969, A
NATURAL DE lES BAlEARS
més es dóna una llista deis asteids citats lins ara a les IlIes Balears.
Paraules elau: Asteiidae, Asteia inanis, nova cita, lIIes Ba/ears.
Miguel CARLES-TOLRÁ, Avgda. Príncep d'Astúries 30, atic 1, E-08012 Barcelona,
Spain.
Recepció del manuscrit: 2-oct-95; revisió acceptada: 23-nov-95,
Introduction
Recently, Carles-Tolrá (1995) pu the palaearctic region (Papp, 1984), of
blished a preliminary list with eleven which only eight (belonging to two
acalyptrate families of Diptera from the genera: Asteia Meigen and Leiomyza
Balearic Islands. One of the families Macquart) are known to occur in the
was that of the Asteiidae, which is Iberian Peninsula (Carles-Tolrá, 1990,
recorded here again. 1992). According to Carles-Tolrá (1995)
Asteiidae are small to very small only three species have been recorded
(1-3 mm), slender flies. Thirty species from the Balearic Islands, all of them
have been, up to now, described from from the isle of Eivissa (for more de
182 Bol/. SOCo Hist. Nat. Balears, 38 (1995)
Asteia amoena Meigen, 1830 References
Asteia ibiza na (Enderlein, 1935)
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Table 1. List of the Asteiidae recorded in the
España peninsular. Tesis Docto
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knowledge of this familiy in the Balearic Iyptrata from Spain. Part 1: Acar
Islands see Carles-Tolrá, 1995). tophthalmidae, Opomyzidae, An
thomyzidae, Asteiidae, Carnidae,
Tethinidae, Milichiidae and Cryp
Material examined tochetidae. Bul/. Ann/s Soco r.
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Asteia inanis Lyneborg, 1969 Carles-Tolrá, M. 1995. Nuevas citas de
Balearic Islands, Ibiza, Punta Arabí, dípteros acalípteros para las Islas
30VI.1988 1 male, 28.V1.1989 1 female, Baleares, junto con una lista
light lamp, M. Carles-Tolrá leg., det. et preliminar de once familias
coll. (Diptera, Acalyptrata). Boln. Asoc.
Asteia inanis Lyneborg was. descri esp. Ent., 19(1-2) :253-265.
bed from southern Spain, specifically Papp, L. 1984. Family Asteiidae. In:
from the province of Almería. This had Soós, A. & Papp, L. eds. Ca
been hitherto the only known world talogue of Palaearctic Diptera.
record. With the new material collected Volume 10. Clusiidae-Chloropidae
on the Isle of Ibiza we extend its 63-66. Elsevier Sci. Publ.,
geographical distribution to the Balearic Amsterdam & Akadémiai Kiadó,
Islands, increasing to four (see Table 1) Budapest.
the number of asteiid flies occurring
there. Unfortunately, its life cycle is not
known.
Acknowledgements
My most sincere thanks to Dr.
Amnon Freidberg (Tel Aviv) for having
confirmed the identifications.