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The family Carnidae is reported from the Balearic Islands (Spain) for the first time. Meoneura glaberrima Becker, 1910 and M. prima (Becker, 1903) are new records and two species are described as new: M. ibizana sp. n. and M. micropygialis sp. n. This brings the total number of species of Meoneura known from Spain to 31.

Meoneura freta Collin, 1937 Material examined: 1♂, Sicily, Enna,Agira, 37°38ʹ44.32ʹʹN 14°29ʹ44.58ʹʹE, beer trap, 07–14.viii.2019, G. Nicolosi. The family and species are new records for Sicily. The checklist of the thus far known Italian Meoneura is updated here: Meoneura Rondani, 1856 alpina Hennig, 1948 atoma Papp, 1981 baechli Stuke & Barták, 2019 exigu a Collin, 1930 flavifacies Collin, 1930 flavifrons Papp, 1981 freta Collin, 1937 glaberrima Becker, 1907 helvetica Papp, 1997 joedaltoni Stuke & Barták, 2019 obscurella (Fallén, 1823) occulta Stuke, 2015 pseudoflavifacies Papp, 1997, Published as part of Ebejer, Martin J. & Nicolosi, Giuseppe, 2022, New records of acalyptrate Diptera from Sicily (Brachycera, Muscomorpha: Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Carnidae, Lonchaeidae, Odiniidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Piophilidae, Sciomyzidae, Ulidiidae), pp. 101-104 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 102, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/766, http://zenodo.org/record/8148054, {"references":["Stuke J. - H., Bartak M. 2019. Records of Carnidae from the col- lection of Miroslav Bartak (Diptera: Carnidae), with descrip- tion of five new species. Zootaxa, 4567 (2): 326 - 346. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4567.2.6"]}

During the studies on the invertebrate fauna of the subterranean part of the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine in Wieliczka, Poland, the presence of many specimens of the dipteran species Meoneura obscurella (Fallén 1823) was observed. Organic remains and faeces related to the presence of mice (Mus musculus) were indicated as a potential food source for the insects. M. obscurella displays lecithotrophic viviparity (ovoviviparity), which has developed due to extremely harsh abiotic conditions and a lack of food. This is the first documented case of lecithotrophic viviparity within the fly family Carnidae. Based on the ability of this species to inhabit and reproduce in the conditions of the subterranean part of the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine, it is proposed to classify the species as a troglophile. The occurrence of Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann 1835), a species of beetle representing the family Ptinidae, was also confirmed in the subterranean part of the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine.

Meoneura joedaltoni spec. nov. (Figs. 15���18) Holotype ♂: (1) ���I: Amatrice-5kmS, pi- / ne wood nr.pasture / 42.39N / 13.20E 1700 m / Bart��k 3.viii.1988 ���; (2) ��� Holotypus / Meoneura joedaltoni / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke 2018���. The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic, Prague (CULSP). The specimen is glued on a card. Otherwise the specimen is in good condition. The posterior part of abdomen is dissected, macerated and stored in a glycerine microvial pinned underneath the specimen. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.5 mm. Wing length 1.2 mm. Head height 0.4 mm. Face, anterior half of frons and gena below the eye orange brown. Posterior half of frons brown with frontal triangle black. Occiput and main part of gena black. Antenna brown. Arista without pubescence. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 1.0. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.6. Frons slightly microtomentose, slightly microtomentose. Frontal triangle distinct, reaching about 1/3 distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin. Face microtomentose. Carina broad, almost as broad as fore tibia. Postcranium microtomentose. Prementum and palpus cannot be examined at the holotype due to the preparation. 1 distinct ocellar seta; supralunular almost parallel; 4 fronto-orbital setae (2 anterior mesoclinate, 2 posterior lateroclinate), the posterior mesoclinate seta short, only 1/3 of the length of the anterior mesoclinate seta. Perhaps this short seta is an additional anterior mesoclinate seta and another larger mesoclinate seta is broken (on both sides of the head). 2 vertical setae; 2 mesoclinate postorbital setae; postocellar setae slightly divergent; 1 strong vibrissal seta; supravibrissal setae incomplete in the holotype; 1 strong and 2 slightly smaller genal setae. Scutum microtomentose, covered with short, semiadpressed black setulae. Scutellum microtomentose. Pleurae���as far as can be seen in the type���microtomentose. Scutum with 1 long posterior dorsocentral seta only. 2 postpronotal setae; 1 praesutural seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae; 1 praescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. Setae on katepisternum and anepisternum cannot be examined in holotype. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Costa with no obvious setae beyond radial vein R 1. Wing hyaline, veins light yellow to yellow brown. R 4+5 slightly curved to apex of wing. Haltere brown, base of haltere brown. Legs black to brown. Fore femur basally with 2 and apically with 2 strong posteroventral setae. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. All coxae with single inconspicuous black setae. Hind metatarsus ventrally with dense yellow golden setae. Length metatarsus 2: length tibia 2 = 0.5. Tergites with no obvious depressions or tufts of setulae. Abdominal pleura with scattered setae on abdominal segments 3���5. Abdominal segments 1���5 narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 3.1. Tergites 2���5 each with 1 distinct lateral seta at the posterior margin, and tergite 5 with 2 setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 wider than long; the posterior margin slightly concave (Fig. 18). Sternite 5 with scattered setae in the posterior half. Midventral tergite 7 distinct. Protandrium small, shorter than epandrium and about 0.4 of length of tergite 5. In the holotype the protandrium is almost completely hidden by tergite 5. Epandrium with four outstanding lateral setae���the basal distinctly longer than the three other���and one smaller setae (Fig. 15). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.4. Cerci indistinct, not projecting, and no setulae recognized. Subepandrial plate distinctly sclerotised. No setula recognized on subepandrial plate. No proceeding of hypoproct. No tooth on subepandrial plate. Surstylus as in Fig. 16: large, parallel sided, anteriorly rounded. Surstylus with few setulae only. No lamella. Postgonite as in Fig. 17: distinctly sclerotised, broad, hardly elongated, dorsoapically pointed. Distiphallus small, inconspicuous, curved, longer than epandrium and surstylus, covered with dense light brown setulae. Basiphallus obviously sclerotised, long, narrow, at its base widened. Diagnosis. An exciting character of M. joedaltoni is the completely brown halter that is otherwise only known from European Meoneura elongella Zetterstedt, 1838, Nearctic M. nigrifrons Malloch, 1915 and Nearctic M. wirthi Sabrosky, 1959. While the two Nearctic species have completely different structures at the postabdomen (cf. Sabrosky 1959) the European M. elongella is only known from female specimens. The most obvious character to distinguish the holotype of M. joedaltoni and a female of M. elongella from Norway is the more yellow coloured head (face, gena at eye margin and about half of the frons) of M. joedaltoni. This character is important in other Meoneura species, for example to distinguish the closely related species of the M. flavifacies -group. It is described in Zetterstedt��s description of M. elongella. Another obvious character is the higher face between antennal groove and upper mouth opening (higher than fore tibia diameter) in M. joedaltoni. In regard to the postabdomen, Meoneura joedaltoni belongs to the Meoneura palaestinensis -group sensu Stuke & Freidberg (2017) that is characterised by a broad and anteriorly rounded surstylus and the lack of an adjected lamella (Fig. 16). M. joedaltoni is easily identified by this unique combination of characters: (1) face and anterior half of frons orange yellow; (2) carina about as broad as fore tibia; (3) scutum and scutellum distinctly microtomentose; (4) 1 dorsocentral only; (5) haltere completely brown; (6) epandrium with 1 outstanding and 3 distinct setae (Fig. 15); (7) cercus indistinct and without recognized setae; (8) surstylus as in Fig. 16: large, almost as long as epandrium, parallel sided, not narrowing basally, apically rounded, not tapering and not hyaline apically; (9) hypoproct without any proceeding; (10) sternite 5 slightly wider than long, hind margin slightly concave (Fig. 18). A key of the Meoneura palaestinensis -group was published by Stuke & Freidberg (2017). M. joedaltoni will run to the last couplet 4 together with M grimmorum Stuke & Freidberg, 2017 and M. palaestinensis Hennig, 1937, but will not be assigned to one of these species due to the very different shape of the surstylus and the combination of characters mentioned above. Etymology. The species is named after Joe Dalton, the smallest of the four Dalton brothers, who appear in the Lucky Luke comic book series of Maurice de Bevere (Morris) and Ren�� Goscinny. Joe is the smallest of the four Dalton brothers as Meoneura joedaltoni is one of the smallest Acalyptratae. Distribution. Meoneura joedaltoni has been caught only at the locus typicus, a pine wood 5 km south of Amatrice (Latium, Italy). The coordinates of the label don��t fit exactly to this description but are about 4 km ssw of Amatrice. Meoneura lacteipennis (FALL��N , 1823) Material: CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 22.v.1995, Vr��ž u P��sku, near pond [49.23��N 14.08��E], 400 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; TURKEY: 1♂, 17.���22.v.2011, Muğla, University campus, 700 m [37��09���42������N 28��22���21������E], 700 m, pan trap +sweeping, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Collin (1930). Meoneura lamellata COLLIN , 1930 Material: CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 30.vi.���7.vii.2015, Praha, Troja [50��07���15������N 14��23���53������E], 184 m, emergence trap, pig caracas, exp. 9.xii.2014, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. PJHS; 1♂, 27.v.���2.vi.2015, dito, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 22.���29.v.2012, Praha, Troja [50��07���15������N 14��23���53������E], 184m, emergence trap baited with pig caracas, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 27.vi.���3.vii.2012, dito. Diagnosis: Collin (1930). M. lamellata is new for the Czech Republic., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Bart��k, Miroslav, 2019, Records of Carnidae from the collection of Miroslav Bart��k (Diptera: Carnidae), with the description of five new species, pp. 326-346 in Zootaxa 4567 (2) on pages 338-340, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2594992, {"references":["Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838) Insecta Lapponica. Sectio tertia. Leipzig, Leopoldi Voss, pp. 477 - 868.","Malloch, J. R. (1915) Four new North American Diptera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 28, 45 - 48.","Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17","Stuke, J. - H. & Freidberg, A. (2017) The genera Meoneura Nitzsch and Carnus Rondani (Diptera: Carnidae) in Israel, with the description of ten new species, new records and identification keys. Israel Journal of Entomology, 47, 173 - 214.","Hennig, W. (1937) 60 a. Milichiidae et Carnidae. In: Lindner, E. (Eds.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region UI. 1. Stuttgart, Schweitzerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 1 - 91.","Fallen, C. F. (1823) Agromyzides Sveciae. Quarum descriptionem. Uenia Ampl. Facult. Philos. Acad. Lund. In Lyceo Carolino d. XX Maji MDCCCXXIII. Lund, Berlingianis, 10 pp.","Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89."]}

Meoneura gnomi spec. nov. (Figs. 11–14) Holotype ♂: (1) „ SU: Amankutan / pasture / 39.19N / 66.55E 1300 m / Barták, 23.v.1989 “; (2) „ Holotypus / Meoneura gnomi / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke 2018“. The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic, Prague (CULSP). The specimen is glued on a card point and therefore only the left side of the thorax could be examined. Otherwise the specimen is in good condition. The posterior part of abdomen is dissected, macerated and stored in a glycerine microvial pinned underneath the specimen. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.8 mm. Wing length 1.7 mm. Head height 0.4 mm. Head black, immediately above the lunula a small yellow brown margin. Antenna black to dark brown. Arista without pubescence. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 0.9. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.4. Frons slightly microtomentose, frontal triangle shining to subshining. Frontal triangle distinct, reaching about 1/2 distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin. Face microtomentose. Carina narrow. Postcranium microtomentose. Prementum longer and wider than labellum. Palpus brown, about 1/2 as long as the haustellum. 1 distinct ocellar seta; supralunular setae convergent; 4 fronto-orbital setae (2 anterior mesoclinate, 2 posterior lateroclinate); 2 vertical setae; 2 mesoclinate postorbital setae; postocellar setae parallel; 1 strong vibrissal seta; 2 supravibrissal setae, both of about the same size; 1 strong and 2 slightly smaller genal setae. Scutum microtomentose, covered with short, semiadpressed black setulae. Scutellum microtomentose. Pleurae subshining to microtomentose. Scutum with 1 long posterior and 1 small anterior dorsocentral seta. 1 postpronotal seta; 1 praesutural seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae; 1 praescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. 1 seta at posterior margin of anepisternum. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Costa with no obvious setae beyond radial vein R 1. Wing hyaline, veins light yellow to yellow brown. R 4+5 slightly curved to apex of wing. Knob of haltere whitish yellow, base of haltere brown. Legs black to brown. Fore femur basally with 3 strong posteroventral setae. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. All coxae with single inconspicuous black setae. Hind metatarsus ventrally with dense yellow golden setae. Length metatarsus 2: length tibia 2 = 0.6. Tergites with no obvious depressions or tufts of setulae. Abdominal pleura with scattered setae on abdominal segments 4–5. Abdominal segments 1–5 narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 2.8. Tergites 2–5 each with 1 distinct lateral seta at the posterior margin, and tergite 5 with 4 setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 almost semicircular (Fig. 14). Sternite 5 with 1 large and some smaller lateral setae. Midventral tergite 7 not recognized. Protandrium small, about as long as epandrium and about 0.5 of length of tergite 5. In the holotype the protandrium is almost completely hidden by tergite 5. Epandrium with 1 outstanding lateral seta and several smaller setae (Fig. 11). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.7. Cerci distinctly projecting, and with a few setulae only. Subepandrial plate hardly sclerotised with the exception of a x-shaped brown structure. No setula recognized on subepandrial plate. No proceeding of hypoproct. No tooth on subepandrial plate. Surstylus as Figs. 11–12: elongated and slightly longer than epandrium, almost parallel sided, sclerotized basally and almost hyaline apically, tip rounded. Surstylus apically with several strong setae mixed with smaller setulae, basally with small setulae only. No lamella. Postgonite as in Fig. 13: distinctly sclerotised, with a slightly broadened base, slightly elongated, pointed, apically bent like a hook. Distiphallus longer than epandrium and surstylus, covered with short, broad setulae that form a dark surface over almost the complete distiphallus. Basiphallus not recognized. Diagnosis. At first glance Meoneura gnomi is recognised by the unique elongated surstylus (Figs. 11, 12) which is longer than epandrium, basally sclerotised and apically almost hyaline, and covered with dense setulae apically. Meoneura krivosheinae Ozerov, 1991 has a similar long surstylus that is sclerotised basally and hyaline apically. But the surstylus of M. krivosheinae species is constricted medially, about twice as long as epandrium, and has a sclerotised base with some obvious setae (cf. Ozerov 1991: 8, Fig. 5). The Nearctic Meoneura forcipata Sabrosky, 1959 has an elongated surstylus and no lamella, too, and resembles M. gnomi in this regard. But M. forcipata has a different shaped surstylus and is densely covered with short setulae apically (Sabrosky 1 959: 21, Fig. 8). Etymology. This term „gnomi“ is derived from the noun „gnom“. Gnoms are dwarf-like humanoids living underground. Gnoms are first introduced in the literature in the 16th century by Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim). As Carnidae belongs to the smallest Acalyptratae, gnoms are the smallest humanoids. Distribution. Meoneura gnomi is hitherto only known from the locus typicus Aman-Kutan (near Samarkand, Uzbekistan). Meoneura helvetica PAPP , 1997 Material: AUSTRIA: 2♂♂, 31.vii.1988, Heiligenblut [47.00°N 12.46°E], 1700 m, on Compositae, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; FRANCE: 1♂, 12.vii.1990, Montgenevre, spruce wood [44.56°N 6.43°E], 1800 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; ITALY: 2♂♂, 1.viii.1988, Lago di S. Croce, deciduous wood near lake [46.07°N 12.20°E], leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 5♂♂, 8.viii.1988, Passo Sella, forest boundary [46.26°N 11.46°E], 1900 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; SPAIN: 6♂♂, 15.viii.2006, Sierra Nevada, Puerto Ragua, near brook [37°07’01’’N 03°01’48’’W], 2000 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017). M. helvetica is here reported from Austria and France for the first time. Meoneura hungarica PAPP , 1977 Material: TURKEY: 2♂♂, 23.v.2011, 12 km sw of Muğla [37°7’40’’N 28°16’28’’E], 660 m, on Ferula communis, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubik, coll. PJHS; 1♂, 23.v.2011, Muğla, University campus, 710 m [37°09’39’’N 28°22’20’’E], 710 m, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubik, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017). These are the first records of M. hungarica from Turkey.

Meoneura baechlii spec. nov. (Figs. 7���10) Holotype ♂: (1) ���I: Mte. Terminillo / meadow nr. wood / 42.26N / 13.07E 2000 m / Bart��k, 4.viii.1988 ���; (2) ��� Holotypus / Meoneura baechlii / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke 2018���. The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic, Prague (CULSP). The specimen was glued on a card point and the abdomen was glued, too. Therefore, it was necessary for examination to macerate the complete specimen and store it in a glycerine microvial pinned underneath the label. The specimen is in a poor condition with most setae of the body surface broken and the thorax is broken. Therefore, the description of head and thorax is incomplete. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.6 mm. Wing length 1.2 mm. Head height 0.3 mm. Head black. Antenna black to dark brown. Arista without pubescence. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 1. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.5. Frons microtomentose, frontal triangle shining to subshining. Frontal triangle distinct, reaching about 1/2 distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin. Carina narrow. Postcranium microtomentose. Prementum about as long and slightly wider than labellum. Palpus brown, about 1/2 as long as the haustellum. Scutum with 1 long posterior dorsocentral seta, other setae or scars of setae could not be detected. Costa with no obvious setae beyond radial vein R 1. Wing hyaline, veins light yellow to yellow brown. R 4+5 slightly curved to apex of wing. Knob of haltere whitish yellow, base of haltere brown. Legs black to brown. Fore femur apically with 2 strong posteroventral setae, other setae could not be recognized. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. Length metatarsus 2: length tibia 2 = 0.5. Tergites with no obvious depressions or tufts of setulae. Abdominal pleura with scattered setae on abdominal segments 4���5. Abdominal segments 1���5 moderately narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 2.0. Tergites 2���4 each with 1 distinct lateral seta at the posterior margin, tergite 5 with an obvious long lateral seta and 3 long submedial setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 almost rectangular (Fig. 10). Sternite 5 with scattered setae. Midventral tergite 7 distinct. Protandrium long, about as long as epandrium and about 0.8 of length of tergite 5. Epandrium apically with long setae and with several smaller setae (Fig. 7). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.8. Cerci distinct, distinctly projecting, and with a few setulae only. Subepandrial sclerites sclerotised and distinctly separated by the hardly sclerotised hypoproct. No setula recognized on subepandrial plate. No proceeding of hypoproct. No tooth on subepandrial plate. Surstylus as Figs. 7, 8: bifurcated, with a smaller, slightly stronger sclerotized, short, pointed dorsal part and a larger, anteriorly rounded ventral part. Dorsal part of surstylus dorsally with several obviously long setae and apically with inconspicuous short setulae. No additional lamella recognized. Postgonite as in Fig. 9: distinctly sclerotised, with a broad base, slightly elongated, pointed, apically not bent like a hook. Distiphallus slightly longer than epandrium and surstylus, covered with dense black setulae that form a dark surface over almost the complete distiphallus. Basiphallus obviously sclerotised, long, narrow, at its base not widened. Diagnosis. Meoneura baechlii has a distinctive postabdomen with a bifurcate surstylus (Figs. 7, 8). The ventral part of surstylus is larger than the dorsal part. Only the dorsal part has long setae that are about twice as long as surstylus. The ventral part has only a few less conspicuous setae. Several long setae arise apically on the epandrium and are about as long as length of epandrium (Fig. 7). The only species that is similar to M. baechlii due to the shape of the surstylus is M. nevadensis Lyneborg, 1969. Concerning the original description M. nevadensis has only 2 small setae at the dorsal part of the surstylus and no setae at the ventral part (Lyneborg 1969: 43, Fig. 21). M. nevadensis has some long setae apical at the epandrium, too, but these are only about as long as height of epandrium. Etymology. This species is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Baechli (Z��rich). No dipterist collected more Carnidae and Gerhard Baechli��s contribution to the knowledge of this hardly known family cannot be overstated. Distribution. Meoneura baechlii is hitherto only known from the locus typicus Monte Terminillo of the Abruzzi Apennine (Italy) at a height of 2000 meter. Meoneura exigua COLLIN , 1930 Material: CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 10.���17.vii.2012, Praha, Troja [50��07���15������N 14��23���53������E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, 22.���29.v.2012, dito; 1♂, 5.���12.vi.2012, dito; 1♂, 6.���14.v.2015, dito; 1♂, 11.���19. viii.2015, dito; 1♂, 1.���7.viii.2012, dito; 4♂♂, 3.���10.vii.2012, dito; 3♂♂, 7.���14.v.2012, dito; ITALY: 1♂, 3.viii.1988, Amatrice, 5 km s, pine wood near pasture [42.39��N 13.20��E], 1700 m, protein trap, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; TURKEY: 2♂♂, 23.v.2011, 12 km sw of Muğla [37��7���40������N 28��16���28������E], 660 m, on Ferula communis, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP; 3♂♂, xi.2012 ��� iii.2013, Muğla, pine wood [37��09���41������N 28��22���21������E], 700 m, protein trap, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, v.���vi.2013, Muğla, pine wood [37��09���41������N 28��22���21������E], 700 m, protein trap, leg. O. Dursun, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Collin (1930). M. exigua has not been recorded before from Italy and Turkey. Meoneura flavifacies COLLIN , 1930 Material: BULGARIA: 2♂♂, 15.vii.1987, Georgi Trajkov, edge of oak wood [43.00��N 27.48��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 27.vi.2016, Pirin, Vikhren hut, alpine meadow [41��45���22������N 23��24���55������E], 2000 m, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 21.vii.1987, Sliven, 13 km N, damp valley [42.49��N 26.16��E], 700 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. PJHS; 1♂, 23.vii.1987, Voinesa, pasture near river [45.28��N 23.52��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 3.v.���1. vi.2010, Břez��, alfalfa ecol. agric. [49��48���43.4������ 16��33������13.4������E], 190 m, leg. J. Rotrekl, coll. CULSP; 4♂♂, 23.���26.v.2001, Krkono��e, Labsk�� louka [50��46���11������N 15��32���32������E], 1350 m, leg. Vaněk, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 3.���4.vii.2005, Krkono��e, Lučn�� hora (maringotka) [50��43���14.4������N 15��41���00.9������E], 1450 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 2.viii.2007, Krkono��e, Obř�� důl nr. brook [50��43���36������N 15��43���40������E], 950 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 24.v.���10.vi.2010, Lhotka, Lolium westerwold [49��52���41.2������N 17��43���49.3������], 451m, emergence trap, leg. J. Frydrych, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 20.ix.���10. x.2007, Lideč, ecol. agric., Festuca pratensis [49��29���00������N 17��50���18������E], 459 m, emergence trap, leg. J. Frydrych, coll. CULSP; 5♂♂, 16.���20.vi.2008, Vr��ž nr. P��sek, damp meadow [49��24���12������N 14��7���13������E], 430 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 20.���26.vi.2008, Vr��ž nr. P��sek, meadow and wood [49��24���01������N 14��07���02������E], 400 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 1.viii.���7.ix.2007, Zubř��-Kučoviska [49��28���09������N 18��04���48������E], 363 m, emergence trap, yellow oatgrass, leg. J. Frydrych, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 25.vi.���28.vii.2009, Zubř��, Festuca rubra [49��28���00������N 18��04���42������E], 358 m, emergence trap, leg. J. Frydrych, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 26.v.���25.vi.2009, dito; 1♂, 28.iv.���27.v.2010, dito; 1♂, 28.vii.���17.viii..2009, Zubř��, grass plot [49��27���47.0������N 18��04���53.5������E], 351 m, emergence trap, leg. J. Frydrych, coll. CULSP; ITALY: 1♂, 3.viii.1988, Amatrice, 5km S, pine wood near pasture [42.39��N 13.20��E], 1700 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 5.vii.2011, Passo Nigra, meadow and wood [46��26���39������N 11��35���18������E], 1700 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, 4.vii.2011, Weisslahnbad, edge of forest [46��28���40������N 11��34���11������E], 1400 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; RUSSIA: 1♂, 23.v.1987, Moscow, Orechovo [55.48��N 37.45��E], sweeping, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; SLOVAKIA: 1♂, 23.viii.2002, Nizk�� Tatry Mountains [7083], alpine zone between Dere��e Mountain and Ďumbier Mt., 1700���2000 m, leg. J. Farkač, K. Farkačov��, V. Zedek, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, 28.viii.2002, dito; UKRAINE: 1♂, 31.v.1990, Chersonskaja, leg. Zrazhevsky, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Stuke & B��chli (2015). These are the first records of M. flavifacies for Bulgaria and Ukraine. Meoneura flavifrons PAPP , 1981 Material: ANDORRA: 2♂♂, 8.vii.1990, Pto. de Envalira, along brook [42.34��N 1.41��E], 1600 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 8.vii.1990, Pto. de Envalira, subalpine meadow [42.32��N 1.43��E], 2200 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; AUSTRIA: 1♂, 11.viii.1988, Hainfeld environment, meadow and mixed forest [48.03��N 15.45��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 31.vii.1988, Heiligenblut [47.00��N 12.46��E], 1700 m, on Compositae, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, 6.viii.1995, Niedere Tauern, S��lker Pass [47.16��N 14.04��E], 1900 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; BULGARIA: 3♂♂, 10.viii.2005, Pirin, Begovica, 17.1 km nw from Sandanski [41��40���09������N 23��25���33������E], 1760 m, leg. J. Fechtner, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 27.vi.2016, Pirin, Vikhren hut, alpine meadow [41��45���22������N 23��24���55������E], 2000 m, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kub��k, coll. PJHS; FRANCE: 7♂♂, 12.vii.1990, Montgenevre, spruce wood [44.56��N 6.43��E], 1800 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 9.vii.1990, Pic Long, alpine meadow [42.49��N 0.09��E], 2200 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; ITALY: 1♂, 8.viii.1990, Passo Sella, forest boundary [46.26��N 11.46��E], 1900 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Stuke & B��chli (2015). M. flavifrons has not been recorded from Andorra, Bulgaria, and France before. Meoneura freta COLLIN , 1937 Material: BULGARIA: 2♂♂, 17.vii.1987, Kiten, oak wood and pig farm [42.14��N 27.48��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 15.���22.v.2012, Praha, Troja [50��07���15������N 14��23���53������E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 30.vi.���7.vii.2015, Praha, Troja [50��07���15������N 14��23���53������E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, exposed 9.xii.2014, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. PJHS; 1♂, 3.���11.viii.2015, dito; 1♂, 1.���7.viii.2012, Praha, Troja [50��07���15������N 14��23���53������E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 22.���29.v.2012, dito; 1♂, 19.v.���17.vi.2009, Žabčice, alfalfa [49��1���26������N 16��36���51.5������E], 179 m, leg. J. Rotrekl, coll. CULSP; TURKEY: 1♂, 30.vi.2015, 4 km n of Yatagan [37��22���12���N 28��09���22������E], 400 m, on flowers, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Collin (1937). This is a first record for Bulgaria of M. freta. Meoneura glaberrima BECKER , 1907 Material: ANDORRA: 1♂, 8.vii.1990, Pto. de Envalira, along brook [42.34��N 1.41��E], 1600 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; BULGARIA: 5♂♂, 15.vii.1987, Georgi Trajkov, edge of oak wood [43.00��N 27.48��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS, PJHS; 1♂, 16.vii.1987, Irakli, damp meadow [42.47��N 27.54��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 20.vi.2016, Rhodopes, 25 km ssw of Plovdiv, meadow [41��56���05���N 24��40���45������E], 1590 m, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP; 1 ♂, 21.vii.1987, Sliven, 15 km N, pasture [42.50��N 26.15��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; ITALY: 9♂♂, 3.viii.1988, Amatrice, 5 km S, pine wood near pasture [42.39��N 13.20��E], 1700 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 12.vii.1990, Cesana Torinese, mixed wood [44.57��N 6.47��E], 1000 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; SPAIN: 1♂, 6.vii.1990, Figueres, vegetation [41.21��N 01.56��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 3♂♂, 15.viii.2006, Sierra Nevada, Trevelez near river [37��00���09������N 03��15���43������E], 1440 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; TURKEY: 1♂, 17.���22.v.2011, Muğla, University campus, 700 m [37��09���42������N 28��22���21������E], 700 m, pan trap +sweeping, leg. M. Bart��k & ��. Kubik, coll. CULSP; UZBEKISTAN: 11♂♂, 18.v.1989, Chimgan, alpine meadow [41.38��N 70.06��E], 1800 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 18.v.1989, Chimgan, damp meadow [41.37��N 70.00��E], 800 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 20.v.1989, Chinaz along Syrdarya river [40.53��N 68.43��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 3♂♂, 18.v.1989, Karamazar, alpine meadow [41.30��N 69.49��E], 800 m, leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 22.v.1989, Samarkand, 2 km E, pasture [39.39��N 67.01��E], leg. M. Bart��k, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Collin (1930). These are the first records of M. glaberrima for Andorra, Italy and Uzbekistan., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Bart��k, Miroslav, 2019, Records of Carnidae from the collection of Miroslav Bart��k (Diptera: Carnidae), with the description of five new species, pp. 326-346 in Zootaxa 4567 (2) on pages 331-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2594992, {"references":["Lyneborg, L. 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Meoneura artoodetoo spec. nov. (Figs. 2–6) Holotype ♂: (1) „ SU: Chimgan / alpine meadow / 41.38N / 70.06E 1800 m / Barták, 18.v.1989 “; (2) „ Holotypus / Meoneura / artoodetoo / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke 2018“. The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic, Prague (CULSP). The specimen is glued on a card point. The right wing is missing and the left wing is incomplete. Otherwise the specimen is in good condition. The posterior part of abdomen is dissected, macerated and stored in a glycerine microvial pinned underneath the specimen. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.8 mm. Wing length about 1.6 mm. Head height 0.4 mm. Head black with anterior half of frons black brown. Antenna black to dark brown. Arista without pubescence. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 1.0. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.5. Frons microtomentose, frontal triangle shining. Frontal triangle indistinct and short, hardly reaching further than anterior ocellus. Face microtomentose. Carina narrow. Postcranium microtomentose. Prementum longer and wider than labellum. Palpus brown, about 1/4 as long as the haustellum. 1 distinct ocellar seta; supralunular setae only slightly convergent; 4 fronto-orbital setae (2 anterior mesoclinate, 2 posterior lateroclinate); 2 vertical setae; 2 mesoclinate postorbital setae; postocellar setae parallel; 1 strong vibrissal seta; 2 supravibrissal setae, the ventral one much smaller; 4 genal setae, the anterior one strongest. Scutum shining to subshining, anterior 2/3 covered with black setulae. Scutellum microtomentose. Pleurae shining to slightly microtomentose. Scutum with only 1 long posterior and 2 smaller anterior dorsocentral setae. 2 postpronotal setae; 1 praesutural seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae; 1 praescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. 1 seta at posterior margin of anepisternum. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Costa with no obvious setae beyond radial vein R 1. Wing hyaline, veins white to light yellow. Knob of haltere whitish yellow, base of haltere brown. Legs black to brown. Fore femur apically with 2 and basally with 1 strong posteroventral setae. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. All coxae with single black setae. Hind metatarsus ventrally with dense yellow golden setae. Length metatarsus 2: length tibia 2 = 0.6. Tergites with no obvious depressions or tufts of setulae. Abdominal pleura with scattered setae on abdominal segment 5 only. Abdominal segments 1–5 narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 2.6. Tergites 2–5 each with 1 distinct lateral seta at the posterior margin, and with 4 indistinct setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 almost rectangular, slightly longer than broad, with 2 anterior setae and few additional setulae (Fig. 5). Midventral tergite 7 not recognized. Protandrium very small, shorter than epandrium and about 0.3 of length of tergite 5. Epandrium with two strong lateral setae and several smaller setae (Fig. 2, 6). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.4. Cerci indistinct, not projecting, and with a few setulae only. Subepandrial plate distinctly sclerotised with a pair of strongly sclerotized dark brown bars. Subepandrial plate with scattered, hardly visible fine setulae. Obvious proceeding of hypoproct with 10–11 large and obvious flat setae on the projecting part. No tooth on subepandrial plate. Surstylus as in Fig. 3: with an obviously broadened base due to a ventral expansion, concave dorsally, and a slightly rounded tip. Surstylus with several inconspicuous setae apically and 1 inconspicuous but longer medially directed setae at the tip. The ventral expansion at base of surstylus is lamella-like and has several distinct setae. Postgonite as in Fig. 4: distinctly sclerotised, with a broad base, slightly elongated, pointed, apically bent like a hook. Distiphallus slightly longer than epandrium and surstylus, covered with setulae that form dorsobasally a field of dense setulae (Fig. 6). Basiphallus not recognized. Diagnosis. Meoneura artoodetoo belongs to the Meoneura obscurella -group that is characterised by a distinct process of hypoproct that has long distinct setae (Fig. 2). From all species of this group—with the exception of M. merzi Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2013 — M. artoodetoo is easily distinguished by the shape and setation of the surstylus as shown in Fig. 3. Especially the characteristic base of surstylus largely expanded ventrally to a lamellalike structure that bears several setulae (Fig. 3: ves) distinguishes this species easily. Meoneura artoodetoo will run in the key of the Meoneura obscurella -group of Stuke & Freidberg (2017) to couplet 4 where Meoneura paraseducta Papp, 1976 is identified. However M. artoodetoo has a completely black brown frons and no long seta on sternite 5 nor fits the shape of the surstylus. Later M. artoodetoo will run to couplet 9 where a decision to one of the keys alternatives is not possible anymore. M. merzi has been overlooked by Stuke & Freidberg (2017) and is very similar to M. artoodetoo. Compared with the original description of M. merzi, M. artoodetoo is distinguished by these characters: (i) postocellar setae parallel ("slightly diverging" in M. merzi); (ii) process of hypoproct with 10–11 obvious flattened setae distally (more setae that are not obvious flattened and that are not restricted to distal part of process of hypoproct in M. merzi), (iii) base of surstylus dorsally expanded and therefore dorsal margin of surstylus concave (base of surstylus less broad and therefore dorsal margin of surstylus almost straight in M. merzi); (iv) dull angle between surstylus and ventral expansion of surstylus (right angle between surstylus and ventral expansion of surstylus in M. merzi); (v) ventral expansion almost square (ventral expansion oblong in M. merzi); (vi) epandrium with two strong lateral setae (epandrium without strong setae in M. merzi). Etymology. This species is dedicated—as noun in apposition—to the fictional robot R2-D2 from George Lucas Star Wars movies. R2-D2 is a small and inconspicuous robot but saved the world. Distribution. Meoneura artoodetoo is hitherto only known from the locus typicus Chimgan (Uzbekistan). Meoneura atoma PAPP (1981) Material: Material: AUSTRIA: 2♂♂, 31.vii.1988, Heiligenblut [47.00°N 12.46°E], 1700 m, on Compositae, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 2♂♂, 6.viii.1995, Niedere Tauern, Sölker Pass [47.16°N 14.04°E], 1900 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; CZECH REPUBLIC: 2♂♂, 10.vi.–16.vii.2015, Českolipsko, Provodín, pískovna pod hřbitovem, Malaise trap, leg. L. Blažej, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 3.–4.vii.2005, Krkonoše, Luční hora (maringotka) [50°43’14.4’’N 15°41’00.9’’E], 1450 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; ITALY: 1♂, 8.viii.1988, Passo Rolle, alpine meadow [46.13°N 11.42°E], 1900 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 6.viii.1988, Staggia, oak wood, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Papp (1981).

Meoneura mucki spec. nov. (Figs. 19–23) Holotype ♂: (1) „ SU: Amankutan / pasture / 39.19N / 66.55E 1300 m / Barták, 23.v.1989 “; (2) „ Holotypus / Meoneura mucki / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke 2018“. The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic, Prague (CULSP). The specimen is glued on a card point and therefore only the left side of head without proboscis and thorax could be examined. Otherwise the specimen is in good condition. The posterior part of abdomen is dissected, macerated and stored in a glycerine microvial pinned underneath the specimen. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.9 mm. Wing length 1.4 mm. Head height 0.4 mm. Head black with anterior half of frons yellow brown. Antenna black to dark brown. Arista without pubescence. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 0.9. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.5. Frons slightly microtomentose to subshining, frontal triangle shining. Frontal triangle distinct, reaching about 1/2 distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin. Face and proboscis cannot be examined due to preparation of the specimen. Postcranium slightly microtomentose. 1 distinct ocellar seta; supralunular setae convergent; 4 fronto-orbital setae (2 anterior mesoclinate, 2 posterior lateroclinate); 2 vertical setae; 2 mesoclinate postorbital setae; postocellar setae slightly divergent; 1 strong vibrissal seta; 2 supravibrissal setae, the ventral one indistinct and much smaller; 2 strong genal setae. Scutum shining to subshining, anterior 2/3 covered with black setulae. Scutellum microtomentose. Pleurae —as far as can be seen in the type—shining. Scutum with only 1 long posterior, 1 intermediate medial, and 1 smaller anterior dorsocentral seta. 1 postpronotal seta; 1 praesutural seta; 1 anterior and 2 posterior notopleural setae; 1 long and 1 inconspicuous short supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae; 1 praescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. 1 seta at posterior margin of anepisternum. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Costa with no obvious setae beyond radial vein R 1. Wing hyaline, costa light brown, other veins white to light yellow. R 4+5 slightly curved to apex of wing. Knob of haltere whitish yellow, base of haltere brown. Legs black to brown. Fore femur apically with 3 and basally with 2 strong posteroventral setae. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. Hind metatarsus ventrally with dense yellow golden setae. Length metatarsus 2: length tibia 2 = 0.6. Tergites with no obvious depressions or tufts of setulae. Abdominal pleura with scattered setae on abdominal segments 4–5. Abdominal segments 1–5 narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 2.5. Tergites 2–4 each with 1 short lateral seta at the posterior margin, and with 2–4 indistinct setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 almost rectangular, about as long as broad (Fig. 23). Sternite 5 with 2 lateral setae, the posterior obvious long (Fig. 23). Midventral tergite 7 not recognized. Protandrium small, slightly shorter than epandrium and about 0.5 of length of tergite 5. Epandrium with few setae (Fig. 19). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.5. Cerci indistinct, not projecting, and with a few setulae only. Subepandrial plate hardly sclerotised with the exception of a x-shaped brown structure. Subepandrial plate with scattered, hardly visible fine setulae. Obvious proceeding of hypoproct with 4 large setae on the laterally projecting part and several fine setulae basally. No tooth on subepandrial plate. Surstylus as Figs. 19, 21–22: with a slightly broadened base, falcated, and with a broad apical tip. Surstylus with short, strong setae apically, and long setae ventrally. No lamella. Postgonite as in Fig. 20: distinctly sclerotised, with a small base, elongated, pointed, apically bent like a hook. Distiphallus —as far as can be seen in the type—short and with dense brown setulae. Diagnosis. Meoneura mucki belongs to the Meoneura obscurella -group that is characterised by a distinct process of hypoproct that has long distinct setae (Fig. 19). From all other species of this group M. mucki is easily distinguished by the unique falcated surstylus with a densely haired tip (Figs. 19, 21). Process of hypoproct has 4 large setae (Fig. 19). Mesoscutum and pleurae are shiny and contrasting with the microtomentose scutellum. If characters of setation turn out to be constant 3 notopleural setae, 2 postalar setae and 2 mesoclinate postorbital setae are remarkable characters. A key of the Meoneura obscurella -group is published by Stuke & Freidberg (2017). M. mucki will run to the last couplet 11 together with Meoneura prima (Becker, 1903) and Meoneura goldemari Stuke & Freidberg, 2017 but will not be assigned to one of these species due to the very different shape of the surstylus. Etymology. The „Kleine Muck“ is a participant of Wilhelm Hauf´s fairy tale „Die Karavane“. The Kleine Muck is a small misshapen figure and outsider as Carnidae are small inconspicious Diptera in which hardly anybody is interested in. Distribution. Meoneura mucki is hitherto only known from the locus typicus Aman-Kutan (near Samarkand, Uzbekistan). Meoneura neottiophila COLLIN , 1930 CZECH REPUBLIC: 5♂♂, 11.–25.iv.2009, Čertova voda, right lake shore [50°48’47.3’’N 14°13’35.3’’E], 130 m, Malaise trap, meat baited, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 7.–14.v.2012, Praha, Troja [50°07’15’’N 14°23’53’’E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 10.v.–4.vi.2011, Vráž nr. Písek near brook [49°23’59’’N 14’07’58’’E], 400 m, Malaise trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 7♂♂, 2.iv.–10.v.2011, dito; 1♂, 10.iv.–4.vi.2011, Vráž nr. Písek near brook [49°23’59’’N 14’07’58’’E], 400 m, Malaise trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 21.–24.vi.2010, Vráž nr. Písek, wood [49°24’8’’N 14°7’8’’E], 430 m, pyramid trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 3♂♂, 24.vi.–19.vii.2010, Vráž nr. Písek, wood [49°24’12’’N 14°6’57’’E], 400 m, pyramid trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 13.vi.–30. ix.2014, Vráž nr. Písek, wood, protein trap [49°24’12’’N 14°7’03’’E], 400 m, protein trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; TURKEY: 3♂♂, xi.2012 – iii.2013, Muğla, pine wood [37°09’41’’N 28°22’21’’E], 700 m, Malaise trap, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubík, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 3♂♂, v.–vi.2013, Muğla, pine wood [37°09’41’’N 28°22’21’’E], 700 m, protein trap, leg. O. Dursun, coll. CULSP, PJHS. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017). M. neottiophila has not been reported from Turkey before. Meoneura obscurella (FALLÉN , 1823) Material: CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 11.viii.–11.ix.2010, 5 km nnw of Uhlířské Janovice [49°53’27.5’’N 15°1’48.2’’E], 400 m, pyramid trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017) Meoneura occulta STUKE , 2015 Material: ITALY: 1♂, 4.viii.1988, Lago di Campotosto, 4 km s, pasture [42.29°N 13.20°E], 1300 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. PJHS. Diagnosis: Stuke & Bächli (2015). Prior to this record only the type material from Switzerland was known. Meoneura palaestinensis HENNIG , 1937 Material: TURKEY: 1♂, 8.–20.viii.2015, Dalyan, farm [36°48’54’’N 28°39’04’’E], 1m, Malaise trap, leg. O. Dursun, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 19.viii.–17.ix.2015, Muğla, University campus [37°09’42’’N 28°22’13’’E], 720 m, Malaise trap, leg. H. Kavak, coll. PJHS; UNITED ARABIAN EMIRATES: 4♂♂, 1.–30.vi.2016, Houbara protected area [24.08°N 52.97°E], AD 1021, Malaise trap, leg. A. Saji & A. van Harten, coll. PJHS. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017). These are the first records of M. palaestinensis from Turkey. Meoneura pappi STUKE , 2015 Material: AUSTRIA: 1♂, 31.vii.1988, Heiligenblut [47.00°N 12.46°E], 1700 m, on Compositae, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; CZECH REPUBLIC: 3♂♂, 5.–12.x.1995, 5 km w of Uhlířské Janovice, damp meadow [49.53°N 15.03°E], 460 m, pan trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 16.–17.vi.2005, Krkonoše, Labská and Pančavská louka [50°46’07’’N 15°32’31’’E], 1340 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, 12.–13.viii.2005, Krkonoše, Labská bouda environment [50°46’18.6’’N 15°32’47.2’’E], 1300 m, pan trap +sweeping, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 23.–26.v.2001, Krkonoše, Labská louka [50°46’11’’N 15°32’32’’E], 1350 m, pan trap, leg. J. Vaněk, coll. CULSP; 4♂♂, 3.–4.vii.2005, Krkonoše, Luční hora (maringotka) [50°43’14.4’’N 15°41’00.9’’E], 1450 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 3♂♂, 2.viii.2007, Krkonoše, Obří důl nr. brook [50°43’36’’N 15°43’40’’E], 950 m, pan trap +sweeping, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 12.–13.viii.2005, Krkonoše, Pančavská louka [50°46’06’’N 15°32’31’’E], 1330 m, pan trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, ix.2008, Krkonoše, Slunečná stráň, meadow [50°38’00’’N 15°49’30.4’’E], 650 m, pan trap, leg. J. Vaněk, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 22.–24. vii.2006, Lrkonoše Mountains, Labská rokle near brook [50°46’20’’N 15°32’45’’E], 1330 m, pan trap +sweeping, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, 10.vi.1995, MS Beskydy, Muřinkový vrch [49.31°N 18- 39°E], 950 m, pan trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; ITALY: 1♂, 5.vii.2011, Passo Nigra, meadow and wood [46°26’39’’N 11°35’18’’E], 1700 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 8.viii.1988, Passo Rolle, alpine meadow [46.13°N 11.42°E], 1900 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 4. vii.2011, Weisslahnbad, edge of forest [46°28’40’’N 11°34’11’’E], 1400 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; SLOVAKIA: 1♂, 28.vii.2002, Nizké Tatry Mountains [7083], alpine zone between Dereše Mountain and Ďumbier Mt., 1700–2000 m, leg. J. Farkač, K. Farkačová, V. Zedek, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Stuke & Bächli (2015). M. pappi is herewith reported the first time from Austria and Slovakia. Meoneura prima (BECKER , 1903) Material: ALGERIA: 2♂♂, 24.–28.x.2015, Ghardaia garden [32°30’24’’N 3°37’43’’E], 520 m, leg. B. Aissa, coll. CULSP, PJHS; CZECH REPUBLIC: 1♂, 9.x.–17.xi.2011, Kunice [49°56’1.4’’N 14°40’7.5’’E], 435 m, pyramid trap meat & fruit, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; UZBEKISTAN: 2♂♂, 18.v.1989, Chimgan, alpine meadow [41.38°N 70.06°E], 1800 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 18.v.1989, Karamazar, alpine meadow [41.30°N 69.49°E], 800 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017) M. prima has not been known from Algeria before. Meoneura pseudoflavifacies PAPP , 1997 Material: BULGARIA: 7♂♂, 21.vii.1987, Sliven, 13 km n, damp valley [42.49°N 26.16°E], 700 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; ITALY: 2♂♂, 12.vii.1990, Cesana, mixed wood [44.57°N 6.47°E], 1000 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS. Diagnosis: Stuke & Bächli (2015). These are the first records of M. pseudoflavifacies from Bulgaria. Meoneura triangularis COLLIN , 1930 Material: CZECH REPUBLIC: 2♂♂, 11.viii.–11.ix.2010, 5 km nnw of Uhlířské Janovice [49°53’27.5’’N 15°1’48.2’’E], 400 m, pyramidal trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 2.iv.–10.v.2011, Vráž nr. Písek near brook [49°23’59’’N 14’07’58’’E], 400 m, Malaise trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 16.–20.vi.2008, Vráž nr. Písek, damp meadow [49°24’12’’N 14°7’13’’E], 430 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; TURKEY: 6♂♂, xi.2012 – iii.2013, Muğla, pine wood [37°09’41’’N 28°22’21’’E], 700 m, protein trap, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubik, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 21.–24.ix.2012, Muğla, University campus, 700 m [37°09’42’’N 28°22’21’’E], 700 m, pan trap, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubik, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 21.–24.ix.2012, Muğla, University campus, 700 m [37°09’42’’N 28°22’21’’E], 700 m, Malaise trap, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubik, coll. PJHS. Diagnosis: Stuke & Freidberg (2017). M. triangularis has not been reported from Turkey before. Meoneura vagans (FALLÉN , 1823) Material: BULGARIA: 1♂, 23.vi.2016, 9 km nee of Dospat, meadow nr wood [41°40’13’’N 24°15’50’’E], 1170 m, leg. M. Barták & Š. Kubík, coll. CULSP; CZECH REPUBLIC: 4♂♂, 11.viii.–11.ix.2010, 5 km nnw of Uhlířské Janovice [49°53’27.5’’N 15°1’48.2’’E], 400 m, pyramidal trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 11.vii.–11.viii.2010, 5 km w of Uhlířské Janovice [49°53’28’’N 15°01’48’’E], 410 m, pyramidal trap, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 5.–12.x.1995, 5 km w of Uhlířské Janovice, damp meadow [49.53°N 15.03°E], 460 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 17.–18.vii.2005, Bystřice near Třinec, shore of Olše river [49°38’08’’N 18°42’46’’E], leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 23.–26.v.2001, Krkonoše, Labská louka [50°46’11’’N 15°32’32’’E], 1350 m, pyramid trap, leg. J.Vaněk, coll. CULSP; 2♂♂, viii.2008, Krkonoše, Slunečná stráň, meadow [50°38’00’’N 15°49’30.4’’E], 650 m, pyramid trap, leg. J.Vaněk, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 15.–22.v.2012, Praha, Troja [50°07’15’’N 14°23’53’’E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 26. iv.–2.v.2012, dito; 1♂, 22.–29.v.2012, Praha, Troja [50°07’15’’N 14°23’53’’E], 184 m, emergence trap baited with pig carcas, leg. M. Barták, coll. PJHS; 3♂♂, 16.–20.vi.2008, Vráž nr. Písek, damp meadow [49°24’12’’N 14°7’13’’E], 430 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP, PJHS; 1♂, 30.v.–3.vi.2005, Vráž u Písku, damp meadow [49°24’13’’N 14°07’15’’E], 400 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP; 1♂, 22.v.1995, Vráž u Písku, near pond [49.23°N 14.08°E], 400 m, leg. M. Barták, coll. CULSP. Diagnosis: Collin (1930).

Carnidae of the genera Meoneura and Hemeromyia in the collection of Miroslav Bartak, deposited in the Czech University of Life Sciences (Prague) have been studied. Five species are newly described: Meoneura artoodetoo spec. nov. (Uzbekistan), Meoneura baechli spec. nov. (Italy), Meoneura gnomi spec. nov. (Uzbekistan) , Meoneura joedaltoni spec. nov. (Italy), and Meoneura mucki spec. nov. (Uzbekistan). Additional 21 species of Meoneura and 1 species of Hemeromyia are recorded with first records from Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Meoneura palaestinensis Hennig 23 August 2014 (LT1, PT2). Known distribution: PA. Family CHAMAEMYIIDAE This is the first record of the family from KSA., Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., El-Sonbati, Saad A. & Al dhafer, Hathal M., 2017, A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera: Insecta), pp. 1499-1530 in Journal of Natural History 51 (25 - 26) on page 1513, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1347299, http://zenodo.org/record/5182073

Meoneura Rondani, 1856 The genus Meoneura is by far the largest genus of Carnidae and there are 91 valid species known. The Nearctic species can be identified with Sabrosky (1959, 1961). The basis for the identification of the Palaearctic species reported here are the keys of Collin (1930) and Papp (1978). Additionally, the original descriptions of all species that are published later are taken into account. The identification of those species that cannot be identified with the keys of Collin (1930) and Papp (1978) are discussed in detail below. At present, only males can be identified with characters of the postabdomen., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17","Sabrosky, C. W. (1961) Three new Nearctic acalyptrate Diptera. Entomological News, 72, 229 - 234.","Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist´s monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89.","Papp, L. (1978) 72 a. csalad: Carnidae. In: Papp, L. (Eds.), Fauna Hungariae, 9. Akademiai Kiadoi, Budapest, pp. 32 - 50."]}

Meoneura nepalensis Papp, 2013 Material: NEPAL: 2♂, 26.iv.1985, Ghopta to Thari Pati, 3200 m, leg. A. Smetana; 1♂, 23.���26.iv.1985, Nuwakot, Dis. between Ghopte and Thare Pati, 3200 m, leg. A. Smetana; 3♂, 26.iv.1985, Thari Pati, Ghopte, 3200 m, leg. A. Smetana. Only recently this species has been described from Nepal. The specimens reported here fit well the original description. Due to the yellow anterior frons, the yellow face, the shape of the surstylus and lamella (Papp 2013: 217, figs. 10���12) it is close to Meoneura flavifacies. Meoneura nepalensis is distinguished by the pointed tip of the surstylus and the indistinctly hook-shaped postgonite (Papp 2013: 217, figs. 14���15). One specimen has a distinct seta dorsobasally on the surstylus���this specimen resembles therefore Meoneura pseudoflavifacies Papp, 1997 but is distinguished by the shape of the postgonite., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Papp, L. (2013) New species and records of Meoneura Rondani, 1856 from the Old World Tropics (Diptera, Carnidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 59, 213 - 227.","Papp, L. (1997) Three new species and a new subspecies of Meoneura from the Alps (Diptera, Carnidae). Annales Historico- Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 89, 151 - 156."]}

Meoneura prima (Becker, 1903) Material: CANADA: 1♂, 11.vii.1960, British Columbia, Shames, 18 mi. SW Terrace, leg. C. H. Mann; 1♂, 17.vii.1960, ditto; 1♂, 18.v.1953, Ontario, Maynooth, Ottawa, leg. J. F. MacAlpine; 1♂, 15.vii.1965, Ontario, Ottawa, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; SPAIN: 1♂, 12.viii.1986, Sierra Nevada Highway, 1700 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura bicuspidata Collin, 1930 Material: GREAT BRITAIN: 1♂, 25.vii.1960, Devon, Dawlish Warren, leg. J. R. Vockeroth., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist´s monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89."]}

Meoneura flavifacies Collin, 1930 Material: CANADA: 1♂, 6.vi.1955, Alberta, Orion Alta. [49��28���N 110��50���W], leg. J. R. Vockeroth; 1♂, 3.ix.1991, British Columbia, 32 km N Nakusp, leg. A. Borkent; 2♂, 8.vii.1992, British Columbia, 50 km E Bella Coole, leg. A. Borkent; 1♂, 26.vi.1960, British Columbia, Aiyansh, 500���, leg. R. Nass; 1♂, 30.i.1960, British Columbia, Kleanza Cr., 14 mi. E Terrace, leg. C. H. Mann; 6♂, 23.v.2005, British Columbia, Mt Kobaud [49��05.376���N 119��37.834���W], leg. Goulet & Boudreault; 1♂, 8.vii.1973, British Columbia, Point Grey, Vancouver, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; 1♂, 18.vi.1953, Ontario, Maynooth, leg. J. F. MacAlpine; 1♂, 19.vi.1953, ditto; 1♂, 7.vii.1968, Qu��bec, Lac Phillipe [45��37���N 76��W], leg. J. R. Vockeroth; GREAT BRITAIN: 1♂, 8.viii.1969, Devon, Clennon Valley, Paignton, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; 1♂, 14.viii.1960, Devon, Paignton, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; SWEDEN: 2♂, 3.viii.1951, Abisko, Lapland, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; USA: 1♂, 17.vii.1961, Wyoming, Union Pass Road, Fremont Co., leg. J. G. Chillcott. With the key of Sabrosky (1959) Meoneura flavifacies is easily confused with the Holarctic Meoneura pappi Stuke, 2015. A key to separate these two species is included in Stuke & B��chli (2015)., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist´s monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89.","Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17","Stuke, J. - H. & Bachli, G. (2015) Faunistical data of Carnidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries with the description of three new Meoneura species. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 88, 379 - 401."]}

Meoneura arctica Ozerov, 1991 Material: CANADA: 1♂, 20.vi.1960, British Columbia, Gahnon Road 6 mil. W Terrace, leg. B. Heming; USA: 1♂, 31.vii.1961, Colorado, Independence Pass, Lake Co., 11.500���, Treeline, leg. J. G. Chillcott. Meoneura arctica can be easily identified by the characteristic shape of the male postabdomen that is figured in Ozerov (1991: 10, Fig. 7). I compared two specimens reported here with the original description and cannot find any reason to assume a new species. The record of Meoneura arctica is surprising because this species has previously only been known from the locus typicus (Russia, Yamal Peninsula) and Sweden (Brake 2011)., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Ozerov, A. L. (1991) New species of Micropezidae, Piophilidae and Carnidae (Diptera) from the USSR. Vestnik Zoologii, 6, 7 - 12.","Brake, I. (2011) World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora). Myia, 12, 113 - 169."]}

Meoneura polita Sabrosky, 1959 Material: ARGENTINA: 1♂, 6.x.1968, Salta, El Carmen, 27 km S Molinos, 1900 m, leg. L. Pena. The reported specimen keys out to Meoneura polita with the key of Sabrosky (1959) and fits quite well the genital drawing, but the ventral margin of the surstylus is slightly convex and not concave as shown in the drawing of Sabrosky (1959: 21, Fig.3). Meoneura polita has not been reported from Argentina before., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17"]}

Meoneura vagans (Fallén, 1823) Material: CANADA: 2♂, 16.–21.vi.1985, Alberta, nr Ft. Assiniboine, ex Splachnum luteum, leg. P. Marino; 1♂, 4.v.1992, British Columbia, 3 km E Salmon Arm, leg. A. Borkent; 1♂, 26.vi.1960, British Columbia, Aiyansh, 500’; 1♂, 13.v.1960, British Columbia, Remo 7 mi. SW Terrace, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 2♂, 23.vi.1960, British Columbia, Terrace, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 4♂, 3.vii.1960, ditto; 1♂, 19.viii.1958, Manitoba, Brandon, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 1♂, 20.viii.1958, ditto; AUSTRIA: 1♂, 29.vi.1953, Igls, 900 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; SWEDEN: 1♂, 21.vii.1960, Värmland, Ekshärad, leg. W. R. M. Mason., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura atoma Papp, 1981 Material: AUSTRIA: 1♂, 26.vii.1953, Obergurgl, 1950 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Papp, L. (1981) New species and taxonomical data of the Palaearctic Lauxaniidae and Carnidae (Diptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 27, 159 - 186."]}

Meoneura flavifrons Papp, 1981 Material: AUSTRIA: 2♂, 29.vii.1953, Obergurgl, 1950 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth. Meoneura flavifrons has an unique surstylus as illustrated by Papp (1981: 185) and is easily identified., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Papp, L. (1981) New species and taxonomical data of the Palaearctic Lauxaniidae and Carnidae (Diptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 27, 159 - 186."]}

Meoneura minutissima (Zetterstedt, 1860) Material: GREAT BRITAIN: 1♂, 14.viii.1960, Devon, Paignton, leg. J. R. Vockeroth., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura neottiophila Collin, 1930 Material: LEBANON: 1♂, 30.ix. 1971, 10 km S Afga, nr. Beirut, leg. A. K. Walker. This species is herewith reported from Lebanon for the first time, Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist´s monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89."]}

Meoneura triangularis Collin, 1930 Material: CANADA: 1♂, 3.vi.1960, British Columbia, 32 mi. SW Rerrace, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 1♂, 4.viii.1960, British Columbia, King Salmon Lake, 1750��� [58��43���N 132��54���E], leg. R. Pilfrey; 1♂, 27.vii.1973, British Columbia, Mt. Whister, 1520 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; 1♂, 6.viii.1967, British Columbia, Penticton, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; 5♂, 20.viii.1958, Manitoba, Brandon, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 5♂, 15.vi.1967, Northwest Territories, Fort Smith, leg. J. M. Powell; 1♂, 7.vi.1985, Ontario, 7 mi. E Grifith, leg. B. E. Cooper; LEBANON: 5♂, 30.ix. 1971, 10 km S Afga, nr. Beirut, leg. A. K. Walker; SPAIN: 1♂, viii.1986, Sierra Nevada, Highway, 1860 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; USA: 1♂, 13.vii.1961, California, Fallen Leaf, Eldorado Co., 6500���, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 1♂, 15.��� 18.vii.1970, California, Lily Pond, Alpine Lake, Marin Co., 1500���, Malaise trap, leg. D. D. Munroe; 1♂, 1.vii.1970, ditto; 2♂, 7.vii.1970, ditto; 1♂, 18.vii.1970, ditto; 1♂, 8.iii.1955, California, Willis Palms Oasis, Thousand Palms, leg. W. R. Richards; 1♂, 27.vii.1961, Colorado, Idaho Springs, 5 mi. SW Colorado, 8600���, leg. C. H. Mann; 1♂, 22.vii.1961, Colorado, Mt. Evans, Timberline II, 700���, leg. W. R. M. Mason; 1♂, 10.vii.1968, Oregon, Vidae Falls, Crater Lake National Parc, leg. B. V. Petersen; 3♂, 30.iii.1959, Texas, Kerville, leg. J. F. MacAlpine; 4♂, 18.vii.1961, Wyoming, Battle L. Road, Sierra Madre Range, 8000���, leg. J. G. Chillcott; 6♂, 18.vii.1961, Wyoming, Battle L. Road, Sierra Madre Range, 8500���, leg. B. H. Poole; 1♂, 16.vii.1961, Wyoming, Teton Pass, E. side, 7400������8400���, leg. B. H. Poole. These are the first records from Canada., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist´s monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89."]}

Meoneura nigrifrons Malloch, 1915 Material: CANADA: 1♂, 1.ix.1992, Ontario, Maynooth, leg. J. F. MacAlpine; USA: 1♂, 12.vi.1961, Colorado, Boulder, 5 mi. S, 5800���, leg. C. H. Mann; 3♂, 16.vi.1961, ditto., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura helvetica Papp, 1997 Material: SPAIN: 1♂, 11.viii.1986, Sierra Nevada, Highway, 2500 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth. Meoneura helvetica is easily recognised by the characteristic shape of the surstylus as illustrated in the original description (Papp 1997: 155)., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Papp, L. (1997) Three new species and a new subspecies of Meoneura from the Alps (Diptera, Carnidae). Annales Historico- Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 89, 151 - 156."]}

Meoneura swifti spec. nov. (figures 12���16) Holotype ♂: (1) "Angel L. NEVADA / 12 mi. SW. WELLS / 11.VII.61 8400' / J. G. Chillcott"; (2) " CNC / 9315"; (3) Holotype / Meoneura swifti / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke, 2015 ". Holotype is deposited in the CNC. The specimen is glued to the needle and otherwise in good condition. Paratypes: 4 ♂ with the same labels as holotype and the CNC numbers 9240, 9242, 9244, 9245. Two paratypes are deposited in the CNC and the other two in the PJHS. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.4 mm. Wing length = 1.2 mm. Head height = 0.4 mm. Head black, anterior part of the frons very narrowly dark brown. Antenna black. Arista without pubescence. Eye with scattered short ommatrichia. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 0.9. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.3. Frons completely slightly microtomentose. Frontal triangle reaching anteriorly 2/3 distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin. Face slightly microtomentose. Carina narrow. Postcranium slightly microtomentose. Prementum as long as labellum and not obviously wider. Palpus brown, about half as long as the haustellum. 1 pair of distinct ocellar setae. Supralunular setae cruciate. 4 frontoorbital setae, two anterior mesoclinate, two posterior lateroclinate. 2 vertical setae. Postorbital setae parallel. 1 strong vibrissal seta. 2 supravibrissal setae, the ventral one distinctly smaller. 3 strong genal setae. Scutum completely microtomentose and covered with very short, inconspicuous brown setulae and stronger black setae. Scutellum slightly microtomentose. Pleura slightly microtomentose. Scutum with 1 long and obvious dorsocentral seta, additional dorsocentral setae cannot be picked out from among the scattered black setulae on the scutum. 2 setae on postpronotum; 1 presutural seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae; 1 prescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. 1 seta at posterior margin of anepisternum. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Wing completely covered with microtrichia. Costa without obvious setae beyond radial vein R1. Wing hyaline, veins light brown to white yellow. Base of haltere brown, knob of haltere whitish. Legs black to brown. Fore femur apically with 1 strong posteroventral seta. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. Coxae without obvious setae. Tergites without obvious depressions or setulae tufts. Abdominal pleura without setae. Segments 1���5 narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 4.3. Tergites 3���5 each with a lateral seta at the posterior margin, tergite 5 in addition with a submedial long seta at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 trapezoid, about as long as broad. Sternite 5 with one pair of setae apically and one pair of setae laterally and with scattered less obvious setulae. Midventral tergite 7 distinctly developed. Protandrium short, slightly shorter than epandrium and about half length of tergite 5. The male postabdomen of the holotype is not macerated and the description of the postabdomen is based on two macerated paratypes. Epandrium with a few setulae only and no obvious setae. Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.5. Cercus slightly projecting. Subepandrial sclerites distinctly sclerotized, elongated, fused with each other but only laterally fused with hypoproct and therefore not connected to subepandrial plate. Subepandrial sclerites without any setulae. Hypoproct slightly sclerotized; not projecting out of the epandrium; laterally with several distinct setulae that are not or hardly projecting out of the epandrium. In the middle of hypoproct a distinct small tooth. Surstylus as figs. 12 + 13 broad, with a slightly elongated and upcurved tip, anteroventrally with a keel medially. Surstylus dorsally with a few long dorsally directed setulae and on the anteroventrally keel with a few, long, medially directed setulae. No lamella. Postgonite as Fig. 15: inconspicuous, straight, without any distinctive structure or shape. Distiphallus elongated, about as long as maximum length of epandrium. Distiphallus with dense brown setulae but without any sclerotisation. Variability. The frons and the ocellar triangle may be brown. The ventral supravibrissal seta is missing in some specimens. Diagnosis. Meoneura swifti is easily recognised by the surstylus that is broad, with a slightly elongated and upcurved tip (figs. 12 + 13), and with a keel at the inner side. It has dorsally a few long dorsally directed setulae and on the keel a few, long, medially directed setae. The hypoproct has laterally some strong setulae that hardly project out of the epandrium. The hypoproct is distinctly separated from the subepandrial sclerites. Meoneura swifti will key out with Sabrosky (1959) to couplet 6 due to the parallel postocellar setae, the white knob of haltere, the microtomentose scutum, and only 1 pair of distinct dorsocentral setae. Owing to the combination of only one long black posteroventral seta on the fore femur and lack of a tuft of long setulae at the postabdomen none of the alternatives at couplet 6 fit. Etymology. This species is named in honour of the satirist Jonathan Swift (1667���1745), who demonstrated in his novel "Gulliver's Travels", that small individuals might be very important. Distribution. So far Meoneura swifti is only known from the locus typicus in Nevada., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Stuke, J. - H. & Bachli, G. (2015) Faunistical data of Carnidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries with the description of three new Meoneura species. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 88, 379 - 401.","Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17"]}

Meoneura tinkerbellae spec. nov. (figures 22���25) Holotype ♂: (1) " Canada Alberta / nr. Ft. Assiniboine / ex Splachnum luteum / June16���21, 1985 / P. Marino coll.""; (2) "CNC / 9117"; (3) "Holotype / Meoneura tinkerbellae / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke, 2015 ". Holotype is deposited in the CNC. Abdomen dissected, macerated and stored in glycerine in a microvial pinned beneath the specimen. The remaining specimen is glued on a card, the left hind leg and the right middle leg are missing. Paratypes: 2 ♂ with the same labels as holotype and the CNC numbers 9122 and 9119; 1 ♂, British Columbia, Lakelse Lake bog, S. of Terrace, 2.vi.1960, leg. B. Heming. One paratype is deposited in the CNC and the other two in PJHS. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.5 mm. Wing length = 1.3 mm. Head height = 0.4 mm. Head black, anterior part of the frons slightly lighter dark brown. Antenna black. Arista without pubescence. Eye without ommatrichia. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 0.9. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.4. Frons slightly microtomentose to subshining. Frontal triangle indistinct, reaching anteriorly half distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin. Face slightly microtomentose. Carina narrow. Postcranium slightly microtomentose. Prementum as long as labellum and not significantly wider. Palpus brown, about half as long as the haustellum. 1 pair of distinct ocellar setae. Supralunular setae cruciate. 4 frontoorbital setae, two anterior mesoclinate, two posterior lateroclinate. 2 vertical setae. Postorbital setae parallel. 1 strong vibrissal seta. 2 supravibrissal setae, the ventral one distinctly smaller. 3 strong genal setae. Scutum completely microtomentose and covered with black setulae. Scutellum slightly microtomentose. Pleura���as far as can be seen in the types���slightly microtomentose. Scutum with 1 long dorsocentral seta, additional dorsocentral setae cannot be picked out from among the scattered black setulae on the scutum. 1 seta on postpronotum; 1 presutural seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 1 postalar seta; 1 prescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. 1 seta at posterior margin of anepisternum. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Wing completely covered with microtrichia. Costa without obvious setae beyond radial vein R1. Wing hyaline, veins light brown to white yellow. Knob of haltere whitish yellow, base of haltere not visible in any specimen. Legs black to brown. Fore femur apically with 1 strong posteroventral seta. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. Coxae without obvious setae. Tergites without obvious depressions or setulae tufts. Abdominal pleura with scattered setae on segments 4���5. Segments 1���5 narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 3.3. Tergites 3���4 each with a short lateral seta at the posterior margin, tergite 5 with several longer setae laterally and in addition with two pairs of submedial long setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 trapezoid, about as long as broad. Sternite 5 with several characteristically long setae at the posterior margin (Fig. 21). No midventral tergite 7 developed. Protandrium rudimentary, much shorter than epandrium and about 1/15 of length of tergite 5. Epandrium with a few small setae (Fig. 17). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.8. Cercus indistinct, not obviously projecting, and with a few setulae only. Subepandrial sclerites slightly sclerotized, triangular, fused with each other and with the hypoproct to a subepandrial plate. Subepandrial sclerites without any setulae. Hypoproct slightly sclerotized; projecting laterally out of the epandrium between surstylus and cercus; with several small setulae on the laterally projecting parts. A distinct tooth in the middle of the subepandrial plate. Surstylus as figs. 17 + 18 elongated, with a broader base and becoming smaller apically. Surstylus dorsally and apically with single inconspicuous setulae; apically with a medially directed seta. No lamella. Postgonite as Fig. 20: slightly sclerotized, with a broad base, elongated, pointed, apically bent like a hook. Distiphallus elongated, longer than maximum length of epandrium. Distiphallus with dense brown setulae but no sclerotisation could be found. Diagnosis. Meoneura tinkerbellae will key out with Sabrosky (1959) to couplet 6 due to the parallel postocellar setae, the white knob of haltere, the microtomentose scutum, and 1 dorsocentral seta. Due to combination of only one long black posteroventral setae on the fore femur but lack of a tuft of long setulae at the postabdomen none of the alternatives at couplet 6 fit. The following combination of characters of the postabdomen easily characterise Meoneura tinkerbellae: protandrium rudimentary; subepandrial plate distinctly sclerotized, in the middle with a distinct small tooth, and hypoproct laterally projecting (Fig. 19); surstylus elongated, not forked apically, with indistinct setulae only (figs. 17 + 18); no lamella; sternite 5 with several long setae at the posterior margin (Fig. 21). Etymology. This species is dedicated to Tinker Bell, a fairy character created by J. M. Barrie in his play "Peter Pan, or the boy who wouldn��t grow up". Tinker Bell is a long haired and very small fairy as Meoneura tinkerbellae is a very small, hardly visible fly with characteristically long setulae on tergite 5. Distribution. So far Meoneura tinkerbellae is only known from Alberta and British Colombia (Canada)., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Stuke, J. - H. & Bachli, G. (2015) Faunistical data of Carnidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries with the description of three new Meoneura species. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 88, 379 - 401.","Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17"]}

Meoneura lacteipennis (Fallén, 1823) Material: SWEDEN: 1♂, 16.vii.1960, Värmland, Ekshärad, leg. W. R. M. Mason., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura obscurella (Fallén, 1823) Material: CANADA: 1♂, 30.vii.1958, Nova Scotia, Lockeport, leg. J. R. Vockeroth; 2♂, 3.viii.1958, ditto; 3♂, 4.viii.1958, ditto., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura glaberrima Becker, 1907 Material: SPAIN: 1♂, 20.v.1988, Segovia, La Granja, 1200 m, leg. L. Masner., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura lamellata Collin, 1930 Material: CANADA: 2♀, 11.���15.ix.1967, Nova Scotia, Sable Island, leg. H. Howden, W. Mason, A. Clarke & J. Rick; 2♀, 1.vii.1967, Nova Scotia, Sable Island, West end, leg. D. M. Wood; 1♀, 5.vii.1967, ditto; 2♂ 2♀, 6.vii.1967, ditto; 1♂, 10.vii.1967, ditto; 1♂ 3♀, 11.vii.1967, ditto; 13♂ 2♀, 13.vii.1967, ditto; 2♀, 12.vi.1966, Nova Scotia, Sable Island, West light, leg. H. Howden, W. Mason, A. Clarke & J. Rick; GREAT BRITAIN: 4♂, 25.viii.1960, Devon, Dawlish Warren, leg. J. R. Vockeroth. These are the first published records from Canada., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1930) Some species of the genus Meoneura (Diptera). Entomologist´s monthly Magazine, 66, 82 - 89."]}

Meoneura alpina Hennig, 1948 Material: AUSTRIA: 1♂, 26.vii.1953, Obergurgl, 1950 m, leg. J. R. Vockeroth., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329

Meoneura hobbitoides spec. nov. (figures 8���11) Holotype ♂: (1) "Galena Summit / Blaine Co. IDA. / 15.VII.1961 8600' / B. H. Poole "; (2) " CNC / 9280"; (3) Holotype / Meoneura hobbitoides / spec. nov. ♂ / det. Stuke, 2015 ". Holotype is deposited in the CNC. Posterior part of abdomen dissected, macerated and stored in glycerine in a microvial pinned beneath the specimen. The remainder of the specimen is glued on a card, the left hind leg and the right middle leg are missing. Paratypes: USA: 1♂, 10.vii.1961, Utah, Guardsman Pass near Brighton, 9800���, leg. B. H. Poole; 1♂, 18.vii.1961, Wyoming, Battle L. Road, Sierra Madre Range, 8000���, leg. B. H. Poole; 2♂, 17.viii.1961, Wyoming, Teton Pass, Eastside, 74-8400���, leg. B. H. Poole; 1♂, 17.vii.1961, Wyoming, Togwotee Pass, Teton Co., leg. J. G. Chillcott. Two paratypes are deposited in the CNC and the other three in the PJHS. Description of holotype (male). Length about 1.8 mm. Wing length = 1.5 mm. Head height = 0.3 mm. Head completely black with the frons anteriorly narrowly brownish. Antenna black. Arista without pubescence. Eye without ommatrichia. Maximum eye length: maximum eye height = 0.8. Posteroventral margin of gena closest to eye margin: maximum eye height = 0.5. Frons slightly microtomentose to subshining. Frontal triangle indistinct, reaching anteriorly about half distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin There is no specimen available where the dusting of the face can be examined. Carina narrow. Postcranium slightly microtomentose. The proboscis cannot be seen in the holotype and the description is based on paratypes. Prementum longer and wider than labellum. Palpus brown, slightly longer than half of the haustellum. 1 pair of distinct ocellar setae. Supralunular setae convergent but not cruciate. 4 fronto-orbital setae, two anterior mesoclinate, two posterior lateroclinate. 2 vertical setae. Postorbital setae parallel. 1 strong vibrissal seta. 2 supravibrissal setae, the ventral one slightly smaller. 3 strong genal setae. Scutum completely microtomentose and covered with black setulae. Scutellum microtomentose. Pleura completely slightly microtomentose. Scutum with 1 long and obvious dorsocentral seta and 2 additional dorsocentral setae that are only slightly longer than the scattered black setulae on the scutum and therefore hard to discern. 1 long and 1 small seta on postpronotum; 1 presutural seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 1 postalar seta; 1 prescutellar seta; 1 apical and 1 lateral scutellar seta. 1 seta at posterior margin of anepisternum. 1 dorsal seta and 1 ventral seta on katepisternum. Wing completely covered with microtrichia. Costa without obvious setae beyond radial vein R1. Wing hyaline, veins light brown. Knob of haltere whitish yellow, base of haltere light brown. Legs dark brown to black. Fore femur apically with 1 strong posteroventral seta. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta. Fore and middle coxae each with a few strong setae. Tergites without obvious depressions or setulae tufts. Abdominal pleura with few scattered setae on segments 4���5. Segments 1���4 not narrow, width of tergite 3: length of tergite 3 = 2.9. Segment 5 as long as segment 4. Tergites 3-5 each with a short lateral seta at the posterior margin, tergite 5 in addition with three pairs of long setae at the posterior margin. Sternite 5 slightly widened posteriorly, hardly longer than broad. Sternite 5 with one pair of setae apically and one pair of setae laterally and with scattered less obvious setulae. Midventral tergite 7 distinctly developed. Protandrium obvious, about as long as epandrium and about as long as tergite 5. Epandrium with a few longer setae but no outstanding strong seta (Fig. 8). Maximum length dorsally in the middle of epandrium: maximum width of epandrium = 0.6. Cercus indistinct, not clearly projecting, and with a few setulae only. Subepandrial sclerites slightly sclerotized, completely fused with each other and only laterally with the hypoproct. Subepandrial sclerites without any setulae. Hypoproct slightly sclerotized; not projecting out of the epandrium; with several small setulae laterally. No tooth in the middle of the subepandrial plate. Surstylus as figs. 8 + 9 elongated, with a slightly smaller base and pointed apically. Surstylus with several long setae basally. Lamella medium sized, distinctly shorter than half the length of the surstylus. Lamella with several small setulae, all distinctly shorter than the lamella. Lamella and surstylus slightly fused at their bases. Postgonite as Fig. 10: slightly sclerotized, with a broad base, elongated, pointed, apically bent like a hook. Distiphallus elongated, longer than maximum length of epandrium. Distiphallus with dense hyaline teeth basally and brown short setulae apically. Variability. The frons can be completely black or distinctly light brown anteriorly. Diagnosis. Meoneura hobbitoides belongs to the Meoneura species with a distinct lamella that is clearly separated or only slightly fused with surstylus. Meoneura hobbitoides is distinguished from all other Meoneura species by the small and very elongated surstylus that has obvious setae basally (figs. 8 + 9). With the key of Sabrosky (1959) Meoneura hobbitoides will not key out to any satisfactory result beyond couplet 10 because the combination of characters of the male postabdomen do not fit. Looking at the drawings of the postabdomen (Sabrosky 1959: 21) Meoneura wirthi is the most similar species���but this species is excluded because of its dark haltere. Etymology. The species is dedicated to the Hobbits, small relatives of men, that are introduced in the fantasy novel "The Hobbit" 1937 by J. R. R. Tolkien. Although quite small and reserved the hobbits turn out to become important to save "Middle-earth". Distribution. So far Meoneura hobbitoides is only known from the USA (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming)., Published as part of Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species in Zootaxa 4084 (4), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1052329, {"references":["Stuke, J. - H. & Bachli, G. (2015) Faunistical data of Carnidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries with the description of three new Meoneura species. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 88, 379 - 401.","Sabrosky, C. W. (1959) The Nearctic species of the filth fly genus Meoneura (Diptera, Milichiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52, 17 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 52.1.17"]}

Meoneura nitidiuscula Collin, 1949 Material examined: 4 males 12 females (HNHM): Africa or., Katona [= K��lm��n Kittenberger] ��� Assab, 907. V-VI. In 1907 the Hungarian zoologist, K��lm��n Kittenberger collected birds��� eggs and other zoological items on the sea shore of Erithrea; Assab meant more the area than the city Assab, or Aseb (Fekete 1962). He pinned the minute flies on the spot, which ��� being acalyptrates ��� were not destroyed in the HNHM in 1956 and were identified only in the course of this project. The species was described from the Sahara (Siwa Oasis, Egypt) and known from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and from the Cape Verde Is. (Barraclough 1994, Brake 2009). The above record from Eritrea fits well to the formerly known occurrence data., Published as part of Papp, L., 2013, New Species And Records Of Meoneura Rondani, 1856 From The Old World Tropics (Diptera, Carnidae), pp. 213-227 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3) on page 225, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5736202, {"references":["Fekete, I. (1962) Kittenberger Kalman elete [K. K. ' s life]. Mora Ferenc Konyvkiado, Budapest. 279 pp.","BArrAclough, D. A. (1994) Hemeromyia australis sp. n. and Meoneura prima (Becker, 1903) from Namibia and South Africa, the first Carnidae (Diptera: Schizophora) recorded from subequatorial Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 15 - 24.","BrAke, I. (2009) World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora). Myia 12: 113 - 169."]}

The previously unidentified Carnidae in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa) have been investigated. All faunistic records of 26 species are presented in this paper. Hemeromyia alberichae spec. nov. (USA), Meoneura hobbitoides spec. nov. (USA), Meoneura swifti spec. nov. (USA), Meoneura tinkerbellae spec. nov. (Canada), and Meoneura yodai spec. nov. (Canada) are described. First records are reported for Argentina, Canada, and Lebanon.

In this taxonomic study the species of Meoneura known from North America are increased from 3 to a total of 12. A key to these is given, and each is described and its male terminalia figured. M. pteropleuralis and M. digitata (Nebraska), M. polita (Texas to California and Washington), M. forcipata (British Columbia), and M. wirthi (California and Washington) are new species; M. obscurella (Fallen) ( = Agromyza tritici Fitch), new synonymy.