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FAMILY PIPUNCULIDAE

Marc De Meyer and Paul L.Th. Beuk

Version date: 16-03-2021 10:48

Pipunculus spec.

Diagnosis. Small to medium-sized (2.0-8.0 mm) flies, closely related to hoverflies (Syrphidae) but can be differentiated by the large compound eyes occupying most of the surface of the (sub)hemispherical head. Wings long and usually rather narrow; discal cell present and closed; M1+2 reaching wing margin. Female ovipositor modified into a piercer.

Biology. During the larval stage they are parasitoids of Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha. They attack the nymphal and/or adult stages. The female deposits the eggs singly, within the host's haemocoel, by means of the piercing ovipositor. Two larval instars are known during the development. When the larva reaches maturity, it emerges through a break in one of the intersegmental membranes and leaves the host. The adults can be found in almost every conceivable terrestrial habitat worldwide. Most commonly they seem to be found among low vegetation or foliage of shrubs and trees. The phenomenon of hill-topping has been recorded from several regions but not yet observed in Europe.

General references. Albrecht (1990

[key to Dorylomorpha]), Coe (1966

[key to British fauna, outdated]), De Meyer (1989

[key to European Cephalops and Cephalosphaera], 1996

[world catalogue]), von der Dunk (1998

[key to Central European fauna]), Földvári & De Meyer (2000

[key to West and Central European Tomosvaryella]), Hardy (1987

[general, key to genera, outdated]), Jervis (1992

[Chalarus]), Kehlmaier (2006

[key to West-Palaearctic Jassidophaga and Verrallia], Kehlmaier & Assmann (2008

[key to European CHalarus], Kozánek et al. (1998

[general, key to genera]), Rafael & De Meyer (1992

[phylogeny]), Tanasijtshuk (1988

[catalogue]).

References to the local fauna. Albrecht (1990

), Beuk (1996d

), Beuk & Zeegers (1992

), Cobben (1956

), De Meyer (1996

), De Meyer et al. (1990

), Van der Goot (1961b

, 1981b

), Van der Goot & Lucas (1966

), Grootaert & De Meyer (1986

), Jervis (1992

), Kehlmaier (2006

), Theowald (1954a

, 1955

Remarks. The number of species in the world taken from De Meyer (1996

How to quote this page: De Meyer, M., & P.L.Th. Beuk, 2021. Family Pipunculidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Pipunculidae (date accessed: 13/06/2026).

NL: 82

B: 75

D: 80

UK: 95

World: ± 1200

PIPUNCULIDAE

CHALARINAE

		*Chalarus* Walker, 1834
		= Atelenevra Macquart, 1834
		= Ateleneura Bezzi, 1907: emend.
				*basalis* Loew, 1873		N	Note 1
				= holosericeus (Meigen, 1824): misident.
				*brevicaudis* Jervis, 1992		T; added by Jervis (1992: 313)
				*clarus* Jervis, 1992		T; added by Jervis (1992: 288)
				*decorus* Jervis, 1992		T; added by Jervis (1992: 318)
				*fimbriatus* Coe, 1966		N?
				*holosericeus* (Meigen, 1824)		N; added as perplexus by Jervis (1992: 305)	Note 2
				= perplexus Jervis, 1992		T
				*indistinctus* Jervis, 1992		T; added by Jervis (1992: 325)
				*latifrons* Hardy, 1943		N; added by Jervis (1992: 295)
				*proprius* Jervis, 1992		T; added by Jervis (1992: 307)
				*spurius* (Fallén, 1816)		N

		*Jassidophaga* Aczél, 1939
				*fasciata* (von Roser, 1840)		N; added as setosa by De Meyer et al. (1990: 122)	Note 3
				= setosa (Verrall, 1901)
				*pilosa* (Zetterstedt, 1838)		N; added by Van der Goot (1961b: 113)
				*villosa* (von Roser, 1840)		N

		*Verrallia* Mik, 1899
				*aucta* (Fallén, 1817)		N

NEPHROCERINAE

		*Nephrocerus* Zetterstedt, 1838
				*flavicornis* Zetterstedt, 1844		N	Note 4
				*lapponicus* Zetterstedt, 1838		N; added by Grootaert & De Meyer (1986: 86)
				*scutellatus* (Macquart, 1834)		N; added by Theowald (1955: 30)	Note 5

PIPUNCULINAE

	Cephalopsini

		*Cephalops* Fallén, 1810
			subg. *Cephalops* Fallén, 1810
				*aeneus* Fallén, 1810		N
				= pratorum Fallén, 1816
				= flavipes Meigen, 1824
				*vittipes* (Zetterstedt, 1844)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
			subg. *Parabeckerias* De Meyer, 1994
				*obtusinervis* (Zetterstedt, 1844)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
			subg. *Semicephalops* De Meyer, 1994
				*carinatus* (Verrall, 1901)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 31)
				*penultimus* Ackland, 1993		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*perspicuus* (De Meijere, 1907)		T
				*signatus* (Becker, 1900)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 33)
				*subultimus* Collin, 1956		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 33)
				*ultimus* (Becker, 1900)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 34)
				*varipes* (Meigen, 1824)		N	Note 6
				= semifumosus (Kowarz, 1887)

		*Cephalosphaera* Enderlein, 1936
				*furcata* (Egger, 1860)		N	Note 7
				*germanica* Aczél, 1940		N

	Eudorylini

		*Claraeola* Aczél, 1940
				*halterata* (Meigen, 1838)		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*melanostola* (Becker, 1898)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)

		*Clistoabdominalis* Skevington in Skevington & Yeates, 2001
				*ruralis* (Meigen, 1824)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)	Note 8

		*Dasydorylas* Skevington in Skevington & Yeates, 2001
				*horridus* (Becker, 1898)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 58)

		*Eudorylas* Aczél, 1940
				*arcanus* Coe, 1966		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*coloratus* (Becker, 1897)		N; added as fascipes by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)	Note 9
				= fascipes (Zetterstedt, 1844): misident. sensu auct.
				*fuscipes* (Zetterstedt, 1844)		N
				*fusculus* (Zetterstedt, 1844)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
				*inferus* Collin, 1956		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
				*jenkinsoni* Coe, 1966		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 59)
				*kowarzi* (Becker, 1898)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 60)
				*montium* (Becker, 1898)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
				*nemoralis* Kozánek, 1993		N; listed by Kehlmaier (2005: 282)
				*obliquus* Coe, 1966		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*obscurus* Coe, 1966		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*slovacus* Kozánek, 1993		N; added by Dempewolf (2020: 364) and Mol et al. (2020: 132)
				*subfascipes* Collin, 1956		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*subterminalis* Collin, 1956		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*terminalis* (Thomson, 1870)		N
				*zermattensis* (Becker, 1898)		N; added by Beuk & Zeegers (1992: xv)
				*zonatus* (Zetterstedt, 1849)		N
				*zonellus* Collin, 1956		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 73)

	Microcephalopsini

		*Microcephalops* De Meyer, 1989
				*opacus* (Fallén, 1816)
				= vestitus (Becker, 1900)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 43)

	Pipunculini

		*Pipunculus* Latreille, 1802
		= Dorilas Meigen, 1800: suppr.
		= Dorylas Kertész, 1912: emend.
				*campestris* Latreille, 1802			Note 10
					= ater (Meigen, 1824)
				*elegans* Egger, 1860		added as spinipes by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
				= spinipes Meigen, 1830: misident. sensu auct.		N	Note 11
				*fonsecai* Coe, 1966		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
				*lenis* Kuznetzov, 1991		N; added as thomsoni by Van der Goot (1961b: 114)
				= pratorum (Fallén, 1816): misident. sensu auct.
				= thomsoni Becker, 1897: misident. sensu auct.			Note 12
				*oldenbergi* Collin, 1956		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*omissinervis* Becker, 1889		informally added as hertzogi by De Meyer & Beuk (2002: 198)	Note 13
				= hertzogi Rapp, 1943: error			Note 14
				= phaeton Coe, 1966
				*tenuirostris* Kozánek, 1981		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*violovitshi* Kuznetzov, 1991		N; added as varipes by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)
				= varipes Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu auct.			Note 15
				*zugmayeriae* Kowarz, 1887		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 123)

	Tomosvaryellini

		*Dorylomorpha* Aczél, 1939
			subg. *Dorylomorpha* Aczél, 1939
				*aczeli* Hardy, 1947		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 198)
				*confusa* (Verrall, 1901)		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 190) and De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*extricata* (Collin, 1937)		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 202)
				*imparata* (Collin, 1937)		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 183)
				*rufipes* (Meigen, 1824)		N
			subg. *Dorylomyia* Albrecht, 1990
				*beckeri* (Aczél, 1939)		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*incognita* (Verrall, 1901)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 78)
				= haemorrhoidalis (Zetterstedt, 1838): misident.
			subg. *Dorylomyza* Albrecht, 1990
				*albitarsis* (Zetterstedt, 1844)		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 172)
				*anderssoni* Albrecht, 1979		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 132)
				*fennica* Albrecht, 1979		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*hackmani* Albrecht, 1979		N; will formally be added by Beuk & De Meyer (in prep.)
				*hungarica* (Aczél, 1939)		N
				= haemorrhoidalis (Zetterstedt, 1838): misident. sensu auct.
				*infirmata* (Collin, 1937)		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 120) and De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*occidens* (Hardy, 1939)		N; added by Albrecht (1990: 143)
				*xanthopus* (Thomson, 1870)		N
				= xanthocera (Kowarz, 1887): misident. sensu auct.

		*Tomosvaryella* Aczél, 1939
				*cilitarsis* (Strobl, 1910)		N; added by De Meyer (1996: 84)
				*geniculata* (Meigen, 1824)		N
				= nigritula (Zetterstedt, 1844)
				*kuthyi* (Aczél, 1944)		N; added by De Meyer et al. (1990: 124)
				*littoralis* (Becker, 1898)		N; confirmed by De Meyer (1996: 89)
				*minima* (Becker, 1898)		N
				*sylvatica* (Meigen, 1824)		N

Notes
Note 1					Again added as holosericeus by Van der Goot (1961b: 113).
Note 2					Synonymy pointed out by Kehlmaier & Assmann (2008: 23).
Note 3					Synonymy established by Kehlmaier (2006: 9).
Note 4					Again added by Theowald (1954a: 30).
Note 5					Again added by Van der Goot & Lucas (1966: 140).
Note 6					Synonymy pointed out by Kehlmaier (2008: 4).
Note 7					Old records proved to erroneous. However, recent material at ZMAN was examined from Geulle, Bunderbos and Tongeren.
Note 8					Transferred from Eudorylas to Clistoabdominalis by Kozánek & Kehlmaier (2004).
Note 9					Misidentification pointed out by Kehlmaier (2005).
Note 10					Again added as ater by Van der Goot (1961b: 114).
Note 11					Misidentification pointed out by Kehlmaier (2008: 14).
Note 12					Misidentification pointed out by Kehlmaier (2008: 17).
Note 13					Synonymy pointed out by Kehlmaier (2008: 20). Moreover, he states that the Netherlands seem to been outside the expected range of this species but might represent an isolated population.
Note 14					Based on molecular evidence Kehlmaier (2008: 21) argued that hertzogi is a Nearctic species, despite its morphological similarity with omissinervis.
Note 15					Misidentification pointed out by Kehlmaier (2008: 26).

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