Entomology Department

DIPTERA FAEROE ISLANDS COLLECTION OF THE ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM COPENHAGEN

The collection of Diptera from the Faroe Islands includes alcohol and dry material. The following list is complete only for the dry material, but also includes some references to species in alcohol. Families appear in alphabetic order. The collection contains about 6500 specimens in 300 species from 39 families. At the end of the file, you will find a list of our material that is not sorted to species.

 Family Genus Species Author Number of specimens
Agromyzidae Agromyza nigrociliata Hendel, 1931 2
Agromyzidae Cerodontha caricicola (Hering, 1926) 3
Agromyzidae Phytomyza archangelicae Hering, 1937 7
Agromyzidae Phytomyza avanescens ? 20
Agromyzidae Phytomyza fallaciosa Brischke, 1881 13
Agromyzidae Phytomyza farfarella Hendel, 1935 5
Agromyzidae Phytomyza milii Kaltenbach, 1864 56
Agromyzidae Phytomyza nigra Meigen, 1830 5
Agromyzidae Phytomyza opacella Hendel, 1935 2
Agromyzidae Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) 12
Agromyzidae Phytomyza tenella Meigen, 1830 28
Agromyzidae Phytomyza varipes Macquart, 1835 4
Agromyzidae Phytomyza wahlgreni Rydén, 1944 2
Anisopodidae Sylvicola punctatus (Fabricius, 1787) 8
Anisopodidae Sylvicola zetterstedti (Edwards, 1923) 10
Anthomyiidae Alliopsis conifrons (Zetterstedt, 1845) 4
Anthomyiidae Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826) 16
Anthomyiidae Botanophila striolata (Fallén, 1824) 10
Anthomyiidae Delia echinata (Séguy, 1923) 1
Anthomyiidae Delia florilega (Zetterstedt, 1845) 1
Anthomyiidae Delia nuda (Strobl, 1901) 7
Anthomyiidae Delia planipalpis (Stein, 1898) 6
Anthomyiidae Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) 1
Anthomyiidae Delia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758) 5
Anthomyiidae Fucellia fucorum (Fallén, 1819) 100
Anthomyiidae Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817) 15
Anthomyiidae Pegoplata haemorrhoum (Zetterstedt, 1838) 2
Anthomyiidae Pegoplata infirma (Meigen, 1826) 68
Bibionidae Bibio nigriventris (Haliday, 1833) 8
Bibionidae Bibio pomonae (Fabricius, 1775) 1
Bibionidae Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804 64
Calliphoridae Calliphora uralensis Villeneuve, 1922 39
Calliphoridae Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 34
Calliphoridae Cynomyia mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761) 1
Calliphoridae Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 27
Carnidae Meoneura obscurella (Fallén, 1823) 28
Cecidomyiidae Campylomyza flavipes Meigen, 1818 alcohol
Cecidomyiidae Campylomyza pinetorum (Edwards, 1838) alcohol
Cecidomyiidae Lestremia leucophaea (Meigen, 1818) alcohol
Ceratopogonidae Ceratopogon nitidulus (Edwards, 1921) alcohol
Ceratopogonidae Culicoides duddingstoni Kettle & Lawson, 1955 alcohol
Ceratopogonidae Dasyhelea modesta (Winnertz, 1852) 8
Ceratopogonidae Monohelea leucopeza (Meigen, 1804) 2
Ceratopogonidae Palpomyia nigripes (Meigen, 1830) 17
Chironomidae Ablabesmyia longistyla Fittkau, 1962 alcohol
Chironomidae Ablabesmyia monilis (Linnaeus, 1758) alcohol
Chironomidae Arctopelopia griseipennis (van der Wulp, 1858) 1
Chironomidae Bryophaenocladius cf. flexidens (Brundin, 1947) 3
Chironomidae Chaetocladius dissipatus (Edwards, 1929 alcohol
Chironomidae Chaetocladius gelidus Brundin, 1956 11
Chironomidae Chaetocladius perennis (Meigen, 1830) 19
Chironomidae Chaetocladius suecicus (Kieffer in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916) 1
Chironomidae Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860 108
Chironomidae Chironomus aprilinus Meigen, 1830 alcohol
Chironomidae Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) 2
Chironomidae Cladopelma viridula (Linnaeus, 1767) alcohol
Chironomidae Corynoneura fittkaui Schlee, 1968 alcohol
Chironomidae Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924 alcohol
Chironomidae Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen, 1818) 1
Chironomidae Cricotopus epihippum (Zetterstedt, 1838) alcohol
Chironomidae Cricotopus fuscicola Edwards 6
Chironomidae Cricotopus pulchripes Verall, 1912 alcohol
Chironomidae Cricotopus similis Goetghebuer, 1921 alcohol
Chironomidae Cricotopus sylvestris (Fabricius, 1794) alcohol
Chironomidae Cricotopus tibialis (Meigen, 1804) alcohol
Chironomidae Cricotopus vitripennis (Mg.) 24
Chironomidae Cryptochironomus supplicana (Meigen, 1830) 6
Chironomidae Demicryptochironmus vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Chironomidae Diamesa aberrata Lundbeck, 1889 1
Chironomidae Diamesa hyperborea Holmgren, 1869 14
Chironomidae Diamesa incallida (Walker, 1856) alcohol
Chironomidae Diamesa latitarsis (Goetghebuer, 1921) 2
Chironomidae Dicrotendipes modestus (Say, 1823) 44
Chironomidae Eukiefferiella claripennis (Lundbeck, 1898) alcohol
Chironomidae Eukiefferiella minor (Edwards, 1929) 5
Chironomidae Heterotrissocladius grimshawi (Edwards, 1929) 4
Chironomidae Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818) 5
Chironomidae Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen, 1804) 43
Chironomidae Macropelopia notata (Meigen, 1818) 11
Chironomidae Metriocnemus atriclavus Kieffer, 1921 9
Chironomidae Metriocnemus fuscipes (Meigen, 1818) 3
Chironomidae Metriocnemus hygropetricus (Kieffer, 1912) 53
Chironomidae Micropsectra bidentata Goetghebuer, 1921 alcohol
Chironomidae Micropsectra fusca (Meigen, 1804) 11
Chironomidae Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937 5
Chironomidae Micropsectra junci (Meigen, 1818) 2
Chironomidae Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939 22
Chironomidae Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928 alcohol
Chironomidae Microtendipes brevitarsis Brundin, 1947 8
Chironomidae Orthocladius consobrinus (Holmgren, 1869) alcohol
Chironomidae Orthocladius frigidus (Zetterstedt, 1838) 17
Chironomidae Orthocladius fuscimanus (Kieffer in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916) alcohol
Chironomidae Orthocladius mixtus (Holmgren, 1869) alcohol
Chironomidae Paracladius alpicola (Zetterstedt, 1850) 3
Chironomidae Paracladopelma laminata (Kieffer, 1921) 2
Chironomidae Paraphaenocladius impensus (Walker, 1856) alcohol
Chironomidae Paraphaenocladius pseudirritus Strenzke, 1950 alcohol
Chironomidae Paratanytarsus natvigi (Goetghebuer, 1933) alcohol
Chironomidae Parochlus kiefferi (Garrett, 1925) 1
Chironomidae Parorthocladius nudipennis (Kieffer in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916) alcohol
Chironomidae Procladius imicola Kieffer, 1922 5
Chironomidae Procladius pectinatus Kieffer, 1909 6
Chironomidae Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen, 1818) 15
Chironomidae Psectrocladius limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869) 13
Chironomidae Psectrocladius obvius (Walker, 1856) 6
Chironomidae Psectrocladius psilopterus (Kieffer in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916) alcohol
Chironomidae Pseudodiamesa branickii (Nowicki, 1873) 15
Chironomidae Pseudosmittia recta (Edwards, 1929) alcohol
Chironomidae Smittia aterrima (Meigen, 1818) alcohol
Chironomidae Smittia betuletorum Edwards in Thienemann, 1941 alcohol
Chironomidae Smittia pratorum (Goetghebuer, 1927) alcohol
Chironomidae Synorthocladius semivirens (Kieffer, 1909) 2
Chironomidae Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911 42
Chironomidae Tanytarsus heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923 alcohol
Chironomidae Trissopelopia longimana (Staeger, 1839) 1
Chironomidae Tvetenia calvescens (Edwards, 1929) alcohol
Chloropidae Cetema elongata (Meigen, 1830) 27
Chloropidae Chlorops hypostigma Meigen, 1830 20
Chloropidae Oscinella hortensis Collin, 1946 7
Coelopidae Coelopa frigida (Fabricius, 1805) 60
Coelopidae Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) 15
Dolichopodidae Campsicnemus armatus (Zetterstedt, 1949) 36
Dolichopodidae Dolichopodus lepidus Staeger, 1842 0
Dolichopodidae Dolichopodus plumipes (Scopoli, 1763) 146
Dolichopodidae Hydrophorus praecox (Lehmann, 1822) 17
Dolichopodidae Liancalus virens (Scopoli, 1763) 43
Dolichopodidae Rhaphium brevicornis Curtis, 1835 0
Dolichopodidae Sympycnus cirrhipes (Haliday in Walker, 1851) 3
Dolichopodidae Sympycnus descutteri Parant 98
Dolichopodidae Syntormon pallipes (Fabricius, 1794) 15
Dolichopodidae Syntormon tarsatus (Fallén, 1823) 19
Drosophilidae Drosophila immigrans Sturtevant, 1921 1
Drosophilidae Scaptomyza gramimun (Fallén, 1823) 10
Drosophilidae Scaptomyza pallida (Zetterstedt, 1847) 8
Empididae Chelifera precatoria (Fallén, 1816) 13
Empididae Clinocera stagnalis (Haliday, 1833) 18
Empididae Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838 1
Empididae Hilara chorica (Fallén, 1816) 28
Empididae Rhamphomyia albipennis (Fallén, 1816) 1
Empididae Rhamphomyia hybotina (Zetterstedt, 1838) 38
Empididae Wiedemannia impudica (Mik, 1880) 45
Ephydridae Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813) 3
Ephydridae Hydrellia albifrons Fall. 5
Ephydridae Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1813) 43
Ephydridae Hydrellia lapponica (Stenhammar, 1844) 1
Ephydridae Hydrellia modesta Loew, 1860 77
Ephydridae Ilythea spilota (Curtis, 1832) 18
Ephydridae Lamproscatella sibilans (Haliday, 1833) 4
Ephydridae Limnellia quadrata (Fallén, 1813) 32
Ephydridae Notiphila cinerea Fallén, 1813 11
Ephydridae Parydra coarctata (Fallén, 1813) 27
Ephydridae Parydra pusilla (Meigen, 1830) 3
Ephydridae Pelina aenea (Fallén, 1813) 1
Ephydridae Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813) 100
Ephydridae Scatella subguttata (Meigen, 1830) 1
Fanniidae Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761) 70
Fanniidae Fannia lepida (Wiedemann, 1817 12
Fanniidae Fannia mollissima (Haliday in Westwood, 1840) 238
Fanniidae Fannia mollissima (Haliday in Westwood, 1840) 6
Fanniidae Fannia postica (Stein, 1895) 1
Fanniidae Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794) 55
Heleomyzidae Heleomyza borealis (Collart, 1933) 48
Heleomyzidae Neoleria inscripta (Meigen, 1830) 2
Hippoboscidae Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758) alcohol
Hippoboscidae Ornithomys chloropus Bergroth, 1901 1
Hybotidae Platypalpus longicornis (Meigen, 1822) 9
Hybotidae Platypalpus nigritarsis (Fallén, 1816) 0
Lauxaniidae Calliopum aeneum (Fallén, 1820) 4
Limoniidae Cheilotrichia cinerascens (Meigen, 1804) 0
Limoniidae Dicranomyia autumnalis (Staeger, 1840) 1
Limoniidae Dicranomyia caledonica Edwards, 1926 17
Limoniidae Dicranomyia didyma (Meigen, 1804) 4
Limoniidae Dicranomyia mitis (Meigen, 1830) 3
Limoniidae Dicranota exclusa (Walker, 1848) 1
Limoniidae Erioconopa trivialis (Meigen, 1818) 102
Limoniidae Erioptera fuscipennis Meigen, 1818 10
Limoniidae Erioptera lutea Meigen, 1804 6
Limoniidae Gonomyia dentata De Meijere, 1920 39
Limoniidae Limnophila meigeni (Verrall, 1887) 5
Limoniidae Molophilus ater (Meigen, 1804) 5
Limoniidae Neolimnomyia nemoralis (Meigen, 1818) 30
Limoniidae Ormosia hederae (Curtis, 1835) 15
Limoniidae Phylidorea ferruginea (Meigen, 1818) 9
Limoniidae Tricyphona immaculata (Meigen, 1804) 15
Lonchopteridae Lonchoptera lutea Panzer, 1809 88
Muscidae Azelia zetterstedti Rondani, 1866 14
Muscidae Coenosia mollicula (Fallén, 1825) 94
Muscidae Coenosia pumila (Fallén, 1825) 88
Muscidae Dexiopsis lacteipennis (Zetterstedt, 1845) 7
Muscidae Hebecnema umbratica (Meigen, 1826) 0
Muscidae Helina reversio (Harris, 1780) 19
Muscidae Hydrotaea dentipes (Fabricius, 1805) 225
Muscidae Limnophora pandellei Séguy, 1923 2
Muscidae Limnophora riparia (Fallén, 1824) 5
Muscidae Limnophora sinuata Collin, 1930 2
Muscidae Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 1
Muscidae Myospila meditabunda (Fabricius, 1781) 31
Muscidae Phaonia errans (Meigen, 1826) 1
Muscidae Phaonia incana (Wiedemann, 1817) 30
Muscidae Schoenomyza litorella (Fallén, 1823) 68
Muscidae Spilogona trianguligera (Zetterstedt, 1838) 2
Muscidae Thricops longipes (Zetterstedt, 1838) 145
Muscidae Thricops rostratus (Meade, 1882) 9
Mycetophilidae Allodia lugens (Wiedemann, 1817) 3
Mycetophilidae Boletina plana (Walker, 1856) 2
Mycetophilidae Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 4
Mycetophilidae Brevicornu sericoma (Meigen 1830) 5
Mycetophilidae Exechia frigida (Boheman, 1865) 1
Mycetophilidae Exechia nigra Edwards, 1925 2
Mycetophilidae Exechia spinigera Winnertz, 1863 2
Mycetophilidae Macroura stigma Curtis, 1837 4
Mycetophilidae Mycetophila fungorum (De Geer, 1776) 8
Mycetophilidae Mycomyia lambi (Edwards, 1941) 50
Mycetophilidae Sciophila nigronitida Landrock, 1925 8
Opomyzidae Geomyza balachowskyi Mesnil, 1934 5
Opomyzidae Geomyza tripunctata (Fallén, 1823) 4
Opomyzidae Opomyza germinationis (Linnaeus, 1758) 31
Phoridae Diplonevra funebris (Meigen, 1830) 1
Phoridae Megaselia analis (Lundbeck, 1920) 3
Phoridae Megaselia longicostalis (Wood, 1912) 3
Phoridae Megaselia pleuralis (Wood, 1909) 1
Phoridae Megaselia pumila (Meigen, 1830) 13
Phoridae Megaselia rufipes (Meigen, 1804) 54
Phoridae Megaselia sordida (Zetterstedt, 1838) 11
Phoridae Megaselia stichata (Lundbeck, 1920) 1
Phoridae Megaselia subpleuralis (Wood, 1909) 1
Phoridae Megaselia subtumida (Wood, 1909) 3
Phoridae Megaselia tumida (Wood, 1909) 2
Phoridae Triphleba opaca (Meigen, 1830) 0
Piophilidae Parapiophila vulgaris (Fallén, 1820) 61
Piophilidae Prochyliza lundbecki (Duda, 1924) 2
Piophilidae Prochyliza nigrimana (Meigen, 1826) 1
Psilidae Chamaepsila humeralis (Zetterstedt, 1847) 6
Psychodidae Pericoma pseudoexquisita Tonnoir, 1840 ?
Psychodidae Psychoda severini Tonnoir 8
Scathophagidae Scathophaga callida Curtis, 1832 130
Scathophagidae Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823) 56
Scathophagidae Scathophaga litorea (Fallén, 1819) 130
Scathophagidae Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) 350
Scatopsidae Scatopse notata (Linnaeus, 1758) 45
Sciaridae Bradysia brunnipes (Meigen, 1804) 35
Sciaridae Bradysia cf cinereovittata Frey, 1948 23
Sciaridae Bradysia inusitata Tuomikoski, 1960 10
Sciaridae Bradysia leptoptera Tuomikoski, 1959 10
Sciaridae Bradysia nitidicollis (Meigen, 1818) 65
Sciaridae Ctenosciara hyalipennis (Meigen, 1804) 2
Sciaridae Scaptosciara vitripennis (Meigen, 1818) 10
Sciaridae Scaptosciara vivida (Winnertz, 1867) 7
Sciomyzidae Dictya umbrarum (Linnaeus, 1758) 21
Sciomyzidae Tetanocera hyalipennis Roser, 1840 10
Sciomyzidae Tetanocera robusta Loew, 1847 2
Sepsidae Themira dampfi Becker, 1915 12
Sepsidae Themira lucida (Staeger in Schiødte, 1844) 45
Sepsidae Themira putris (Linnaeus, 1758) 18
Sphaeroceridae Copromyza atra (Meigen, 1830) 9
Sphaeroceridae Copromyza equina (Fallén, 1820) 6
Sphaeroceridae Copromyza fumipennis Stenhammar, 1854 1
Sphaeroceridae Copromyza nigra (Meigen, 1830) 61
Sphaeroceridae Copromyza nitida (Meigen, 1830) 21
Sphaeroceridae Copromyza similis (Collin, 1930) 93
Sphaeroceridae Ischiolepta pusilla (Fallén, 1820) 1
Sphaeroceridae Leptocera fontinalis (Fallén, 1826) 90
Sphaeroceridae Limosina clunipes (Meigen, 1830) 30
Sphaeroceridae Limosina empirica (Hutton, 1901) 3
Sphaeroceridae Limosina faeroensis (Deeming, 1966) 1
Sphaeroceridae Limosina flavipes (Meigen, 1830) 2
Sphaeroceridae Limosina fungicola Haliday, 1836 1
Sphaeroceridae Limosina luteilabris Rondani, 1880 8
Sphaeroceridae Limosina palmata (Richards, 1927) 1
Sphaeroceridae Limosina rufilabris Stenhammar, 1854 10
Sphaeroceridae Limosina silvatica (Meigen, 1830) 45
Sphaeroceridae Limosina vitripennis Zetterstedt, 1847 1
Sphaeroceridae Sphaerocera curvipes Latreille, 1805 3
Sphaeroceridae Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833) 5
Syrphidae Eristalis abusivus Collin, 1931 63
Syrphidae Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) 39
Syrphidae Eristalis intricarius (Linnaeus, 1758) 92
Syrphidae Helophilus pendulus (Linnaeus, 1758) 70
Syrphidae Lejogaster metallina (Fabricius, 1781) 24
Syrphidae Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) 17
Syrphidae Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794) 105
Syrphidae Platychirus albimanus (Fabricius, 1781) 27
Syrphidae Platychirus clypeatus (Meigen, 1822) 16
Syrphidae Platychirus manicatus (Meigen, 1822) 6
Syrphidae Sericomyia lappona (Linnaeus, 1758) 40
Syrphidae Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758) 1
Thaumaleidae Thaumalea verralli Edwards, 1929 21
Tipulidae Dolichopeza albipes Ström, 1768 12
Tipulidae Prionocera turcica (Fabricius, 1787) 5
Tipulidae Tipula confusa van der Wulp, 1887 17
Tipulidae Tipula fulvipennis De Geer, 1776 11
Tipulidae Tipula lateralis Meigen, 1804 15
Tipulidae Tipula pagana Meigen, 1818 29
Tipulidae Tipula paludosa Meigen, 1830 36
Tipulidae Tipula rufina Meigen, 1818 40
Tipulidae Tipula rufina Meigen, 1818 5
Tipulidae Tipula staegeri Nielsen, 1922 9
Tipulidae Tipula subnodicornis Zetterstedt, 1838 41
Trichoceridae Trichocera hiemalis (De Geer, 1760) 25
Trichoceridae Trichocera maculipennis Meigen, 1818 19
Trichoceridae Trichocera regelationis (Linnaeus, 1758) 31
Cecidomyiidae Campylomyza spp. 2
Chironomidae Bryophaenocladius spp. 2
Chironomidae Chironomus spp. 3
Chironomidae spp. alcohol
Chironomidae spp. 112
Limoniidae spp. 2
Phoridae Phora spp. 5
Psychodidae Pericoma spp. ?
Psychodidae Psychoda spp. ?
Scatopsidae spp. 4
Tipulidae spp. 12
unsorted material from Faroe Islands 80

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Last update: 04 september 2002