Norrbomia somogyii (Papp, 1973) : a new record to Spain

Orsis, 9: 105-106 (1994) Nota entomolhgica Norrbomia somogyii (Papp, 1973): a new record to Spain (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) Miguel Carles-Tolrá Avda. Principe Asturias, 30 ático 1". 08012 Barcelona. Spain Key words: diptera, faunistic data, Norrbomia, Spain, Sphaeroceridae Abstract. Norrbomia somogyii (Papp, 1973) is recorded from Spain for the first time. Further additional data to another species of Norrbomia are given. Resumen. Norrbornia somogyii (Papp, 1973): una nueva cita para Espaiia (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). La especie Norrbomia somogyii (Papp) se cita por primera vez en España. Además se dan mis datos sobre otra especie de Norrbomia. Some years ago, the author collected 2 sphaerocerid exemplars belonging to two different species of Norrbomia Papp (1988). This recent described genus was separated from Borborillus Duda (1923) on male genital characters only. As comment by himself (Papp, 1988: 395) <<A majority of the species in the Paiaearctic region assigned hitherto to Borborillus (Papp, 1984) belongs actually to Norrbomia,,. So, until the males of the species included in Borborillus are studied, the total number of species of Norrbomia is still unknown. Up to now only 1 species of this genus had been recorded from Spain (Carles-Tolrá, 1990a-c). Norrbomia somogyii (Papp, 1973a) Barcelona: Cabrils. 1.10.1989 1 8, on horse dung, M. Carles-Tolrá leg. According to Papp7s description (page 379) this species bears thick, arcuate aspines on the cerci (terminal processes). The Spanish male lacks these spines, having instead only short hairs. Likewise, the posterior hairs of the surstyli (valvulae laterales) are shorter. According to Papp (pers. com., 1992) it could be considered as a new subspecies, but for the momment the author prefers not to describe it until more material is collected. Hitherto known from Hungary, Kirghizia, Tajikistan and Mongolia ( Papp, 1984; pers. com., 1992). Therefore, this finding represents the first record to Spain and the second record to Europe. Norrbomia sordida (Zetterstedt, 1847) Barcelona: Cabrils, 1.10.1989 1 8, on horse dung, M. Carles-TolrB leg. This species is distributed in the palaearctic oriental, neotropical and pacific regions (Papp, 1984). This finding represents the first record to the province of Barcelona, previously recorded from the province of Lérida (Carles-Tolrá, 1990c) and Mallorca (Papp, 1973b). Acknowledgements My most sincere thanks to Dr. Papp (Budapest) for having identified the exemplar of N. somogyii, as well as for his comments. References Carles-Tolra, M. 1990a. Catalogo de 10s Sphaeroceridae de España Peninsular e Islas Baleares (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Ses. Entom. ICHN-SCL. 6(1989): 213-220. Carles-Tolra, M. 1990b. Contribuci6n al estudio de 10s Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae (Insecta) de Espaíía peninsular. Tesis Doctoral. Facultad de Biologia, Barcelona. 621 pp. Carles-TolrB, M. 1990c. New species and records of Sphaeroceridae (Dipt.) from Spain. Entomologist's mon. Mag., 126: 33-46. Duda, 0. 1923. Revision der altweltlichen Arten der Gattung Borborus (Cypsela) Meigen (Dipteren). Arch. Naturgesch., 89. A(4): 35-1 12. Papp, L. 1973a. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Mongolia. Acta 2001. Acad. Sci. hung., 19(3-4): 369-425. Papp, L. 1973b. Sphaerocerids from the Balearic Islands and Finland (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Folia ent. hung.n.s., 26 (2): 357-362. Papp, L. 1984. Family Sphaeroceridae: 68-107. In Sooss: Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 10. Clusiidae-Chloropidae. Elsevier Sci. Publ., Amsterdam & AkadCmiai Kiad6. Budapest. 402 pp. Papp, L. 1988. A review of the Afrotropical species of Norrbomia gen. n. (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae, Copromyzini). Acta Zool. Hung., 34(4): 393-408. Zetterstedt, J.W. 1847. Diptera scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Lundae (= Lund), 6: 2163-2580. Manuscript received on February 1993