The sciarid fauna (Diptera, Sciaridae) of a Juniperus thurijera L. forest of the Monegros region (Zaragoza, Spain) with description of ten new species

Abstract

The use of different trapping methods has produced a sample of 3,388 specimens of sciarids belonging to eight genera and 35 species. This material contains ten new species of the genera Trichosia (T. juniperi), Corynoptera (C. cincinnata, C. semipedestris, C. trispinulosa), Lycoriella (L. fuscorubroides), Bradysia (B. diversispina, B. variopalpa), Epidapus (E. spinosulus) and Parapnyxia (Parap. hispanica, Parap. intermedialis). Some of the collecting methods and their effectiveness are compared.