Scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) collected by mosquito trap from Košice Zoo, Central Europe

By

Grundmann, Bernd
Loziaková Peňazziová, Katarína
Csank, Tomáš
Mlynárová, Laura
Pastorek, Patrik
Obona, Jozef

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-4

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1244

Pages

41--60

Subjects

faunistic , mosquito BG-Sentinel 2 trap , new records , Phoridae , Slovakia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1244.146861

 

Abstract

In this paper the results of a Phoridae collection from Košice Zoo in eastern Slovakia are reported. An unusual trap method was employed – BG-Sentinel 2 mosquito traps combined with CO2 as an attractant. Between July and October 2023, 73 species of the Phoridae family were recorded, 24 of which are new to the Slovak fauna (1 species from the genus Woodiphora and 23 species from the genus Megaselia). As a result, the total number of Phoridae species documented in Slovakia has increased to 254.