Faunistic Contributions to the Superfamilies Oestroidea and Muscoidea (Insecta: Diptera) of Greece and Cyprus: New Records from Five Calyptrate Families
(Rondani, 1859) (Oestroidea: Tachinidae)]. These records are based on the examination of 152 dry-pinned specimens from 58 localities, collected between 1978 and 2026 across Greece and Cyprus using a combination of passive (animal-baited traps, UV-bright pan traps) and active (hand collecting, net sweeping) sampling methods, together with insect material from the entomological collections of the National Museum of Natural History Goulandris and the Melissotheque of the Aegean. In addition, the first checklists of the family Fanniidae and the subfamily Scathophaginae for Greece and Cyprus are presented. Collectively, the findings presented expand the documented diversity of Greek and Cypriot Calyptratae and refine the current understanding of their biogeographic patterns, providing an updated framework for taxonomic, ecological, forensic, and other applied entomological research within the two countries.
Authors
- Theodora Petanidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1883-0945)
- Savvas Zafeiriou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6800-1235)
- Georgios Agapakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0568-7537)
- Gabriella Dimitra Rakopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3592-4301)
- Nikoleta-Nefeli Kofou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0018-186X)
Institutions
- Agricultural University of Athens (GR)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of the Aegean (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insects
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17040433
- Primary Topic
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00