Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all extant multicellular European terrestrial and freshwater animals and their geographical distribution at the level of countries and major islands (east of the Urals and excluding the Caucasus region). The Fauna Europaea project comprises about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. Fauna Europaea represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing taxonomic specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many user communities in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. The Diptera-Brachycera is one of the 58 Fauna Europaea major taxonomic groups, and data have been compiled by a network of 55 specialists.Within the two-winged insects (Diptera), the Brachycera constitute a monophyletic group, which is generally given rank of suborder. The Brachycera may be classified into the probably paraphyletic 'lower brachyceran grade' and the monophyletic Eremoneura. The latter contains the Empidoidea, the Apystomyioidea with a single Nearctic species, and the Cyclorrhapha, which in turn is divided into the paraphyletic 'aschizan grade' and the monophyletic Schizophora. The latter is traditionally divided into the paraphyletic 'acalyptrate grade' and the monophyletic Calyptratae. Our knowledge of the European fauna of Diptera-Brachycera varies tremendously among families, from the reasonably well known hoverflies (Syrphidae) to the extremely poorly known scuttle flies (Phoridae). There has been a steady growth in our knowledge of European Diptera for the last two centuries, with no apparent slow down, but there is a shift towards a larger fraction of the new species being found among the families of the nematoceran grade (lower Diptera), which due to a larger number of small-sized species may be considered as taxonomically more challenging.Most of Europe is highly industrialised and has a high human population density, and the more fertile habitats are extensively cultivated. This has undoubtedly increased the extinction risk for numerous species of brachyceran flies, yet with the recent re-discovery of Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer), there are no known cases of extinction at a European level. However, few national Red Lists have extensive information on Diptera.For the Diptera-Brachycera, data from 96 families containing 11,751 species are included in this paper.

Holopogon hasbenlii sp. n. is described from Turkey and the structures of the aedeagus are illustrated. A key for the Turkish species of Holopogon is given. Samenvatting. Een nieuwe soort Holopogon uit Turkije (Diptera: Asilidae) Een nieuwe soort, Holopogon hasbenlii sp. n., wordt beschreven uit Turkije en de mannelijke genitalien worden afgebeeld. Een sleutel voor de in Turkije voorkomende soorten uit het genus Holopogon wordt gegeven. Resume. Une espece nouvelle du genre Holopogon, de Turquie (Diptera: Asilidae) Une nouvelle espece de Turquie, Holopogon hasbenlii sp. n., est decrite et les structures des genitalia mâles sont illustrees. Une clef pour les especes d'Holopogon de Turquie est presentee.

This datasheet on Paragus serratus covers Identity, Distribution, Natural Enemies, Further Information.

Note on Laphria hecate (Diptera: Asilidae, Laphriinae) The taxonomic status of Laphria hecate Gerstaecker, 1861 from Greece is discussed.

Some additions to the checklist of Belgian tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) 34 species are added to the list of Belgian Tachinidae. Euexorista obumbrata is mentioned here for the first time from West Europe. The holotype of this species is discussed. Résumé. Quelques additions à la liste des tachinidae belges (Diptera: Tachinidae) 34 espèces furent ajoutées à la liste des tachinidae belges. Euexorista obumbrata est mentionnée ici pour la première fois de l'Europe occidentale. Le holotype de cette espèce est commenté.

Some new en remarkable hoverflies for the Belgian fauna (Diptera: Syprhidae) Due to descriptions of Syrphidae during the last decennium, six new species are added to the Belgian fauna. The expected species, as well as some remarkable records of the last years, are discussed.