Additions to the fauna of Opomyzoidea in the Gemer area (Central Slovakia)

Abstract Additional records of Clusiidae (2 species), Acartophthalmidae (1), Opomyzidae (4), Anthomyzidae (5), Aulacigastridae (3), Stenomicridae (1), Periscelididae (4), Asteiidae (2) and Odiniidae (3) obtained in 2023 during the bioinventory field work in the Gemer in Central Slovakia are presented. Notes on distribution, biology, faunistics in Slovakia and/or nature conservation importance are given for the most interesting records. Two species are new additions to the fauna of Slovakia, viz. Podocera delicata (Collin, 1944), Stenomicridae (new easternmost record) and Periscelis ( Myodris ) piricercus Carles-Tolrá & Verdugo Páez, 2009, Periscelididae (new northernmost record). First records of Geomyza subnigra Drake, 1992 (Opomyzidae) and Typhamyza bifasciata (Wood, 1911) (Anthomyzidae) from the Cerová vrchovina PLA are given. Apart from the above faunal additions, the following rare or otherwise significant species have again been recorded from the Cerová vrchovina PLA: Aulacigaster falcata Papp, 1998 (Aulacigastridae), Periscelis ( M. ) haennii Pollini Paltrinieri & Roháček, 2022, P. ( P. ) winnertzii Egger, 1862 (Periscelididae), Neoalticomerus fabricius Withers & Papp, 2012, N. formosus (Loew, 1844) and Odinia trinotata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Odiniidae).