由外国人所采集、记述的中国厕蝇科物种概况

厕蝇科Fanniidae隶属于双翅目Diptera、环裂亚目Cyclorrhapha、有瓣蝇类Calyptratae的蝇总科Muscoidea。全世界已知约360种。我国已发现151种,占世界总种数的40%以上。从1895—1975年的80年间,先后有6个国家的11位外国人在中国采集、记述厕蝇科Fanniidae昆虫共20种,其中包括我国产模式种14种。经调查,在这些种的模式标本中,有一种毁于火灾后被重新指定,一种去向不明。其余12种分别保存于德国洪堡大学自然历史博物馆,美国华盛顿国家博物馆,加拿大昆虫收藏中心,英国自然历史博物馆,日本东京自然科学博物馆等5个保存单位。文中给出了这些国外主要采集者、发表者的背景资料,所发表的每种厕蝇名录、产地、模式标本保存单位及去向,以及一些标本在国内重新发现的标本信息等。

Survey of Chinese Fanniidae species collected and described by foreigners

The family Fanniidae belongs to Calyptratae of Diptera,with some 360 species worldwide so far.To date,151 Fanniidae species were found in China,accounting for more than 40% of that known all over the world.From 1895 to 1975,there were 11 foreigners came from 6 countries collecting and recording 20 Fanniidae species in China,including 14 type species.Among the 14 type specimens,one is specified after destroyed by fire,one is missing,and the remaining 12 are saved in 5 departments,namely the Humboldt Universitat Nature Museum in Berlin of Germany,the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.of United States,Montreal Insectarium of Canada,British Natural History Museum in London,and National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo of Japan,respectively.In addition to backgrounds of the major foreign collector,a catalogue of the 20 Fanniidae species,with type-locality,departments where the type specimens saved,and the information of some species that rediscovered in China,is presented.