title: Fanniidae (Diptera): new synonym, new records and an updated key to males of European species of Fannia.
abstract: Based on revision of large recent collections of the authors, the following five species are first recorded from the Czech Republic: Fannia collini d'Assis-Fonseca, 1966 (simultaneously first record in Central Europe), Fannia lugubrina (Zetterstedt, 1838), Fannia melania (Dufour, 1839), Fannia slovaca Gregor & Rozkošný, 2005, and Fannia brinae Albuquerque, 1951 (simultaneously first record from low altitudes). Another species, Fannia alpina Pont, 1970, is first recorded from Slovak Republic, and Fannia cothurnata (Loew, 1873) is first recorded from Kazakhstan. An updated key to males of European species of Fannia is presented. A list of Czech and Slovak Fanniidae is appended. One new synonym is established: Fannia lucida Chillcott, 1961 is considered junior synonym of Fannia norvegica Ringdahl, 1934. Altogether two species are first recorded from Bohemia [Fannia cothurnata (Loew, 1873) and Fannia vespertilionis Ringdahl, 1934] and three for Moravia [Fannia alpina Pont, 1970, Fannia conspecta Rudzinski, 2003, and Fannia limbata (Tiensuu, 1938) - this species considered in Central Europe very rare was found in numbers near waters both running and standing in early spring under unusually warm temperature conditions].
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barták
authors.affiliation: Vlnařská 692, CZ-460 01 Liberec 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Preisler
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Štěpán
authors.initials: Š
authors.lastname: Kubík
authors.affiliation: Institute of Criminalistics Prague, Czech Republic, P.O.Box 62/KUP, CZ-170 89 Prague 7.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Šuláková
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vladislav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sloup
keywords: Calyptrata; Czech Republic; Diptera; Europe; Fanniidae; Kazakhstan; Slovak Republic