Diptera (Mycetophilidae, Empididae, Micropezidae, Drosophilidae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Tachinidae) new to Ireland

Twenty-eight species of Diptera are newly recorded for Ireland in the families listed above; this is one of a series of papers updating the Irish Diptera list preliminary to the preparation of a revised checklist of Irish Diptera. Sciophila hirta Meigen (Mycetophilidae) is confirmed as an Irish species. Coenosia dubiosa Hennig (Muscidae) is deleted from the Irish Diptera list.