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New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)

Abstract. BACKGROUND: Fungus gnats (Sciaroidea) are a globally species rich group of lower Diptera. In Europe, Fennoscandian peninsula in particular holds a notable diversity, ca. 1000 species, of which 10 % are still unnamed. Fungus gnats are predominantly terrestrial insects, but some species dwel...

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Autores principales: Salmela, Jukka, Kolcsár, Levente-Péter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28325987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11760
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: Fungus gnats (Sciaroidea) are a globally species rich group of lower Diptera. In Europe, Fennoscandian peninsula in particular holds a notable diversity, ca. 1000 species, of which 10 % are still unnamed. Fungus gnats are predominantly terrestrial insects, but some species dwell in wetland habitats. NEW INFORMATION: Eight new fungus gnat species, belonging to the families Keroplatidae (Orfelia boreoalpina Salmela sp.n.) and Mycetophilidae (Sciophila holopaineni Salmela sp.n., S. curvata Salmela sp.n., Boletina sasakawai Salmela & Kolcsár sp.n., B. norokorpii Salmela & Kolcsár sp.n., Phronia sompio Salmela sp.n., P. reducta Salmela sp.n., P. prolongata Salmela sp.n.), are described. Four of the species are known from Fennoscandia only whilst two are supposed to have boreo-alpine disjunct ranges, i.e. having populations in Fennoscandia and the Central European Alps. One of the species probably has a boreal range (Finnish Lapland and Central Siberia). Type material of Boletina curta Sasakawa & Kimura from Japan was found to consist of two species, and a further species close to these taxa is described from Finland. Phronia elegantula Hackman is redescribed and reported for the first time from Norway. DNA barcodes are provided for the first time for five species.
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spelling pubmed-53451052017-03-21 New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea) Salmela, Jukka Kolcsár, Levente-Péter Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: Fungus gnats (Sciaroidea) are a globally species rich group of lower Diptera. In Europe, Fennoscandian peninsula in particular holds a notable diversity, ca. 1000 species, of which 10 % are still unnamed. Fungus gnats are predominantly terrestrial insects, but some species dwell in wetland habitats. NEW INFORMATION: Eight new fungus gnat species, belonging to the families Keroplatidae (Orfelia boreoalpina Salmela sp.n.) and Mycetophilidae (Sciophila holopaineni Salmela sp.n., S. curvata Salmela sp.n., Boletina sasakawai Salmela & Kolcsár sp.n., B. norokorpii Salmela & Kolcsár sp.n., Phronia sompio Salmela sp.n., P. reducta Salmela sp.n., P. prolongata Salmela sp.n.), are described. Four of the species are known from Fennoscandia only whilst two are supposed to have boreo-alpine disjunct ranges, i.e. having populations in Fennoscandia and the Central European Alps. One of the species probably has a boreal range (Finnish Lapland and Central Siberia). Type material of Boletina curta Sasakawa & Kimura from Japan was found to consist of two species, and a further species close to these taxa is described from Finland. Phronia elegantula Hackman is redescribed and reported for the first time from Norway. DNA barcodes are provided for the first time for five species. Pensoft Publishers 2017-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5345105/ /pubmed/28325987 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11760 Text en Jukka Salmela, Levente-Péter Kolcsár http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)
title New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)
title_full New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)
title_fullStr New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)
title_full_unstemmed New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)
title_short New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)
title_sort new and poorly known palaearctic fungus gnats (diptera, sciaroidea)
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28325987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11760
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