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New and poorly known Holarctic species of Boletina Staeger, 1840 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)




AuthorsJukka Salmela, Anna Suuronen, Kari M. Kaunisto

PublisherPensoft Publishers

Publication year2016

JournalBiodiversity data journal

Article numbere7218

Volume4

Number of pages28

ISSN1314-2836

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7218


Abstract

Abstract

Background

The genus Boletina is a species rich group of fungus gnats. Members of the genus are mainly known from temperate, boreal and arctic biomes. Phylogeny of the genus is still poorly resolved, dozens of species are insufficiently described and undescribed species are often discovered, especially from samples taken from the boreal zone.

New information

Four new species are described. Boletina valteri Salmela sp.n. (Finland), Boletina kullervoi Salmela sp.n. (Finland), B. hyperborea Salmela sp.n. (Finland, Norway, Sweden, Canada) and B. nuortti Salmela sp.n. (Finland). Boletina arctica Holmgren is redescribed and reported for the first time from the Canadian high arctic zone. Boletina borealis Zetterstedt and B. birulai Lundström are reported for the first time from Canada. Boletina subnitidula Sasakawa (syn. n.) is proposed as a junior synonym of B. pallidula Edwards.


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