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

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 sa...

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Published inBiodiversity data journal Vol. 4; no. 4; p. e7218
Main Authors Salmela, Jukka, Suuronen, Anna, Kaunisto, Kari M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 18.01.2016
Subjects
Boletina
Faunistics & Distribution
Fungi
Mycetophilidae
New species
Northern Europe
Phylogeny
Physical characteristics
Taxonomic Paper
Taxonomy
Yukon
Canada
Finland
species richness
Boreal zone
fungus gnats
taxonomy
arctic zone
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Summary: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. 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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Academic editor: Vladimir Blagoderov
ISSN:1314-2828
1314-2836
1314-2828
DOI:10.3897/BDJ.4.e7218