@article {126, title = {Malaise-hy{\"o}nteispyynti Lapin suojelualueilla 2012{\textendash}2014}, journal = {Mets{\"a}hallituksen luonnonsuojelujulkaisuja, Sarja A}, volume = {221}, year = {2015}, pages = {1{\textendash}141}, abstract = {

During 2012-2014, the Parks {\&} Wildlife Finland (Mets\ähallitus, Lappi) performed biodiversity inventories of insects by using Malaise traps. Malaise traps are suitable for collecting low-flying insects in all habitats. A total of 85 traps were set in 24 conservation areas. The traps were placed on aapamires, springs, alpine wetlands and forested habitats. The average collecting effort was 103 days/trap. The following orders were identified from the traps: hemipterans (Hemiptera), bark lice (Psocoptera), caddisflies (Trichoptera), several true fly families (Diptera) and beetles (Coleoptera). Four thoroughly well-studied insect groups consisting of selected nematoceran families, hemipterans, chironomids and caddisflies, were identified from all sites in all three years. The identified material consisted of ca. 80000 specimens. The observed total number of species was 2011, of which 752 species were singletons (i.e. were identified only from one conservation area). Most of the encountered species were dipterans (1587), other groups yielded 424 species (Hemiptera 184, Coleoptera 122, Trichoptera 86, Psocoptera 29). During the survey, a total of 112 species were found for the first time from Finland. The material included 58 taxa that are still undescribed, that is, they lack a scientific name. Of these undescribed taxa a vast majority were dipterans (57), only one was a caddisfly. A total of 66 nationally red-listed species (DD, NT, VU, EN) were observed. T\örm\äoja conservation area in Savukoski was the most species rich site (811), but the trapping effort (1113 trapping days) was also the highest there. There was a positive correlation between trapping effort and observed species richness and also between observed species richness and the number of red-listed species. The correlations of species richness between the four thoroughly studied groups were either weakly positive or no correlation was found. According to the Mantel test, assemblage variation of these four groups was concordant. In northern areas the importance of dipterans is relatively high. In the future true flies should be more often used as a target group in biotic inventories. In general, inventories and mappings should include several taxonomic groups, or different guilds or groups that differ in their habitat requirements. The relatively high number of undescribed species indicates how poorly we know assemblages inhabiting conservation areas. This report is also an example of a productive co-operation between the administration (Parks {\&} Wildlife Finland) and entomologists.

}, keywords = {bark lice, beetles, biodiversity, caddisflies, hemipterans, insects, species inventory, true flies}, isbn = {9789522951434}, issn = {1799-537X}, url = {http://julkaisut.metsa.fi/assets/pdf/lp/Asarja/a221.pdf}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Siivonen, Stefan and Dominiak, Patrycja and Haarto, Antti and Heller, Kai and Kanervo, Juhani and Martikainen, Petri and M{\"a}kil{\"a}, Matti and Paasivirta, Lauri and Rinne, Aki and Salokannel, Juha and S{\"o}derman, Guy and Vilkamaa, Pekka} } @article {123, title = {Taxonomy of Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera, Sciaridae) in the Northern Holarctic, with the description of four new species}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {122}, year = {2015}, month = {8/2015}, pages = {1{\textendash}15}, abstract = {

Four species of Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Northern Holarctic are described and illustrated for the first time: Bradysia bigeminata sp. nov. (Finland, Canada), B. falciceps sp. nov. (Finland, Canada), B. oelandica sp. nov. (Sweden) and B. plusiospina sp. nov. (Finland). A few Bradysia species, described previously and now found in Northern Europe, are also redefined and illustrated.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Holarctic region, new taxa, Sciaroidea, systematics}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2015.122}, url = {http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/244}, author = {Heller, Kai and Hippa, Heikki and Vilkamaa, Pekka} } @article {76, title = {Notes on the taxonomy of the Holarctic Corynoptera Winnertz sensu lato (Diptera, Sciaridae), with description of six new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3710}, year = {2013}, pages = {322{\textendash}332}, abstract = {

Six new species of Corynoptera Winnertz from northern Finland, Japan and North America are newly described and illustrated: Corynoptera captiosa sp. n., C. cracentis sp. n., C. inari sp. n., C. salmelai sp. n., C. spiciforceps sp. n. and C. tuomikoskii sp. n.. Corynoptera subvariegata Rudzinski, 1992 is redescribed and C. perochaeta (Mohrig \& Menzel, 1990) and C. variegata Mohrig, 1985 are illustrated and their characters discussed. The new species studied show unusual characters for the genus, and do not fit well into currently defined species groups.

}, author = {Vilkamaa, Pekka and Hippa, Heikki and Heller, Kai} } @article {59, title = {Taxonomy of the Sciaridae (Diptera) of Northern Europe: description of eight new species}, journal = {Studia Dipterologica}, volume = {20}, year = {2013}, pages = {47{\textendash}58}, abstract = {

Eight new species of Sciaridae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) are described from Northern Europe: Cratyna (s. str.) sicata spec. nov., Dolichosciara spissispina spec. nov., Lycoriella (s. str.) tenera spec. nov., Lycoriella (Hemineurina) piristylata spec. nov., Peyerimhoffia quadrifera spec. nov., Pseudolycoriella enigmatica spec. nov., Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) obliqua spec. nov. and Xylosciara (s. str.) senta spec. nov. The important morphological details of the new species are illustrated and discussed.

}, keywords = {Austria, Europe, Finland, new species, Norway, Palaearctic Region, Sciaridae, Sciaroidea, Sweden, taxonomy}, author = {Vilkamaa, Pekka and Hippa, Heikki and Heller, Kai} } @article {58, title = {New species of Sciaridae (Diptera) to the Finnish fauna}, journal = {Sahlbergia}, volume = {19}, year = {2013}, pages = {20{\textendash}29}, abstract = {

Forty-six species of Sciaridae (Diptera) are listed as new to the Finnish fauna. Most of the species are known from central Europe, but six are new to Europe. The known distribution of the newly found species and the collecting data for all specimens are given. The current number of sciarid species in Finland is 339.

}, author = {Vilkamaa, Pekka and Heller, Kai and Hippa, Heikki} }