@article {191, title = {Revision of Finnish Chaoboridae (Diptera, Culicomorpha)}, journal = {Norwegian Journal of Entomology}, volume = {68}, year = {2021}, pages = {67{\textendash}127}, chapter = {67}, abstract = {

The 11 Finnish species of phantom midges (Chaoboridae) are revised. The study included nationwide field sampling, targeted investigations, DNA barcoding, examination of museum specimens and an extensive literature survey. The regional fauna now consists of all European taxa, with Mochlonyx triangularis Klink reported here for the first time from Fennoscandia. An illustrated key is provided to fourth instar larvae, pupae and adult males of all species. Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen) is noted as the only truly lake-dwelling species, whilst Ch. albipes (Johannsen) may also occasionally be present in ponds that contain fish populations, all other species are deemed inhabitants of fishless ponds. Among the pond-dwelling species, Ch. obscuripes (Van der Wulp) is dominant, both in terms of numbers of ponds and abundance. The number of chaoborid species in a given pond varies from one to six, with 1\–2 taxa found universally. The number of Chaoborus species is most often from one to two and the presence of \≥3 Chaoborus species in a pond is quite rare. Reasons for the observed patterns are likely caused by niche differences, biotic interactions, depth and pond permanence. A total of 251 journal articles, reports or academic theses were found to include records on Finnish Chaoboridae. Chaoborus flavicans was the most often cited taxon (74 \% of the studies), whilst the pond-dwelling species (20 \%) were cited far more rarely.

}, keywords = {aquatic, biodiversity, Chaoboridae, Culicomorpha, diptera, Finland, flies, lake, phantom midges, plankton, pond, predator, true}, url = {http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/2021-1/pdf/nje-vol68-no1-2021-67-127.pdf}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Ahola, Janika and H{\"a}rm{\"a}, Oskari and Laine, Erkka and Paasivirta, Lauri and Rinne, Aki} } @article {97, title = {Checklist of the Diptera (Insecta) of Finland: an introduction and a summary of results}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {441}, year = {2014}, month = {2014/09//}, pages = {1 - 20}, abstract = {

Nearly thirty-five years have passed since Hackman published his \“Check list of the Finnish Diptera\” (1980). The number of true flies (Diptera) known from Finland has increased by more than two thousand species since then. At the same time, hundreds of erroneous records have been recognized and purged from the checklist. ZooKeys issue 441 provides a new checklist of the Diptera species of the Republic of Finland. This introductory paper presents the rationale behind the project, provides technical documentation on the checklist format and sources used, and summarizes the results. The remaining papers in this issue cover one or more Diptera families in detail. Two electronic appendices are provided: supporting data (additional references to first published records and the previous checklist) and a complete list of Finnish Diptera taxa in Darwin Core compliant format for easy computer access and processing. The new checklist records 6920 fly species from Finland, 2932 belonging to the nematoceran or lower flies and 3989 to the suborder Brachycera. The changes since 1980 are most prominent in the Lower Diptera. For example, more than 400 non-biting midges (Chironomidae) have been added since 1980, and the number of moth flies (Psychodidae) known from Finland has more than tripled. Among the larger families, large increases in known Finnish species are also seen in Cecidomyiidae (161\% increase), Pipunculidae (98\%), and Chironomidae (90\%).

}, keywords = {biodiversity, diptera, faunistics, Finland, flies}, issn = {1313-2970}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.441.7620}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4036}, author = {Kahanp{\"a}{\"a}, Jere} }