@article {196, title = {Scenopinus jerei, a new species of window fly (Diptera, Scenopinidae) from Finland}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {1059}, year = {2021}, month = {Sep-10-2021}, pages = {135-156}, abstract = {

A new species of window fly (Diptera: Scenopinidae), Scenopinus jerei sp. nov., with characteristic bicoloured legs and completely black halteres, is described from Finland. To exclude potential previously named species, a survey of the relevant type specimens as well as original descriptions of the Palearctic and Nearctic Scenopinus species has been conducted, including old Scenopinus fenestralis (Linnaeus) synonyms. Scenopinus jerei sp. nov. is likely to be an overlooked, boreal forest specialist living in the nests of cavity-nesting birds. An identification key to the European species is provided.

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, synonyms, taxonomy}, issn = {1313-2970, 1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1059.70085}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1059.70085}, author = {Pohjoism{\"a}ki, Jaakko and Haarto, Antti} } @article {186, title = {Scenopinus jerei, a new species of window fly (Diptera, Scenopinidae) from Finland}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {156}, year = {2021}, pages = {135{\textendash}156}, abstract = {

A new species of window fly (Diptera: Scenopinidae), Scenopinus jerei sp. nov., with characteristic bi-coloured legs and completely black halteres, is described from Finland. To exclude potential previously named species, a survey of the relevant type specimens as well as original descriptions of the Palearctic and Nearctic Scenopinus species has been conducted, including old Scenopinus fenestralis (Linnaeus) synonyms. Scenopinus jerei sp. nov. is likely to be an overlooked, boreal forest specialist living in the nests of cavity- nesting birds. An identification key to the European species is provided.

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, synonyms, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1059.70085}, author = {Pohjoism{\"a}ki, Jaakko and Haarto, Antti} } @article {183, title = {Chaoborus flavicans Meigen (Diptera, Chaoboridae) is a complex of lake and pond dwelling species: a revision}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4927}, year = {2021}, pages = {151{\textendash}196}, abstract = {

Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen) is a widespread and much studied lacustrine phantom midge. As larvae, these insects are important aquatic predators. Based on the available type material, morphology of immature stages and adults, their aquatic habitat, and DNA barcodes, C. flavicans is shown to be a composite of at least four species, with three of these named here. Chaoborus flavicans is primarily a lake-dwelling species with a Holarctic range. Chaoborus albipes (Johannsen, 1903 stat. rev.) and C. posio Salmela sp. n. are pond-dwelling Holarctic and north European species, respectively. The position of the larval subordinate mandibular tooth at the vertex of the second and fourth teeth is a synapomorphy of the Chaoborus flavicans species complex. We present an identification key to fourth instar larvae, pupae, and adult males. We also designate the lectotype and paralectotypes of Sayomyia rotundifolia Felt, 1904 (syn. nov. of C. albipes). We hypothesize that a fourth species of the species complex is present in Japan. Our revision indicates that Holarctic shallow ponds contain a hidden diversity of predators (C. albipes and C. posio sp. n.).

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, Holarctic region, phantom midges, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.1}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.1}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and H{\"a}rm{\"a}, Oskari and Taylor, Derek J} } @article {180, title = {Review of the Nordic Gymnocheta Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) with report of two species new to Europe}, journal = {ZooKeys}, year = {2021}, pages = {145{\textendash}184}, abstract = {

The genus Gymnocheta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae) has until now been represented by two species in Europe, G. viridis (Fall\én, 1810) and G. magna Zimin, 1958. Two species are newly recorded from Finland and Sweden, Gymnocheta lucida Zimin, 1958 and G. zhelochovtsevi Zimin, 1958, both previously known only from the Russian Far East and Japan. These four European species are redescribed and illustrated, including the first description of the female of G. zhelochovtsevi. A key is provided to seven of the eight described species of Palaearctic Gymnocheta. The holotype of G. viridis was examined and found to differ from the present concept of the species, instead matching the concept of the more recently described G. magna. In the interests of nomenclatural stability, the two names are maintained in their current usage pending a request to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to replace the current holotype of G. viridis with a neotype that corresponds to the long-established concept of that species.

}, keywords = {Co1, DNA barcoding, Ernestiini, fennoscandia, Gymnocheta, new species, Species diversity, synonymy, Tachininae, type specimens}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1053.52761}, author = {Pohjoism{\"a}ki, Jaakko and Bergstr{\"o}m, Christer} } @article {176, title = {Descriptions of Brachypogon surma sp. n. from Finland and B. singularis (Santos Abreu, 1918) from the Canary Islands (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)}, journal = {Norwegian Journal of Entomology}, volume = {67}, year = {2020}, month = {12/2020}, pages = {235{\textendash}245}, chapter = {235}, abstract = {

A new species Brachypogon (Isohelea) surma sp. n., with unique, leaf-like parameres, is described from Finnish Lapland based on males. Illustrations and COI sequences of this species are also provided. Females and males of Brachypogon (I.) singularis (Santos Abreu, 1918) from the Canary Islands are redescribed, a neotype is designated, and Ceratolophus rufigastris Santos Abreu, 1918 and Ceratolophus obscurus Santos Abreu, 1918 are proposed to be its new junior synonyms.

}, keywords = {Biting midges, DNA barcoding, Isohelea, Lapland, neotype designation, new species, new synonyms, rich fens}, author = {Dominiak, Patrycja and Szadziewski, Ryszard and Salmela, Jukka} } @article {173, title = {Coelosynapha, a new genus of the subfamily Gnoristinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) with a circumpolar, Holarctic distribution}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {8}, year = {2020}, chapter = {e54834}, abstract = {

The subfamily Gnoristinae is one of the most diverse and taxonomically difficult subfamilies of Mycetophilidae, with new species and genera being described almost every year from various parts of the world. Through inventories of fungus gnats in the Nordic Region and Russia, a genus and species new to science was discovered, yet with links back to an illustration made by the late French entomologist Lo\ïc Matile in the 1980s. DNA barcoding aligned it with yet another species new to science, distributed across Canada and documented through The Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) by Paul D. N. Hebert and colleagues at the BOLD team. The new Holarctic genus, Coelosynapha gen. n. is described, consisting of two new species, the Palaearctic Coelosynapha loici sp. n. and the Nearctic Coelosynapha heberti sp. n. DNA-barcodes assign the two new species to distinctly separated (8.27\% p-distance) Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) which are most closely aligned to unidentified species of Mycetophilidae from South Australia and Costa Rica on BOLD. The new genus shows morphological characteristics in between the two Holarctic genera Coelosia Winnertz, 1864 and Synapha Meigen, 1818 and further shows affinity to the southern continents genus Austrosynapha Tonnoir, 1929. The Palaearctic Coelosynapha loici sp. n., for which habitat requirements are best documented, is largely restricted to pristine, old-growth conifer (mostly spruce, Picea abies ssp. obovata) forests within the boreal vegetation zone, although it is also recorded from hummock tundra along the Anadyr River in Far East Russia.

}, keywords = {Coelosynapha, DNA barcoding, Gnoristinae, Holarctic distribution, Mycetophilidae, new genus, new species, old-growth conifer forests}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.8.e54834}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54834}, author = {Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein and Polevoi, Alexei and Salmela, Jukka} } @article {158, title = {Morphology and molecules say: Tanytarsus latens, sp. nov. from Finland (Diptera: Chironomidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4471}, year = {2018}, pages = {569{\textendash}579}, abstract = {

Tanytarsus latens sp. nov. is described from Finland (Ostrobothnia borealis, Satakunta). Both morphological and molecular analyses indicate that T. latens belongs to the mendax species group. The adult male hypopygium of the new species resembles that of Tanytarsus occultus Brundin and of T. desertor Gi{\l}ka et Paasivirta, while the molecular analysis based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase (COI) gene fragment evidences that T. latens is a sister species to most of European Tanytarsus of the mendax group\&$\#$39;s core, for which the COI barcodes are known. Notes on biology of T. latens are also provided.

}, keywords = {Chironomidae, diptera, DNA barcoding, Finland Introduction, new species, systematics}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.8}, url = {http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EEFF656-7765-4D7B-BA56-EF0F8DBF64CB}, author = {Gi{\l}ka, Wojciech and Paasivirta, Lauri and Gadawski, Piotr and Grabowski, Micha{\l}} } @article {151, title = {A taxonomic review of Palaearctic Peromyia Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Micromyinae), with descriptions of thirty-eight new species mostly from Sweden}, journal = {Studia dipterologica}, volume = {23[2016]}, year = {2018}, pages = {51{\textendash}116}, abstract = {

The taxonomy of Palaearctic Peromyia KIEFFER, 1894 is reviewed on the basis of specimens mostly from Sweden. Evidence from adult morphology and, if available, DNA barcode (COI) sequences are used for characterizing species. Of a total of 78 species, 38 are described as new: Peromyia acuminata spec. nov. (from Sweden, Germany, and Russia), P. angulosa spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany), P. angustior spec. nov. (Sweden), P. appositoides spec. nov. (Sweden), P. brandenburgensis spec. nov. (Germany), P. brutostylata spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland, Russia), P. clavata spec. nov. (Sweden, Germany), P. cognata spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia), P. consimilis spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany), P. constricta spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland, Germany), P. curvostylata spec. nov. (Sweden), P. despecta spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany), P. devia spec. nov. (Sweden, Germany), P. dupla spec. nov. (Sweden, Germany), P. gracilostylata spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany), P. grytsjoenensis spec. nov. (Sweden), P. hyalina spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland), P. inflata spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland, Germany, Japan), P. iuxtatruncata spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany), P. karstroemi spec. nov. (Sweden), P. lapponica spec. nov. (Sweden), P. lippertae spec. nov. (Sweden), P. lisatengoe spec. nov. (Sweden), P. longi- stylata spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Germany), P. manca spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden), P. monticorvina spec. nov. (Sweden), P. neglecta spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland, Germany), P. niederhofensis spec. nov. (Sweden, Germany), P. oelandica spec. nov. (Sweden), P. ombergensis spec. nov. (Sweden), P. pseudoborealis spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Japan), P. pumiloides spec. nov. (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany), P. quercinophila spec. nov. (Sweden), P. simulans spec. nov. (Sweden, Finland), P. stenshuvudensis spec. nov. (Sweden, Germany), P. trifidoides spec. nov. (Sweden), P. uleforsi spec. nov. (Sweden), and P. uniseriata spec. nov. (Sweden, Germany). The status as valid species is reinstated for P. brevispina YUKAWA, 1967 stat. restit. (released from synonymy with Joannisia fungicola KIEFFER, 1901), P. prominens YUKAWA, 1967 stat. restit. (released from synonymy with Campylomyza impexa SKUSE, 1888), P. subanatina MAMAEV {\&} ZAITZEV, 1997 (released from synonymy with P. anatina MAMAEV {\&} BEREST, 1990), and P. viklundi JASCHHOF, 1997 (released from synonymy with P. scutellata MAMAEV, 1990). The morphology of males is revised of P. anatina, P. angellifera JASCHHOF, 1997, P. apposita JASCHHOF, 1997, P. brevispina, P. caricis (KIEFFER, 1901), P. fungicola, P. prominens, P. ramosa (EDWARDS, 1938), P. neomexicana (FELT, 1913), P. scutellata, P. subanatina, P. subborealis JASCHHOF, 1997, P. truncata YUKAWA, 1967, and P. viklundi. COI sequences support the identity of 44 morphospecies and confirm that both P. impexa and P. photophila as presently defined are complexes of cryptic species. The threshold for separating species of Peromyia lies at 8 {\%} genetic (K2P) distance. New faunistic records in Sweden are P. brevispina, P. maetoi JASCHHOF, 2001, P. neomexicana, P. revelata MAMAEV {\&} BEREST, 1990, and P. viklundi. Peromyia pumila JASCHHOF, 2001 and P. truncata are deleted from the list of Swedish species. Recent advances in the study of Peromyia taxonomy and diversity are discussed in terms of methodology. Key

}, keywords = {adult morphology, Cecidomyiidae, DNA barcoding, Micromyinae, new species, Palaearctic Region, Peromyia, systematics}, issn = {0945-3954}, author = {Jaschhof, Mathias} } @article {140, title = {New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {5}, year = {2017}, month = {7/3/2017}, pages = {e11760}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

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.

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 \& Kolcs\ár sp.n., B. norokorpii Salmela \& Kolcs\ár 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.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Boreal zone, boreo-alpine species, DNA barcoding, taxonomy}, doi = {doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11760}, url = {http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11760}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Kolcs{\'a}r, Levente-P{\'e}ter} } @article {132, title = {Morphological re-examination reveals that Campylomyza serrata Jaschhof, 1998 is a complex of five cryptic species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Micromyinae)}, journal = {Beitr{\"a}ge zur Entomologie}, volume = {65}, year = {2015}, pages = {373{\textendash}381}, abstract = {

The micromyine gall midge Campylomyza serrata was described by the author in 1998 on the basis of three male specimens from a single locality in Northern Germany. Since then, a number of additional specimens from several European countries were assigned to this species and published as C. serrata. Now, almost 20 years later, all these specimens plus a few others from previously undetermined Campylomyza material in the author\’s collection, altogether 56 males, were gathered for a morphological re-examination. As a result, Campylomyza serrata sensu Jaschhof (1998) is revealed to be a complex of five cryptic species, including Campylomyza angulata spec. nov., Campylomyza appendiculata spec. nov., Campylomyza lapponica spec. nov., and Campylomyza zwii spec. nov. In the present paper, Campylomyza serrata and the new species related to it are defined using characters of the male genitalia. A key is provided that facilitates the identification of males of these species and of Campylomyza spinata, the sixth known member of the serrata group. Finally, various issues related to the identification of serrata-like species (and other taxonomically difficult Micromyinae) are discussed.

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, gall midges, morphology, Palearctic region, species identification}, author = {Jaschhof, Mathias} } @article {131, title = {A review of the Aprionus flavidus group, with description of two new species close to Aprionus betulae Jaschhof (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Micromyinae)}, journal = {Studia dipterologica}, volume = {21}, year = {2015}, pages = {221{\textendash}229}, abstract = {

Species of the Aprionus flavidus (WINNERTZ) group belong to the most commonly found Micromyinae (Cecidomyiidae) in the Holarctic realm. One of the group members, Aprionus betulae JASCHHOF, 1996 from Europe, is here split into three discrete species that differ in the standard DNA barcode sequence and in male genital characters. Aprionus betulae is redefined, and Aprionus subbetulae spec. nov. and Aprionus betuloides spec. nov. are described as new to science. DNA barcoding provided the initial indication that Aprionus betulae sensu JASCHHOF (1996) is a species complex. The usefulness of this technique for characterizing species of the fungivorous subfamilies of Cecidomyiidae is discussed on the basis of the author\’s recent expe- riences. It is concluded that DNA barcoding is useful to indicate hidden biodiversity, but, unsupported by other means, is not sufficiently reliable to serve as a routine identification tool. In combination with morphological scrutiny, and only so, DNA barcoding is recommended as an effective method to uncover cryptic species.

}, keywords = {Cecidomyiidae, cryptic species identification, DNA barcoding, gall midges, Micromyinae, Palaearctic Region}, author = {Jaschhof, Mathias} } @article {117, title = {Unveiling of a cryptic Dicranomyia (Idiopyga) from northern Finland using integrative approach (Diptera, Limoniidae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {2}, year = {2014}, month = {12/2014}, pages = {1{\textendash}27}, abstract = {

The subgenus Idiopyga Savchenko, 1987 is a northern hemisphere group of short-palped crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae). In the current article we describe a new species, Dicranomyia ( I.) boreobaltica Salmela sp.n., and redescribe the male and female post-abdomen of a closely related species, D. (I.) intricata Alexander. A standard DNA barcoding fragment of 5\′ region of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene of the new species is presented, whilst the K2P minimum distances between the new species and 10 other species of the subgenus were found to range from 5.1 to 15.7 \% (mean 11.2 \%). Phylogenetic analyses (parsimony and maximum likelihood) based on COI sequences support the identity of the new species and its close relationship with D. (I.) intricata and D. (I.) esbeni (Nielsen). The new species is known from the northern Baltic area of Finland. The new species has been mostly collected from Baltic coastal meadows but an additional relict population is known from a calcareous rich fen that was estimated to have been at sea level circa 600-700 years ago. Dicranomyia (I.) intricata (syn. D. suecica Nielsen) is a Holarctic species, occurring in the north boreal and subarctic vegetation zones in Fennoscandia.

}, keywords = {baltic coastal meadows, crane flies, DNA barcoding, mires}, issn = {1314-2828}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.2.e4238}, url = {http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4238}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Kaunisto, Kari and Vahtera, Varpu} }