Description of three new species of Trichoceridae (Diptera, Nematocera) from nothern Sweden and the Alps

Abstract Three new species of the genus Trichocera are described: T.(T.) implicata n.sp., T.(T.) mendli n.sp., both from northern Sweden and the western Alps, and T.(M.) candida n.sp. from the western Alps. The descriptions are based on males only. The material comes mainly from light-trap collectio...

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Published in:Insect Systematics & Evolution
Main Author: Dahl, Christine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Brill 1976
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187631276x00090
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Summary:Abstract Three new species of the genus Trichocera are described: T.(T.) implicata n.sp., T.(T.) mendli n.sp., both from northern Sweden and the western Alps, and T.(M.) candida n.sp. from the western Alps. The descriptions are based on males only. The material comes mainly from light-trap collections and it is difficult to assign the females to the species described. Whether T. implicata and T. mendli really represent a boreo-alpine element is uncertain as practically no collections of trichocerids from the mountainous parts of Central Europe exist.