Fannia altaica Pont & Vikhrev 2009 ...

• Main Authors: Sorokina, Vera S., Pont, Adrian C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Fanniidae; Fannia; Fannia altaica; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193999; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6193999

Fannia altaica Pont & Vikhrev, 2009 Figs 2 A–C This species was described from a single male from the Kosh-Agach district (Lake Zerlyukol’-Nur, 2300–2400m, 49º56'N, 88º20'E). The authors pointed out that treeless mountain tundra was a most unusual habitat for Fanniidae and that F. altaica might be associated with burrows of Marmota species (Pont & Vikhrev 2009). This does indeed appear to be the case according to the new material reported here, as several males and one female have been collected at the entrance to burrows of the Altai Marmot. Material examined. 4 males and 1 female, RUSSIA, Respublika Altai, Kosh-Agachskiy rayon, verkhov’ya r. Naryn-Gol [upper River Naryn-Gol], 2520 m, 49º49'N 89º32'E, na surchinakh [from Marmot burrows], 15– 19.vii.2009, V. Sorokina (2 males OUMNH & BMNH, rest SZNM); 4 males, the same, V. Sorokina, T. Novgorodova (SZNM); 1 male, Respublika Altai, Kosh-Agachskiy rayon, dolina r. Tara [River Tara valley], 2300 m, 49º39'N 88º13'E, na surchinakh [from Marmot ... : Published as part of Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2011, Fanniidae and Muscidae (Insecta, Diptera) associated with burrows of the Altai Mountains Marmot (Marmota baibacina baibacina Kastschenko, 1899) in Siberia, with the description of new species, pp. 31-44 in Zootaxa 3118 on pages 34-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201540 ...