Claustropyga subcorticis Mohrig & Krivosheina ...

Claustropyga subcorticis (Mohrig & Krivosheina) Fig. 3 C, D Corynoptera subcorticis Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1985: 434. Claustropyga subcorticis, Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig, 2003: 507. New records. CANADA, Yukon Territory, North Fork Crossing, Mi. 43, Peel Plt.rd., 3400’, 4.VII.1962, P.J. Ski...

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Main Authors: Vilkamaa, Pekka, Hippa, Heikki
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Published: Zenodo 2007
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6237153
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6237153
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Summary:Claustropyga subcorticis (Mohrig & Krivosheina) Fig. 3 C, D Corynoptera subcorticis Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1985: 434. Claustropyga subcorticis, Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig, 2003: 507. New records. CANADA, Yukon Territory, North Fork Crossing, Mi. 43, Peel Plt.rd., 3400’, 4.VII.1962, P.J. Skitsko, 2 males (CNC), North Fork Pass, Ogilvie Mts., 4100’, 21.VI.1962, P.J. Skitsko, 1 male (CNC). Discussion. This species which was described from the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, is also known from Chukchi Autonomous Region in Russia, Finland, Sweden and USA, Alaska (Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig 2003), the latter record consisting of 6 males. The species is easily distinguished from all other Nearctic species by its unusually modified gonostylus, which has, in ventral view, a flattened apical and a convex basal part. The flattened apical part is about one-third of the gonostylar length, and bears the apical tooth and 4–5 megasetae in rather variable positions in the different specimens. The convex part of the ... : Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka & Hippa, Heikki, 2007, Review of the Nearctic Claustropyga Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) with the description of three new species, pp. 53-68 in Zootaxa 1552 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178159 ...