New species and records of Lycoriella Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Holarctic region

The following species of the genus Lycoriella Frey sensu Vilkamaa & Menzel from the Holarctic region are newly described and illustrated: Lycoriella ampla sp. n. (Canada: Ontario), L. barkalovi sp. n. (Russia: Krasnoyarsk region), L. canningsi sp. n. (Canada: British Columbia), L. eurystylata sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: MENZEL, FRANK, VILKAMAA, PEKKA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2021
Subjects:
Diptera
Biodiversity
distribution
Europe
morphology
North America
Sciaroidea
systematics
taxonomy
Nunavut
Canada
Greenland
British Columbia
Menzel
karelia*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5072.6.1
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Summary:The following species of the genus Lycoriella Frey sensu Vilkamaa & Menzel from the Holarctic region are newly described and illustrated: Lycoriella ampla sp. n. (Canada: Ontario), L. barkalovi sp. n. (Russia: Krasnoyarsk region), L. canningsi sp. n. (Canada: British Columbia), L. eurystylata sp. n. (Canada: Quebec), L. excavata sp. n. (USA: Colorado), L. jakovlevi sp. n. (Russia: Karelia), L. kinbasketi sp. n. (Canada: British Columbia), L. longa sp. n. (USA: Colorado), L. nivicola sp. n. (Canada: Nunavut, NWT; Greenland), L. pearyi sp. n. (Greenland), L. taimyrensis sp. n. (Russia: Krasnoyarsk region) and L. tundrae sp. n. (Russia: Krasnoyarsk region). Lycoriella parva (Holmgren, 1869) is redescribed and illustrated and new faunistic records are given for some previously described species of Lycoriella. The newly described species raise the number of known species of Lycoriella from 38 to 50.

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