Notes on the taxonomy of the Holarctic Corynoptera Winnertz sensu lato (Diptera, Sciaridae), with description of six new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: VILKAMAA, PEKKA, HIPPA, HEIKKI, HELLER, KAI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2013
• Subjects: Sciaroidea; Holarctic region; biodiversity; systematics; Diptera; Inari; Menzel; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3710.4.2; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3710.4.2

Six new species of Corynoptera Winnertz from northern Finland, Japan and North America are newly described and illustrated: Corynoptera captiosa sp. n., C. cracentis sp. n., C. inari sp. n., C. salmelai sp. n., C. spiciforceps sp. n. and C. tuomikoskii sp. n. Corynoptera subvariegata Rudzinski, 1992 is redescribed and C. perochaeta (Mohrig & Menzel, 1990) and C. variegata Mohrig, 1985 are illustrated and their characters discussed. The new species studied show unusual characters for the genus, and do not fit well into currently defined species groups.