Diversity of Piophilidae (Diptera) in northern Canada and description of a new Holarctic species of Parapiophila McAlpine

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: ROCHEFORT, SABRINA, WHEELER, TERRY A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2015
• Subjects: taxonomy; inventory; Nearctic; arctic; biogeography; Diptera; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Duda; Arctic Island; Kugluktuk; Merz; Cherskiy; Northern Sweden; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3925.2.5; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.5

Piophilidae (Diptera) were inventoried at 12 sites in boreal and arctic Canada as part of the 1947–1962 Northern Insect Survey and 2010–2011 Northern Biodiversity Program. Seventeen species were identified, including a new Holarctic species: Parapiophila kugluktuk sp. n. which is widespread in North...