New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)

• Main Authors: Jukka Salmela, Levente-Péter Kolcsár
• Other Authors: ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2606402
• Language: English
• Published: PENSOFT PUBLISHERS 2022
• Subjects: Norway; Salmela; Fennoscandia; Fennoscandian; Lapland; Siberia
• Online Access: https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/167199

Background Fungus gnats (Sciaroidea) are a globally species rich group of lower Diptera. In Europe, Fennoscandian peninsula in particular holds a notable diversity, ca. 1000 species, of which 10 % are still unnamed. Fungus gnats are predominantly terrestrial insects, but some species dwell in wetlan...