Neolimnophila alaskana Starý 2019, stat. nov.

• Main Author: Starý, Jaroslav
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Limoniidae; Neolimnophila; Neolimnophila alaskana; Aklavik; Bryant; Canada; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Ryen; Mackenzie river; Yakutia; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5062763; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5062763

Neolimnophila alaskana (Alexander, 1924) stat. nov. (Figs 7–9, 12) Limnophila (Neolimnophila) ultima alaskana Alexander, 1924: 10 (description). ? Crypteriella Sverdrupi Soot-Ryen, 1928:6 (description), Figs 1 (wing), 2 (antenna), 3 (tibial spur), 4 (ovipositor). Type material examined: HOLOTYPE: ♁, U.S.A.: ALASKA: Healy, 24.vi.1921, specimen + slide (J. M.Aldrich leg.) (USNM) [the date given in the description (ALEXANDER 1924: 10) is “ July 24, 1921 “], labelled “Healy Alaska / VI-24-21” (partly printed, white label), “ HOLOTYPE / Limnophila / ultima / alaskana / C.P. Alexander ” (partly printed, red label). The specimen is pinned, without right wing, left fore and right hind legs, and apex of abdomen. The slide (Canada balsam) with wing (right) under one circular coverslip and male terminalia under another, labelled as for the specimen, with the inscription “ HOLOTYPE 2287”. PARATYPE: U.S.A.: ALASKA: Flat, 5.viii.1919, 1 ♀ (+ slide) (A. H. Twitchell leg.) (USNM), labelled “Flat Alaska / Aug 5 1919 ” (printed, white label), “A H Twitchell / Collector” (printed, white label), “ PARATYPE / Limnophila / ultima / alaskana / C.P. Alexander” (partly printed, blue label). The specimen is glued onto a triangular cardboard point, without antennae, right wing, and with only left mid femur + tibia, and left hind femur. The slide (Canada balsam) with wing (right) under a circular coverslip, labelled as for the specimen, with the inscription “ PARATYPE 2287”. Other material examined (3 ♁♁ 1 ♀): CANADA: NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: Aklavik, Mackenzie River, 4.ix.1929, 1 ♀ (+ slide), Aklavik, 27.viii.1931, 1 ♁ (+ slide) (both O. Bryant leg.) (both USNM). CZECH REPUBLIC: MORAVIA: Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts, Dolní Bečva, “Kamenné” (650 m), 29.vi.1994, 1 ♁ (J. Starý leg., at light) (JSOC). RUSSIA: EAST SIBERIA: Yakutia, Srednekolymskiy District,Agrakhtakh, 20.vi.1971, 1 ♁ (P. Polyakova & Bobrova leg.) (JSOC). Material not examined by the author (4 ♁♁; for explanation see under N. placida): KAZAKHSTAN: AKMOLA REGION: Atbasar, ...