Parapiophila baechlii Merz

• Main Authors: Rochefort, Sabrina, Wheeler, Terry A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Piophilidae; Parapiophila; Parapiophila baechlii; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Abisko; Atlin; Fort Churchill; Tombstone; Dion; Merz; Cherskiy; Scoutcar Creek; Churchill; Whitehorse; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6098356; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098356

Parapiophila baechlii Merz NBP/NIS material examined. 1 ♀ from Manitoba: Churchill, (Fort Churchill, 11.viii. 1952, J.G. Chillcott, Ecological data, CNC DIPTERA # 71813) (CNC). Other material examined. CANADA. Alberta: Kananaskis, Sheep River Prov. Park, Blue Rock campgd., (50 ° 36.6 'N, 114 ° 43.4 'W), sweep, 29.vii. 2003, V. Dion, LEM 0022936, BOLD ID LYMAA 344 – 14, (1 ♀, LEM). British Columbia: Alaska Hwy, Summit L., Mi 392, 4200 ', 19–21.viii. 1959, E.E. MacDougall, (1 ♂, CNC); Atlin, 3200 ', 1.viii. 1955, B.A. Gibbard, (1 ♀, CNC); Lisadele L., (58 ° 41 'N, 133 °04'W), 4000 ', 7.viii.1960, 9.viii. 1960, R. Pilfrey, (6 ♂, 7 ♀, CNC); same except 8.viii. 1960, W.W. Moss, (1 ♂, 2 ♀, CNC); Pete Lake, (57 ° 56 'N, 131 ° 56 'W), 4000 ', alpine meadow Arnica, Achillea, 16.viii. 1960, R. Pilfrey, (1 ♂, CNC). Yukon Territory: Dempster Hwy km 47, Scoutcar Creek, (64.3343 °, - 138.4474 °), 852m, sweep nr. creek, 16.vii. 2013, E. Vajda, (1 ♀, LEM); Dempster Hwy km 72, Tombstone Campgd., (64.5054 °, - 138.2225 °), 1065m, dog dung, 15–16.vii. 2013, S. Rochefort, (1 ♂, LEM); Whitehorse, Robert Service Campgrd., (60 ° 42.1 ’N, 135 °02’W), sweep at Yukon R., 27.vii. 1998, T.A. Wheeler, LEM 0022923, (1 ♂, LEM); same except LEM 0022924, BOLD ID LYMAA 343 – 14, (1 ♀, LEM); UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Colorado: Mt. Evans, Doolittle Ranch, 9800 ', 23.vii. 1961, J.G. Chillcott, (1 ♂, CNC); Loveland Pass, W. slope, 9850 ', 28.vii. 1961, B.H. Poole, (1 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC). Wyoming: Old Faithful Nature Trail, Yellowstone Park, 7600 ', 21.vii. 1928, J. McDunnough, (1 ♂, CNC). SWEDEN. Lapland, Abisko, 17.viii. 1951, J.R. Vockeroth, (1 ♂, CNC); Lapland, Abisko Ntl. Pk., along kungsleden trail, (68 ° 19 'N, 18 ° 45 'E), 390m, sweep vegetation, 30.vii. 2001, J. Savage, LEM 0023000, (1 ♂, LEM). USSR. Cherskiy, (68.7 °N, 161.5 °E), 11–15.vii. 1990, D.M. Wood, (1 ♀, CNC). Comments. Parapiophila baechlii was described by Merz (1996) from Switzerland. The specimens identified here represent the first Nearctic record of the species, which appears to be ...