Drymeia neoborealis Snyder 1949

Drymeia neoborealis (Snyder, 1949) Helina neoborealis Snyder, 1949: 122. Material examined. RUSSIA: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Wrangel Island: 1 male and 5 females, Somnitelnaya Bay, 21,26.vii.1966, 4.viii.1966, 9.vii.1972, 6.viii. 1974, K. Gorodkov (1 female in SZMN, rest in ZIN); 4 females, 5 km N...

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Main Authors: Sorokina, Vera S., Pont, Adrian C.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6116463
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116463
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Summary:Drymeia neoborealis (Snyder, 1949) Helina neoborealis Snyder, 1949: 122. Material examined. RUSSIA: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Wrangel Island: 1 male and 5 females, Somnitelnaya Bay, 21,26.vii.1966, 4.viii.1966, 9.vii.1972, 6.viii. 1974, K. Gorodkov (1 female in SZMN, rest in ZIN); 4 females, 5 km N Somnitelnaya Bay, 27.vii. 1966, K. Gorodkov (1 female in SZMN, rest in ZIN); 10 males, environs of Viyuchny, NW Somnitelnaya Bay, 21.vii. 1972, K. Gorodkov (2 males in SZMN, rest in ZIN); 1 female, valley of Somnitelnaya River, Mineeva Mts, 22.vii. 1966, K. Gorodkov (ZIN); 1 male and 1 female, 4 км N Somnitelnaya Bay, bank of Somnitelnaya River, 28.vii. 1972, K. Gorodkov (ZIN); 1 female, valley of Somnitelnaya River, around lemming burrow, 8.vii. 1972, K. Gorodkov (ZIN); 1 female, north slope of Berry Mt., 6 km S Sovetskaya Mt., 400 m, 13.vii. 1972, K. Gorodkov (ZIN). Remarks. The species can be identified with the keys in Huckett (1965 a), and a detailed description of the male is given by Snyder (1949: 122–123). Flies were collected from flowers of Potentilla sp., Potentilla emarginata, Dryas integrifolia. Distribution. Previously known only from North America: Alaska, Northwest Territories (Victoria and Ellesmere Islands), California and Colorado. Published as part of Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2015, A review of the genus Drymeia Meigen, 1826 (Diptera: Muscidae) in Russia, pp. 151-206 in Zootaxa 4000 (2) on page 183, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244482