Cratyna (Spathobdella) longispina Pettey 1918

• Main Authors: Shin, Seunggwan, Menzel, Frank, Heller, Kai, Lee, Heungsik, Lee, Seunghwan
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Sciaridae; Cratyna; Cratyna longispina; Canada; Norway; Menzel; Tuomikoski; Moss campion; Silene acaulis
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6137416; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137416

Cratyna (Spathobdella) longispina (Pettey, 1918) Synonym: Plastosciara (Spathobdella) tuberculata Tuomikoski, 1960. Literature: Cratyna (Spathobdella) tuberculata (Tuomikoski) — Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 270. Cratyna (Spathobdella) longispina (Pettey) — Mohrig et al. (2013): 198. Habitats. Adults have been found in high mountains, at the flowers of moss campion Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq (Caryophyllaceae) (Menzel et al. 2006). Distribution. Known from Canada (Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario), Finland, Great Britain, North Korea, Norway, Sweden, USA (Maine, Montana) (Tuomikoski 1960; Mohrig et al. 1992; Menzel et al. 2006; Heller et al. 2009; Mohrig et al. 2013). Remarks. Mohrig et al. (1992) recorded this species from North Korea under the synonym Plastosciara tuberculata Tuomikoski. Published as part of Shin, Seunggwan, Menzel, Frank, Heller, Kai, Lee, Heungsik & Lee, Seunghwan, 2014, Review of the genus Cratyna Winnertz (Diptera: Sciaridae) in Korea, including the description of a new species, pp. 344-354 in Zootaxa 3794 (3) on page 352, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/228814