Peyerimhoffia sepei Hippa & Vilkamaa, 2005, sp. n.

Peyerimhoffia sepei sp. n. Material examined. Holotype male: FINLAND, Le (Lapponia enontekiensis), Utsjoki, Skaidejohka (777: 53), 12.VIII. 1985, J. Tuiskunen (MZH). Paratypes: FINLAND, Le, Enontekiö, Kilpisjärvi, Saana, 15.– 30.VII. 1967, A. Suormala, 2 ɗ (MZH), same data but 16.– 30.VII.1967, 2 ɗ...

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Main Authors: Hippa, Heikki, Vilkamaa, Pekka
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Peyerimhoffia
Peyerimhoffia sepei
Enontekiö
Hippa
Kamen’
Kilpisjärvi
Pekka
Saana
Salmela
Seta
Sodankylä
Lapponia
Utsjoki
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6269029
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269029
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Summary:Peyerimhoffia sepei sp. n. Material examined. Holotype male: FINLAND, Le (Lapponia enontekiensis), Utsjoki, Skaidejohka (777: 53), 12.VIII. 1985, J. Tuiskunen (MZH). Paratypes: FINLAND, Le, Enontekiö, Kilpisjärvi, Saana, 15.– 30.VII. 1967, A. Suormala, 2 ɗ (MZH), same data but 16.– 30.VII.1967, 2 ɗ (MZH), Lk (Lapponia kemensis), Sodankylä, Iso­Oja (756: 60), 9.VIII. 1985, J. Tuiskunen, 1 ɗ (MZH), Lk, Rovaniemen mlk, Lomalamminoja (7367781: 3418828), Malaise trap, 28.VIII.– 3.X. 2004, J. Salmela, 1 ɗ (PJSC), RUSSIA, Polar Ural, Krasnyi Kamen, 66 ° 55 ’ N, 65 ° 40 ’ E, pitfall trap, 3.– 17.VII. 1994, S. Koponen, 1 ɗ (MZH). Description (male). — Head: Eye bridge 2 or 3 facets wide. Prefrons with 4–8 setae, clypeus non­setose or with 1 seta. Length/width of flagellomere 4 of antenna 2.0– 2.35. Segment 1 of maxillary palp with 1 or 2 setae (Fig. 2 A). Thorax: Anterior pronotum with 2–4 setae, episternum 1 with 4–6 setae. Wing: Wing length 1.6–1.7 mm, width/length 0.40–0.45. c/w 0.65–0.85, R 1 /R 0.60 –1.0. Legs: Apex of front tibia, Fig. 2 D; apex of hind tibia, Fig. 2 C. Length of front basitarsomere/length of front tibia 0.55–0.60. Abdomen: Sternite 8 with 7–10 setae. Hypopygium: Fig. 3. Sternite 10 with seta on each half. Female: Unknown. Etymology. The species epithet is dedicated to the arachnologist Dr. Seppo Koponen, known to his friends as ‘Sepe’, of the Zoological Museum, University of Turku, in recognition of his contribution in collecting many new species of Sciaridae throughout the Holarctic Region. Published as part of Hippa, Heikki & Vilkamaa, Pekka, 2005, Cladistic analysis finds a placement for an enigmatic species, Peyerimhoffia sepei sp. n. (Diptera: Sciaridae), with a note on its spermatophore, pp. 49-55 in Zootaxa 1044 on pages 51-54, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.169861

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