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

• Main Authors: Hippa, Heikki, Vilkamaa, Pekka
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Sciaridae; Peyerimhoffia; Peyerimhoffia sepei; Enontekiö; Kilpisjärvi; Lapponia; Sodankylä; Utsjoki
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269029; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/841287A5FFECFFDBFE8AFA78BE9DFE3B

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, R1/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