@article {60295, title = {Revision of the Exechia parva group (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {9}, year = {2021}, pages = {e67134}, abstract = {

Exechia is a diverse genus of small fungus gnats, widespread in the Holarctic Region, while the fauna is largely unknown elsewhere, such as in the Afrotropical and Oriental Region. Members of Exechia can be arranged into several species groups, based on homologies in the male and female terminalia. The Exechia parva group is delimited, based on male terminalia possessing a pair of gonocoxal lobes on the apicoventral gonocoxal margin. Eight previously-described species can be placed in this group, of which six are from the Holarctic Region, while one is recorded each from the Oriental and the Afrotropical Regions.The Exechia parva group was reviewed and found to include 33 species, of which 24 were described as new to science and six were re-described. Identification keys to 32 species for males and nine species for females are provided together with illustrations and photos of male and female terminalia. Species delimitations were based on morphological examination of 94 male and female specimens, as well as DNA barcodes obtained from 124 specimens. Molecular and morphological species delimitations were mostly congruent, except in two cases where two species were delimited within a single Barcode Index Number (BIN). We found that each species is only known from a single zoogeographical region and that several species complexes are largely congruent with zoogeographical divisions, indicating that intercontinental barriers may have a strong impact on the species diversity of the group.

}, keywords = {DNA barcodes, Exechia, fungus gnats, parva, repanda, Taxonomy}, issn = {1314-2836}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.9.e67134}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e67134}, author = {Jon Peder Lindemann and Geir S{\o}li and Jostein Kj{\ae}randsen} } @article {60142, title = {Coelosynapha, a new genus of the subfamily Gnoristinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) with a circumpolar, Holarctic distribution}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {8}, year = {2020}, month = {Oct-09-2020}, pages = {1-28}, abstract = {

Background
The subfamily Gnoristinae is one of the most diverse and taxonomically difficult subfamilies of Mycetophilidae, with new species and genera being described almost every year from various parts of the world. Through inventories of fungus gnats in the Nordic Region and Russia, a genus and species new to science was discovered, yet with links back to an illustration made by the late French entomologist Lo\ïc Matile in the 1980s. DNA barcoding aligned it with yet another species new to science, distributed across Canada and documented through The Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) by Paul D. N. Hebert and colleagues at the BOLD team.

New information
The new Holarctic genus, Coelosynapha gen. n. is described, consisting of two new species, the Palaearctic Coelosynapha loici sp. n. and the Nearctic Coelosynapha heberti sp. n. DNA-barcodes assign the two new species to distinctly separated (8.27\% p-distance) Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) which are most closely aligned to unidentified species of Mycetophilidae from South Australia and Costa Rica on BOLD. The new genus shows morphological characteristics in between the two Holarctic genera Coelosia Winnertz, 1864 and Synapha Meigen, 1818 and further shows affinity to the southern continents genus Austrosynapha Tonnoir, 1929. The Palaearctic Coelosynapha loici sp. n., for which habitat requirements are best documented, is largely restricted to pristine, old-growth conifer (mostly spruce, Picea abies ssp. obovata) forests within the boreal vegetation zone, although it is also recorded from hummock tundra along the Anadyr River in Far East Russia.

}, issn = {1314-2836}, doi = {BDJ.8.e54834.figure110.3897}, url = {https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/54834/}, author = {Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein and Polevoi, Alexei and Salmela, Jukka} } @article {60135, title = {New European records of Ditomyia macroptera Winnertz (Diptera: Ditomyiidae) with notes on its distribution}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {6}, year = {2018}, month = {Dec-04-2019}, pages = {e24857}, abstract = {

Ditomyia macroptera Winnertz, the rarest European ditomyiid fly, is known only by a few specimens across the collections. Besides a single male specimen from Sakhalin Island, all other documented records are from Central Europe.

}, issn = {1314-2836}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.6.e24857}, url = {https://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24857}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Chandler, Peter} } @article {57397, title = {New and poorly known Palaearctic fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {5}, year = {2017}, month = {Jun-03-2017}, pages = {1-48}, abstract = {

Background
Fungus gnats (Sciaroidea) are a globally species rich group of lower Diptera. In Europe, Fennoscandian peninsula in particular holds a notable diversity, ca. 1000 species, of which 10 \% are still unnamed. Fungus gnats are predominantly terrestrial insects, but some species dwell in wetland habitats.
New information
Eight new fungus gnat species, belonging to the families Keroplatidae (Orfelia boreoalpina Salmela sp.n.) and Mycetophilidae (Sciophila holopaineni Salmela sp.n., S. curvata Salmela sp.n., Boletina sasakawai Salmela \& Kolcsár sp.n., B. norokorpii Salmela \& Kolcsár sp.n., Phronia sompio Salmela sp.n., P. reducta Salmela sp.n., P. prolongata Salmela sp.n.), are described. Four of the species are known from Fennoscandia only whilst two are supposed to have boreo-alpine disjunct ranges, i.e. having populations in Fennoscandia and the Central European Alps. One of the species probably has a boreal\ range (Finnish Lapland and Central Siberia). Type material of Boletina curta Sasakawa \& Kimura from Japan was found to consist of two species, and a further species close to these taxa is described from Finland. Phronia elegantula Hackman is redescribed and reported for the first time from Norway. DNA barcodes are provided for the first time for five species.

}, issn = {1314-2836}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.5.e11760}, url = {http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11760}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Kolcs{\'a}r, Levente-P{\'e}ter} } @article {56246, title = {Ctenosciara alexanderkoenigi sp. n. (Diptera: Sciaridae), an exotic invader in Germany?}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {4}, year = {2016}, month = {01/04/2016}, pages = {e6460}, abstract = {

A new species of the genus Ctenosciara Tuomikoski, 1960 is here described based upon a single specimen, obtained from collectings in the garden at Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn. Ctenosciara alexanderkoenigi sp. n. differs from all other congeneric European species by its striking coloration and distinct male genitalia. However, DNA barcoding reveals associations with two specimens from New Zealand. Therefore a recent migration of Ctenosciara species from the Australasian Region, the likely center of origin of the genus, is discussed. A key to the European species of Ctenosciara is provided. Barcoding results reveale that Ctenosciara exigua is not clearly distinguished from Ctenosciara hyalipennis by its COI sequence (both share the same BIN BOLD:AAH3983) and that its species status may be questionable.

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, Faunistics, identification key, invasive species, new species}, isbn = {1314-28361314-2828}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.4.e6460}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e6460}, author = {Heller, Kai and Rulik, Bj{\"o}rn} } @article {56174, title = {New and poorly known Holarctic species of Boletina Staeger, 1840 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {4}, year = {2016}, month = {01/2016}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Suuronen, Anna and Kaunisto, Kari M} } @article {55259, title = {Additions to the list of Finnish Bibionomorpha (Diptera, Nematocera)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {3}, year = {2015}, doi = {doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5228}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Kaunisto, Kari M} } @article {55243, title = {First record of Neoempheria Osten Sacken (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) biology in the Neotropical region, with associations between its larvae and fungi}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, year = {2015}, author = {Sarah Siqueira Oliveira and Fabiano Fabian Albertoni and Christopher James Borkent and Dalton Souza Amorim} } @article {51761, title = {A new Neoplatyura Malloch from Finland (Diptera, Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {2: e1323}, year = {2014}, abstract = {

The genus Neoplatyura Malloch is globally represented by 50 species, of which four are European species. In this article a new European Neoplatyura from Finland is described. The new species, Neoplatyura noorae Salmela, sp. n. is a dark brown species with tibial bristles arranged in rows. The new species is here reported from seven localities in Finnish Lapland. Based on available data, the new species occurs in mires, especially in calcareous rich fens.

}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.2.e1323}, url = {http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1323\&display_type=list\&element_type=9}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Suuronen, Anna} } @article {51744, title = {Recent noteworthy findings of fungus gnats from Finland and northwestern Russia (Diptera: Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {2}, year = {2014}, month = {Feb-04-2014}, pages = {e1068}, issn = {1314-2836}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.2.e1068}, url = {http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1068}, author = {Salmela, Jukka and Jakovlev, Jevgeni and Polevoi, Alexei and Penttinen, Jouni and Vartija, Noora-Annukka} } @article {50914, title = {A new species of Lygistorrhina Skuse (Diptera: Sciaroidea: Lygistorrhinidae) from South Africa}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {1}, year = {2013}, month = {16/09/2013}, pages = {e962}, abstract = {

A new species of Lygistorrhina (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Lygistorrhinidae) from South Africa is described and a key for Afrotropical species of the genus is provided.

}, keywords = {Lygistorrhinidae, new species, South Africa, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.1.e962}, url = {http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/articles.php?id=962}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Papp, Laszlo and Hippa, Heikki} }