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Cratyna (Spathobdella) longispina Pettey 1918

Description

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.

Notes

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

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References

  • Tuomikoski, R. (1960) Zur Kenntnis der Sciariden (Dipt.) Finnlands. Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae Botanicae Fennicae ' Vanamo ', 21, 1 - 164.
  • Menzel, F. & Mohrig, W. (2000) Revision der palaarktischen Trauermucken (Diptera, Sciaridae) [A Revision of the Palaearctic Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae)]. Studia dipterologica Supplement, 6 (1999), 1 - 761.
  • Mohrig, W., Heller, K., Hippa, H., Vilkamaa, P. & Menzel, F. (2013) Revision of the Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of North America. Studia dipterologica, 19 (2012), 141 - 286.
  • Menzel, F., Smith, J. E. & Chandler, P. (2006) The sciarid fauna of the British Isles (Diptera: Sciaridae), including descriptions of six new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 146, 1 - 147.
  • Mohrig, W., Menzel, F. & Kozanek, M. (1992) Neue Trauermucken (Diptera, Sciaridae) aus Nord-Korea und Japan. Dipterological Research, 3, 17 - 32.
  • Heller, K., Vilkamaa, P. & Hippa, H. (2009) An annotated check list of Swedish black fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae). Sahlbergia, 15, 23 - 51.