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Camptochaeta mimica Hippa & Vilkamaa 1994

Description

Camptochaeta mimica Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1994

Literature: Mohrig et al. (2013): 176.

New material [additional to Mohrig et al. (2013)]: 2 males, 27.vii.‒15.ix.1994, Canada, Alberta, Munn Creek, 53.30°N, 118.10°W, spruce forest, Malaise trap, leg. E. Fuller (PWMP).

Comments. The species is very similar to Cam. delicata (Lengersdorf, 1935), but easily to distinguish by two (seldom one) sub-apical spines, directed distinctly towards the apex, not towards the base as in Cam. delicata. This character seems to be typical for all specimens which have been found in Canada and in Norway so far.

Distribution. Holarctic. Europe (Spitsbergen); Canada (Yukon, Alberta).

Notes

Published as part of Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2017, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part III. Genera Camptochaeta Hippa & Vilkamaa, Claustropyga Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig and Dichopygina Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, pp. 301-326 in Zootaxa 4258 (4) on page 309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/570081

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
PWMP
Event date
1994-07-27
Family
Sciaridae
Genus
Camptochaeta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hippa & Vilkamaa
Species
mimica
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1994-07-27/09-15
Taxonomic concept label
Camptochaeta mimica Hippa, 1994 sec. Mohrig & Kauschke, 2017

References

  • Hippa, H. & Vilkamaa, P. (1994) The genus Camptochaeta gen. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 194, 1 - 85.
  • 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 (1 / 2), 141 - 286.