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Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Boreopiophila tomentosa Frey

Description

Boreopiophila tomentosa Frey

NBP/NIS material examined. 6 ♂, 5 ♀ from the following sites: Nunavut: Kugluktuk; Yukon Territory: North Fork Pass (vii.1949, 1952, 2011) (CNC, LEM).

Comments. Boreopiophila tomentosa is known, but rare, from the northern Nearctic (McAlpine 1977) and in Finland (Frey 1930).

Notes

Published as part of Rochefort, Sabrina & Wheeler, Terry A., 2015, Diversity of Piophilidae (Diptera) in northern Canada and description of a new Holarctic species of Parapiophila McAlpine, pp. 229-240 in Zootaxa 3925 (2) on page 231, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/240714

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Piophilidae
Genus
Boreopiophila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Frey
Species
tomentosa
Taxon rank
species

References

  • McAlpine, J. F. (1977) A revised classification of the Piophilidae, including ' Neottiophilidae' and ' Thyreophoridae' (Diptera: Schizophora). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 103, 1 - 66. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 109103 fv
  • Frey, R. (1930) Neue Diptera brachycera aus Finnland und angrenzenden Landern. Notulae Entomologicae, 10, 82 - 94.