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Parapiophila pectiniventris Duda

Description

Parapiophila pectiniventris (Duda)

NBP/NIS material examined. 1 ♂ from Yukon Territory: North Fork Pass, (Dempster Hwy nr North Fork Pass, (64.58353°, -138.26843°), 1325m, Repl. 3 mesic, Malaise trap, 27.vi–1.vii.2011, NBP field Party) (LEM).

Comments. Parapiophila pectiniventris is present in the Palaearctic (Ozerov 2004b; Roháček & Ševčik 2009) and in Greenland (Duda 1924). This is the first record from continental North America.

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 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/240714

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Piophilidae
Genus
Parapiophila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Duda
Species
pectiniventris
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Ozerov, A. L. (2004 b) Fauna Europaea: Piophilidae. Fauna Europaea version 1.0. Available from: http: // www. faunaeur. org (accessed 20 June 2014)
  • Rohacek, J. & Sevcik, J. (Eds.) (2009) Diptera of the Pol'ana Protected Landscape Area-Biosphere Reserve (Central Slovakia). SNC SR, Administration of the PLA-BR Pol'ana, Zvolen, 340 pp.
  • Duda, O. (1924) Revision der europaischen u. gronlandischen sowie einiger sudostasiat. Arten der Gattung Piophila Fallen (Dipteren). Konowia, 3, 97 - 113, 153 - 203.