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Issue: Vol. 1527 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1527.1.6
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 36
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Redescription of Tipula octomaculata Savchenko, with notes on related Holarctic species (Diptera, Tipulidae)

Jukka Salmela, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Olli Autio, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Jukka Salmela, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Olli Autio, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Diptera Long-palped craneflies Boreal region Holarctic Pterelachisus

Abstract

Tipula (Pterelachisus) octomaculata Savchenko, 1964 (Diptera, Tipulidae) has hitherto been known only from the type locality in north-western Russia, and no material besides the holotype male has been available for study. In this article we report T. octomaculata for the first time from Finland, redescribe the species and compare its morphological characters with those of related Nearctic species (T. trivittata Say, T. angulata Loew, T. entomophthorae Alexander). The Finnish finding locality in Ks: Taivalkoski, North boreal ecoregion, is briefly discussed.

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