New species and new records of black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from the Viidumäe Nature Reserve, Estonia

  • An inventory of Sciaridae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) from a eutrophic fen and a spring brook in Viidumäe Nature Reserve (Estonia, Saaremaa Island) recorded a total of 60 species, of which 57 are new records for Estonia, including two that are new to science and described herein as Cratyna (Diversicratyna) palustricola sp. nov. (Estonia) and Sciara bryophila sp. nov. (Estonia, Finland). This has raised the number of Sciaridae known from Estonia from 6 to 63.

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Author:Frank Menzel, Jukka Salmela, Pekka Vilkamaa
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-557929
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1115
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (English):European journal of taxonomy : 720:62-76
Series (Serial Number):European journal of taxonomy : EJT (720: 62-76)
Publisher:Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Part of Periodical
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/10/08
Date of first Publication:2020/10/08
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/10/08
Tag:Diptera; Estonia; Europe; Finland; Sciaridae; biodiversity
Page Number:15
First Page:62
Last Page:76
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0