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Revision of Speolepta (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with descriptions of new Nearctic and Oriental species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2012

Jan Ševčík ,
Jostein Kjærandsen  and
Stephen A. Marshall
Jan Ševčík*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic/Silesian Museum, Tyršova 1, CZ-746 01 Opava, Czech Republic
Jostein Kjærandsen
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Helgonavägen 3, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
Stephen A. Marshall
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected])
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Abstract

The cave-living and monobasic fungus gnat genus Speolepta Edwards is reviewed with a description of the first Nearctic species, Speolepta vockerothisp. nov., from Canada (caves in Ontario and British Columbia) and the United States (Alaska). Its morphology, life history, and biology are documented and compared with the single European species Speolepta leptogaster (Winnertz). A further new species, Speolepta orientalissp.nov., is described based on a single male from northern Vietnam, representing the first record of this genus from the Oriental Region.

Résumé

Une révision du genre cavernicole Speolepta Edwards est proposée. Le genre est pour la première fois répertorié dans la région Néarctique avec la description de Speolepta vockerothisp.n. découvert à la fois au Canada (Ontario et Colombie Britanique) et aux États-Unis (Alaska). Des données sur la morphologie, le mode de vie et la biologie de cette espèce sont fournies. La description d'une seconde espèce nouvelle, Speolepta orientalissp.n., est basée sur un unique mâle collecté dans le nord Vietnam, ce qui constitue la première mention du genre dans la région Orientale.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 144 , Issue 1 , 23 February 2012 , pp. 93 - 107
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2012

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