New European records of Ditomyia macroptera Winnertz (Diptera: Ditomyiidae) with notes on its distribution

By

Kurina, Olavi
Chandler, Peter J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-04-24

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

6

Pages

1--8

Subjects

Diptera , Distribution , Ditomyiidae , Europe , mycetophagy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e24857
eLocator: e24857

 

Abstract

Ditomyiamacroptera Winnertz, the rarest European ditomyiid fly, is known only by a few specimens across the collections. Besides a single male specimen from Sakhalin Island, all other documented records are from Central Europe.
New records of Ditomyiamacroptera Winnertz from Bulgaria and France are presented representing the second rearing event after its initial description. Illustrations of the general facies and male terminalia are given. The study of old collection material reveals exclusion of the species from the Belgian list and allows us to discuss the origin of two specimens in the collection of C.R. Osten-Sacken in St. Petersburg, Russia.