Small flies with high conservation value: first reliable record of Hyperoscelis veternosa (Diptera, Canthyloscelidae) from Romania supported by DNA barcode data

By

Keresztes, Lujza
Terec, Andrei Bogdan
Jancsó, Boróka-Zsuzsánna
Dénes, Avar Lehel
Dénes, Anna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-6-30

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

66

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

165--171

Subjects

Canthyloscelidae , Conservation , DNA barcode data , new record , relict species , the Carpathians , virgin forests

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.66.e105107

 

Abstract

Here we present the first reliable record of the rare Hyperoscelis veternosa Mamaev and Krivosheina, 1969 from the headwaters area of the Someșul River, Apuseni Natural Park, Romania. Species level identification was made by detailed examination of the single female genitalia, supported by DNA barcode data. The new finding confirms the presence of the species in Romania, whereas a very old, single and doubtful record from the Bucharest area dates back to 1900 needs further confirmation. The presence of the second species of genus Hyperoscelis from Romania is of high conservation value, and confirm the persistence of a relict biodiversity of an old-growth forests-spot in the Carpathians.