Description and DNA barcoding of Tipula (Pterelachisus) recondita sp. n. from the Palaearctic region (Diptera, Tipulidae)

By

Pilipenko, Valentin
Salmela, Jukka
Vesterinen, Eero

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

192

Pages

51-65

Subjects

COI , Crane flies , Finland , Russia , taxonomy , Tipulinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.192.2364

 

Abstract

Tipula (Pterelachisus) recondita Pilipenko & Salmela, sp. n. is described. The new species is collected from two localities: Finland, Kittilä (North boreal ecoregion) and Russia, Primorski kray (Zone of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests). Although variation in the structure of male hypopygium between the Finnish and Russian populations is observed, DNA barcode sequences differ only by three nucleotides (0.2 % K2P distance), supporting presence of one widespread species. K2P minimum distances between the new species and 17 other species of the subgenus range from 5.3 to 15.8 % (mean 8.8 %). The new species is forest-dwelling, known from an old-growth herb-rich forest (Finland) and Quercus mongolica forest (Russia). The new species is perhaps closest to T. (P.) imitator Alexander and in lesser extent to T. (P.) pauli Mannheims; the inner gonostylus of both species are illustrated.