Scientific publications

Polevoi A.V., Pilipenko V.E.

The first record of Tipula apicispina and Tipula stenostyla (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Russian Karelia with new data on their biology

// Zoosystematica Rossica. Vol. 2. 2016. P. 380–386

Keywords: craneflies, Russia, Karelia, bionomics, larval habitats, Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipula, new records

The rare Palaearctic species Tipula apicispina Alexander, 1934 and T. stenostyla Savchenko, 1964 are recorded for the first time from Russian Karelia. The new data on their bionomics are given. The adults were collected with trunk eclector set on a recently fallen aspen trunk. The larvae develop under moss growing on fallen trunks, bases of old standing trees and stumps of hardwoods, as well as on the ground near tree bases.

URL: http://zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2016/zr_2016_25_2_Polevoi.pdf

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