Trichosiopsis fuscipalpa fennica

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Sciaridae
Genus: Trichosiopsis
Species: Trichosiopsis fuscipalpa

Name

Trichosiopsis fuscipalpa fennica  unpublished

Type material

Holotype: ♂, 29.6.–11.7.2014, Malaise trap, leg. Salmela, ZFMK-TIS-2544996 in ZFMK

Type locality

Finland, Lappland, Muonio, Saivokero

Barcoded material

Stadium	Country	Province	Locality	Habitat	Method	Date	Collector	Collection Number	Collection	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation (m)
1 ♂ (holotype)	Finland	Lappland	Muonio, Saivokero		Malaise Trap	29.6.–11.7.2014	Jukka Salmela	ZFMK-TIS-2544996	ZFMK	68,117	24,083	420
1 ♀	Finland	Lappland	Muonio, Saivokero		Malaise Trap	29.6.–11.7.2014	Jukka Salmela	ZFMK-TIS-2544995	ZFMK	68,117	24,083	420
1 ♂	Finland	Ostrobottnia borealis pars borealis	Ylitornio, Mellajoen SSA		Malaise Trap	2.6.–14.6.2015	Jukka Salmela	JS-COI-2016-0117	LMM	66,403	24,595
1 ♂	Finland	Ostrobottnia borealis pars borealis	Ylitornio, Mellajoen SSA		Malaise Trap	2.6.–14.6.2015	Jukka Salmela	JS-COI-2016-0118	LMM	66,403	24,595
1 ♂	Finland	Ostrobottnia borealis pars borealis	Ylitornio, Mellajoen SSA		Malaise Trap	2.6.–14.6.2015	Jukka Salmela	JS-COI-2016-0119	LMM	66,403	24,595
1 ♂	Finland	Ostrobottnia borealis pars borealis	Ylitornio, Mellajoen SSA		Malaise Trap	2.6.–14.6.2015	Jukka Salmela	JS-COI-2016-0120	LMM	66,403	24,595

Diagnosis

This subspecies is mainly based on its unique COI sequence. Tr. fuscipalpa fennica is hardly distinguishable morphologically from Trichosiopsis fuscipalpa fuscipalpa, only the legs appear to be somewhat brighter.

DNA Barcoding

The COI sequence is assigned to BIN BOLD:ACC1319 (average distance 0.13%, max. 0.31%, n=7, K2P: 3.69%).

Discussion

Trichosiopsis fuscipalpa fennica is a boreal variant of the nominotypical subspecies and was to date only found in Finnish Lapland. In the adjacent Norwegian Lapland, however, only the typical form was found. As no intermediate sequences were recorded and the barcoding gap is sufficiently large, the treatment as a distinct, but cryptic, subspecies is justified.

Distribution

Finland.

Images

seen BIN page BOLD:ACC1319