Neuratelia nemoralis (Meigen, 1818)

Kurina, Olavi, Ounap, Erki & Poldmaa, Kadri, 2015, Two new Neuratelia Rondani (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) species from Western Palaearctic: a case of limited congruence between morphology and DNA sequence data, ZooKeys 496, pp. 105-129 : 116-118

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Mycetophilidae

Neuratelia nemoralis (Meigen, 1818) Figs 19, 22, 23, 25, 27

Studied material.

FINLAND. 1♂, Lkor: Savukoski, Törmäoja, Malaise trap, 67°50'48,5"N, 029°28'20,8"E, 14. vi– 10.vii.2012, J. Salmela leg. (MYCE-JS-2013-0095 in ZMUT, in alcohol with terminalia in glycerine); 1♂, Lkor: Sodankylä, Tarmpomapää, Malaise trap, 67°59'14,0"N, 025°55'09,4"E, 1.-29.ii.2009, J. Salmela leg. (MYCE-JS-2013-0235 in ZMUT, in alcohol with terminalia in glycerine); 1♂, Ab: Turku, Pomponrahka, Malaise trap, 2011, J. Salmela leg., (IZBE0200286, in alcohol with terminalia in glycerine). ESTONIA. 2♂♂, Matsalu NP, Matsalu village, window trap, 58°44'04"N, 023°42'42"E, 29. v– 17.vi.2009, I. Süda leg. (IZBE0200275, IZBE0200276, in alcohol); 7♂♂, Palupõhja, Kaha (ME 57), Malaise trap, 58°25'54,68"N, 026°14'28,90"E, 31. v– 15.vi.2009, V. Soon leg. (IZBE0200277- IZBE0200282, in alcohol; IZBE0200283, slide mounted in Euparal). SLOVAKIA. 1♂, NP Slovenský raj, Javorina Mt., sweeping, 48°53'23,1"N, 020°15'20,8"E, 1112 m a.s.l., 4.vi.2009, O. Kurina leg (IZBE0200284, in alcohol with terminalia in glycerine; earlier published in Ševčík and Kurina 2011: 101). GREECE. 1♂, Central Macedonia, Kerkini lakes area, Vironia village, Beabies site, 41°19'15,4"N, 023°13'39,6"E, 1150 m a.s.l., Malaise trap, 19.-25.v.2008, G. Ramel leg. (IZBE0200285, in alcohol with terminalia in glycerine).

Specific discussion.

This is a widely distributed species in the Palaearctic region ( Zaitzev 1994, Sasakawa 2004, Chandler 2013), and as far as we know supposed to extend also to North America ( Laffoon 1965, Chandler 2013). The species was first reported from the Nearctic region by Coquillett (1900: 391) and thereafter by Johannsen (1911: 264, Fig. 145) and Fisher (1937: 171, Plate 12: Fig. 12), while all subsequently published information is of secondary nature. However, Fisher (1937: 171) already questioned conspecificity of the Nearctic material and as far as we can judge from the figures of both authors, these represent a different species. Thus, the occurrence of Neuratelia nemoralis in the Nearctic region remains open with need for the future study.