Dasyhelea furva Remm

Dasyhelea furva Remm, 1967: 21 (male, female; Estonia, Russia: North Ossetia); Remm 1979: 51 (Estonia). Dasyhelea bifida: Borkent & Forster 1986: 1283 (male, syn.: = furva, Canada); Szadziewski 1991: 106 (Poland). Nec D. bifida Zilahi-Sebess, 1936 .

Dasyhelea fasciigera: Remm 1962 (partim): 129 (male, Estonia). Nec D. fasciigera Kieffer, 1925 .

Distribution. Estonia, Poland, Russia (North Ossetia), Canada.

Discussion. Our study of D. furva indicate that the evenly bent outer branch of the gonostylus is diagnostic, and suggests it is a valid, distinct species. Therefore, we have removed it from the synonymy with D. bifida Zilahi-Sebess which has a gonostylus that is sharply bent at midlength.

This species is a boreal Holarctic faunal element.