Rhaphium beringiense Negrobov et Vockeroth, 1979

Grichanov, Igor Ya. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2020, New records of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Wrangel Island Nature Reserve (Chukotka AD, Russia), Acta Biologica Sibirica 6, pp. 551-562 : 551

Rhaphium beringiense Negrobov et Vockeroth, 1979

Reference.

Grichanov and Khruleva 2018: 41, Fig. 6 .

Material.

1♂, 1♀, Upper reaches of the Neizvestnaya River, 71°13'N, 179°19'W, low pebble floodplain with oozy alluviums and sparse plant beds, yellow pan traps, 6- 13.07.2015, O.A. Khruleva ; 2♂, environs of Tundrovaya Mt. , loamy high shorewith sparse grass and wormwood cover, yellow pan traps, 6- 9.07.2019, U.V. Babiy .

Notes.

The species was previously collected at the Upper reaches of the Neizvestnaya River ( Grichanov and Khruleva 2018) and at the Ushakovskoe village ( Negrobov et al. 2012). It is found at the environs of Tundrovaya Mt. for the first time (Fig. 2 ).

Distribution.

Type locality: Russia: Magadan oblast, Hazjin river. Palaearctic: Russia (Altai Republic, Kamchatka, Magadan, Taimyria, Wrangel Island); Nearctic: USA (Alaska).

Figures

Figure 2. Environs of Tundrovaya Mt. Loamy high shore with a sparse grass and wormwood cover; a site where Chrysotus komovi and Rhaphium beringiense were collected. Photo by U. V. Babiy.

Figure 6. Upper reaches of the Neizvestnaya River. " Tundra-steppe " plant community; a site where Rhaphium tripartitum was collected. Photo by O. A. Khruleva.