An unusually rich scuttle fly fauna (Diptera, Phoridae) from north of the Arctic Circle in the Kola Peninsula, N. W. Russia

Abstract

64 species of Phoridae, in 6 genera, are reported from the Kola Peninsula, north of the Arctic Circle. The new species Megaselia elenae and Megaselia kozlovi are described. 33 species of Megaselia, only known from females, are given code numbers. Keys to the species of all the females of Megaselia and Phora are provided; and also a key to the males European Megaselia species with a notopleural cleft.

Checklist of the families Lonchopteridae and Phoridae of Finland (Insecta, Diptera)

“…W. Hackman) and possibly Megaselia sp. 24 of Disney (2013) (Finland, Muonio, leg. J. Sahlberg and Russia, Kola, Kantalahti, leg.…”