Browsing Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum by Author "Dominiak, Patrycja"
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New findings and an overall assessment of Norwegian biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)
Dominiak, Patrycja; Stur, Elisabeth (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-24)Faunistic studies on biting midges conducted mostly in South Norway between 2006 and 2020, as well as a revision of available literature, resulted in a new comprehensive checklist of the species known from mainland Norway. In total, 21 genera and 216 species of Ceratopogonidae have been registered, of which as many as 165 are with Linnaean names. For the remaining 51 species interim names are given ... -
A new species of Dasyhelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), mining the leaves of the floating fern Salvinia minima Baker.
Dominiak, Patrycja; Borkent, Art (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-12)A newly described species, Dasyhelea mesophylla Dominiak and Borkent, from Costa Rica is the first species in this large and diverse family known to be a leaf-miner. The species is described as third and fourth instar larvae, pupa, and male and female adults. The biology of larvae mining the floating leaves of Salvinia minima Baker is also described. The pupa has a distinctive, sharply pointed ... -
A new species of the haematophagous genus Austroconops Wirth & Lee (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Leptoconopinae) from middle Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime, France
Dominiak, Patrycja; Szadziewski, Ryszard; Nel, Andre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-20)<i>Austroconops perrichoti</i>, a new species of biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), is described from uppermost Albian-lowermost Cenomanian amber of Charente-Maritime (NW France), from three female specimens. A similar species, <i>Austroconops borkenti</i> Szadziewski & Schlüter, 1992, from Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian, French amber of Anjou, is redescribed and illustrated. A key to males and ... -
The taxonomic status of two species of predaceous midges in the genera Bezzia and Palpomyia described by STÆGER (1839) in the genus Ceratopogon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Palpomyiini)
Dominiak, Patrycja; Szadziewski, Ryszard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-28)Lectotypes are designated for the predaceous midges, <i>Ceratopogon circumdatus</i> Stæger, 1839, and <i<Ceratopogon binotatus</i> Stæger, 1839 housed in the Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Denmark, and both species are redescribed and photographed. <i>Ceratopogon circumdatus</i> is removed from synonymy with <i>Bezzia solstitialis</i> (Winnertz, 1852) and recognized as a new synonym of <i>Bezzia ... -
An Update and Errata for the Catalog of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Borkent, Art; Dominiak, Patrycja; Díaz, Florentina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-24)A list of corrections as well as the addition of new taxa described since Borkent & Dominiak (2020) published a catalog of the Ceratopogonidae of the world is provided. We record a further 70 extant and 7 fossil species and 2 new fossil genera. Beyond the summary provided by Borkent & Dominiak (2020, Table 1), the family now includes 6276 extant and 303 fossil species and 23 fossil genera. The ...