• Coelosynapha, a new genus of the subfamily Gnoristinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) with a circumpolar, Holarctic distribution 

      Kjærandsen, Jostein; Polevoi, Alexei; Salmela, Jukka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-10)
      <i>Background</i> - The subfamily Gnoristinae is one of the most diverse and taxonomically difficult subfamilies of Mycetophilidae, with new species and genera being described almost every year from various parts of the world. Through inventories of fungus gnats in the Nordic Region and Russia, a genus and species new to science was discovered, yet with links back to an illustration made by the late ...
    • Descriptions of Brachypogon surma sp. n. from Finland and B. singularis (Santos Abreu, 1918) from the Canary Islands (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) 

      Dominiak, Patrycja; Szadziewski, Ryszard; Salmela, Jukka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      A new species Brachypogon (Isohelea) surma sp. n., with unique, leaf-like parameres, is described from Finnish Lapland based on males. Illustrations and COI sequences of this species are also provided. Females and males of Brachypogon (I.) singularis (Santos Abreu, 1918) from the Canary Islands are redescribed, a neotype is designated, and Ceratolophus rufigastris Santos Abreu, 1918 and Ceratolophus ...
    • The fly specimen that awaited a growing barcode community to be dusted off the shelves and given a name. The online barcode library facilitates the description of new Diptera genus with circumpolar Holarctic distribution 

      Kjærandsen, Jostein; Polevoi, Alexei; Salmela, Jukka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-04)
      While it can take an average of 21 years between the discovery and description of a new species1, the challenges of relating known taxa and the scarcity of high-quality specimens make the description of a new genus even more difficult and time-consuming. Our paper recently published in the Biodiversity Data Journal introduced a new fungus gnat genus – <i>Coelosynapha</i> – demonstrating that despite ...
    • A molecular-based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland 

      Roslin, Tomas; Somervuo, Panu; Pentinsaari, Mikko; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Agda, Jireh; Ahlroth, Petri; Anttonen, Perttu; Aspi, Jouni; Blagoev, Gergin; Blanco, Santiago; Chan, Dean; Clayhills, Tom; deWaard, Jeremy; deWaard, Stephanie; Elliot, Tyler; Elo, Riikka; Haapala, Sami; Helve, Eero; Ilmonen, Jari; Hirvonen, Petri; Ho, Chris; Itämies, Juhani; Ivanov, Vladislav; Jakovlev, Jevgeni; Juslén, Aino; Jussila, Reijo; Kahanpää, Jere; Kaila, Lauri; Kaitila, Jari-Pekka; Kakko, Ari; Kakko, Iiro; Karhu, Ali; Karjalainen, Sami; Kjærandsen, Jostein; Koskinen, Janne; Laasonen, Erkki M.; Laasonen, Leena; Laine, Erkka; Lampila, Petri; Levesque-Beaudin, Valerie; Lu, Liuqiong; Lähteenaro, Meri; Majuri, Pekka; Malmberg, Sampsa; Manjunath, Ramya; Martikainen, Petri; Mattila, Jaakko; McKeown, Jaclyn; Metsälä, Petri; Miklasevskaja, Margarita; Miller, Meredith; Miskie, Renee; Muinonen, Arto; Mukkala, Veli-Matti; Naik, Suresh; Nikolova, Nadia; Nupponen, Kari; Ovaskainen, Otso; Österblad, Ika; Paasivirta, Lauri; Pajunen, Timo; Parkko, Petri; Paukkunen, Juho; Penttinen, Ritva; Perez, Kate; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko; Prosser, Sean; Raekunnas, Martti; Rahulan, Miduna; Rannisto, Meeri; Ratnasingham, Sujeevan; Raukko, Pekka; Rinne, Aki; Rintala, Teemu; Miranda Romo, Susana; Salmela, Jukka; Salokannel, Juha; Savolainen, Riitta; Schulman, Leif; Sihvonen, Pasi; Soliman, Dina; Sones, Jayme; Steinke, Claudia; Ståhls, Gunilla; Tabell, Jukka; Tiusanen, Mikko; Várkonyi, Gergely; Vesterinen, Eero J.; Viitanen, Esko; Vikberg, Veli; Viitasaari, Matti; Vilen, Jussi; Warne, Connor; Wei, Catherine; Winqvist, Kaj; Zakharov, Evgeny; Mutanen, Marko (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-25)
      To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge, we need reference sequences annotated by Linnaean taxonomy. In this study, we (1) report the creation of a comprehensive reference library of DNA barcodes for the arthropods of an entire country (Finland), (2) publish this library, and (3) deliver a new identification tool for insects and spiders, as based on ...
    • A Rarely Seen Taxonomic Revision with Immense Value for 41 Years and Counting: Reflections on the 1981 Monograph of Trichonta Winnertz, 1864 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) by Raymond Gagné, with an Integrative Revision of the Trichonta Vulcani (Dziedzicki, 1889) Species Complex. 

      Kjærandsen, Jostein; Jakovlev, Jevgeni; Polevoi, Alexei; Salmela, Jukka; Kurina, Olavi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-08)
      We celebrate Raymond J. Gagné for his contributions to taxonomy of the Mycetophilidae (Diptera), specifically for his forty-one-years-old monograph of Holarctic Trichonta Winnertz, 1864 that is still the primary source used for species identification in the genus. We briefly reflect on his monograph´s impact and demonstrate by use of recent DNA barcode data extracted from BOLD Systems (BOLD) ...