The empidoid flies (Diptera: Empidoidea, exclusive of Dolichopodidae) of the Russian Arctic islands and Svalbard Archipelago Author Shamshev, Igor V. Author Sinclair, Bradley J. 0000-0001-6413-1606 bradley.sinclair@canada.ca Author Khruleva, Olga A. 0000-0001-6602-0053 oa-khruleva@mail.ru text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-07 4848 1 1 75 journal article 8607 10.11646/zootaxa.4848.1.1 47bc051d-f837-48ea-b9da-83558ea1af75 1175-5326 4406987 04C94342-9951-4452-9296-AACBD8956113 Clinocera nivalis (Zetterstedt) ( Fig. 3 ) Hemerodromia nivalis Zetterstedt, 1838: 545 . Type locality: Lapland , (?) Sweden . Other references: Sinclair, 2008: 174 (revision, redescription); Shamshev, 2016: 19 (checklist). Material examined. RUSSIA . Archangelskaya Prov. (Novaya Zemlya Archipelago): Southern coast near Cape Cherny , 21, 29.vii.1911 , Rusakov ( 1 ♂ , 2 ♀ , ZIN ); Eastern coast, Karskie vorota—Matochkin Shar, viii–ix, Rusakov ( 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , ZIN ); Matochkin Shar, brook Nochuev, 22.v.1925 ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ), Vakulenko; Matochkin Shar, 10.vii.1925 , Vakulenko ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ). Chukotka AO (Wrangel Island) : SW mountain Sovetskaya , upper flow of Khrustalnaya River , under snowfield on detritus, 3.viii.1971 , KBG ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ); Mineev Mtns, 5 km N Somnitelnaya , slope, swamp spring, 26.vii.1971 , KBG ( 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , ZIN ); lower flow of Khischniki River , foothills of Mineev Mtns, swamp tundra, 11.vii.1972 , KBG ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); Rogers Bay , small swamp, on surface of water, 20.vii.1971 , KBG ( 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , ZIN ) . Recognition. This species of Clinocera is readily distinguished by the presence of an auxiliary crossvein between R 2+3 and R 4 , lower half of face with silvery pruinescence and a dark ring around the anterior spiracle ( Fig. 3 ). Distribution. A Holarctic species distributed across the subarctic and arctic areas of Eurasia and North America ( Sinclair 2008 ). In Russia , C . nivalis is known from Murmanskaya Province, Novaya Zemlya, north of Yakutia, Chukotka and Wrangel Island. Habitat. On Wrangel Island, this species was collected in various wet habitats. Genus Trichoclinocera Collin