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 Trichoclinocera lapponica (Ringdahl) ( Figs 4, 5 ) Atalanta lapponica Ringdahl, 1933: 281 . Type locality (by lectotype designation): Tjuonjatjakko, Sweden . Other references: Chvála & Wagner, 1989: 335 (catalogue). Trichoclinocera lapponica : Sinclair, 1994: 1023 (revision, lectotype designation, redescription). Material examined. CANADA . Quebec [new records since Sinclair (1994) ]: 10 km SW Tasiujaq , trib. of Finger River , 17.viii.1996 , B.J. Sinclair ( 7 ♂ , CNC ) . RUSSIA . Chukotka AO ( Wrangel Island ): middle flow of Neozhidannaya River , 71°01′N , 179°09′W , BT , YPT , 8–9.vii.2019 , OAK ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ); Somnitelnaya River , on water, water temperature +5, air temperature +2.5, 3.viii.1971 , KBG ( 10 ♂ , 3 ♀ , ZIN ); same locality, under pebble near water, 3.viii.1971 , KBG ( 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , ZIN ); SW Sovetskaya Mtn , upper flow of Khrustalnaya River , 3.viii.1971 , KBG ( 2 ♂ , 12 ♀ , ZIN ); same locality, snowfield, on water, air temperature +3, water temperature +7, snowfall, 4.viii.1971 , KBG , Chelnokov ( 1 ♂ , 7 ♀ , ZIN ); environs of Tundrovaya Mtn , 71°17.863′N , 179°47.875′W , BT 2 , YPT , 7–11.vii.2019 , U. V . Babiy ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ); middle flow of Mamontovaya River , N Perkatkun , on emergent stone in river, 29.vii.1972 , KBG ( 3 ♂ , 1 ♀ , ZIN ) . Recognition. Among clinocerines, Trichoclinocera is distinguished by the presence of setae on vein R 1 . This species is distinguished readily by its dorsoventrally flattened tarsomeres 4 and 5, convex face and small eyes ( Figs 4, 5 ). Distribution. Holarctic species known from northern Finland and Sweden as well as it is widespread throughout the arctic region of North America ( Sinclair 1994 ); recorded for the first time from the territory of Russia . Habitat. On Wrangel Island, this species was collected mainly on pebble floodplains, near water.