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 Rhamphomyia ( Dasyrhamphomyia ) hovgaardii Holmgren ( Fig. 12 ) Rhamphomyia hovgaardii Holmgren, 1880: 21 . Type locality (by lectotype designation): Novaya Zemlya Islands , Arkhangelskaya Province , Russia . Other references: Holmgren & Aurivillius, 1883: 162 ; Melander, 1928: 195 (catalogue); Gorodkov & Kovalev, 1969: 629 (key). Rhamphomyia zaitzevi Becker, 1915: 54 . Type-locality (by lectotype designation): upper reaches of the Kara River (about 68°39′N 65°52′E ), Yamalo-Nenets , Russia . Other references: Sinclair et al ., 2019: 17 (synonym, lectotype designation). Rhamphomyia ( Dasyrhamphomyia ) hovgaardi : Frey, 1922: 66 (key); Frey, 1955b: 516 (revision). Rhamphomyia ( Rhamphomyia ) hovgaardi : Chvála & Wagner, 1989: 285 (catalogue); Shamshev, 2001b: 334 (key); Yang et al ., 2007: 183 (catalogue). Rhamphomyia ( Rhamphomyia ) hovgaardii : Shamshev, 2016: 76 (checklist). Rhamphomyia ( Dasyrhamphomyia ) hovgaardii : Shamshev & Sinclair, 2018: 310 (revision, lectotype designated); Sinclair et al ., 2019: 17 (redescription). Rhamphomyia ( Rhamphomyia ) zaitzevi : Shamshev, 2001b: 334 (key). Rhamphomyia zaitsevi . Incorrect subsequent spelling of zaitzevi Becker, 1915 ( Chvála & Wagner, 1989: 292 ; Yang et al ., 2007: 191 ; Shamshev, 2016: 84 ). Material examined. RUSSIA . Krasnoyarskiy Terr. (Dikson Island): small island “Konus”, 31.vii.1948 , Korotkevich ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); marsh in lowland between hills, 30.vii.1948 , Korotkevich ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ). Chukotka AO (Wrangel Island) : middle flow of Neozhidannaya River , 71°01′N 179°09′E , BT 4 , YPT , 12–16.vii.2016 , LFV (1 ♀ , ZIN ); environs of Tundrovaya Mtn , tundra nesting-place of gooses, 18.vii.1972 , KBG ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ); middle flow of Mamontovaya River , N Perkatkun , waterlogged coast, 17.vii.1972 , KBG ( 2 ♂ , 3 ♀ , ZIN ); same locality, small swamp, 29.vii.1972 , KBG ( 1 ♂ , 3 ♀ , ZIN ); same locality, 71°10′N 179°45′W , BT 20 , 12.vii.2006 , OAK ( 3 ♀ , ZIN ); same locality and biotope, Sw , 1.vii.2015 , OAK ( 2 ♂ , 3 ♀ , ZIN ); upper flow of Neizvestnaya River , 71°13′N 179°19′W , BT 12 , PT , 24.vi.–6.vii.2015 , OAK ( 1 ♀ , ZIN ) . Recognition. Large, blackish brown species (wing length 6.3–7 mm ). Male ( Fig. 12 ) eyes holoptic; thorax black setose, scutum densely brownish pruinescent, without distinct vittae; almost all mesonotal setae fine, hair-like (npl usually slightly stronger), long, presutural dc 3–5-serial, acr 2–3-serial; legs robust, entirely dark brown, hind femur entirely setose, hind tibia slender; wing brownish infuscate, halter brown; cerci directed anteriorly, short, prolonged nearly to middle of tergite 5, epandrium brownish. Female wing slightly darker and broader; mid femur with pennate posteroventral setae, hind femur with pennate anterodorsal and posteroventral setae, hind tibia with pennate setae dorsally and ventrally (on about middle). Distribution. Holmgren (1880) described R . hovgaardii from Novaya Zemlya, however, later he noted also Vaygach Island ( Holmgren & Aurivillius 1883 ; see Shamshev & Sinclair 2018 ). Holarctic species; in Eurasia, R . hovgaardii extends across arctic and subarctic Russia , including both continental areas (Taymyr, Yakutia, Chukotka ) and islands (Novaya Zemlya, Vaygach, Wrangel). In North America, this species ranges in the low arctic from the western edge of Hudson Bay to Alaska ( Sinclair et al . 2019 ). Habitat. On Wrangel Island, this species was collected mainly in wet habitats.