The identification of the species of the ‘ Spilogona contractifrons species-group’ and the ‘ Spilogona nitidicauda species-group’ (Diptera, Muscidae) based on morphological and molecular analysis Author Sorokina, Vera S. 394AB897-8128-49F4-806D-4DF36557C48A Siberian Zoological Museum, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia. sorokinavs@mail.ru Author Shaikevich, Elena V. 39F9E7C8-6761-46C0-BEDE-81F396FBD5AC Laboratory of Insect Genetics, N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkin Street 3, Moscow 119991, Russia. elenashaikevich@mail.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-12-11 484 1 26 journal article 22173 10.5852/ejt.2018.484 e8b76709-abe9-4caf-9bcf-3acad4f144ac 3825664 AA0E7BC2-9407-4EF1-A48D-EE65D0C19C08 Spilogona nitidicauda (Schnabl, 1911) Figs 4B, E, H , 5B, E, H Type locality RUSSIA : Yamalo-Nenetsk AO. Material examined Syntype RUSSIA : 5 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀ , “Karskaja tundra, s. Tobol’s. gub., 21.vii.09, Zaizev” [Yamalo-Nenetskiy AO, east slope of Polar Ural, mouth of the River Kara, ~ 69º02′N , 64º35′E , 21 Jul. 1909 , Zaizev leg.]. 1 ♁, holotype of Limnophora ( Spilogona ) nitidicauda var. depressa Schnabl , same data as for preceding ( ZISP ). Other material examined RUSSIA : 9 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀ , Altai Republic , Kosh-Agach district, Ukok plateau, environs of Muzdy-Bulak lake, 49°17′ N , 87°39′ E , 2450 m a.s.l., 26 Jun. 2005 , 1–2 Jul. 2005 , A. Barkalov and V . Sorokina leg. ( SZMN ); 24 ♁♁ 8 ♀♀ , Altai Republic , Kosh-Agach district, Ukok plateau, environs of Kal’dzhin-Kul’- Bas lake, 49°19′ N , 87°26′ E , 2400–2600 m a.s.l., 17–21 Jul. 2006 , V . Sorokina and T . Novgorodova leg. ( SZMN ); 4 ♁♁ 1 ♀ , Altai Republic , Kosh-Agach district, Ukok plateau, 8 km NW of Maitobe Mountain, 49°34′ N , 87°43′ E , 2400–2500 m a.s.l., 8–10 Jul. 2006 , V . Sorokina leg. ( SZMN ); 12 ♁♁, Altai Republic , Kosh-Agach district, Ukok plateau, Rodonovyi spring, upper part of Zhumaly River, 49°27′ N , 88°03′ E , 2410 m a.s.l., 24 Jun. 2005 , 4 Jul. 2005 , 23–24 Jul. 2006 , V . Sorokina and T . Novgorodova leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁ 1 ♀ , Altai Republic , Kosh-Agach district, upper part of Naryn-Gol River, 49º49′ N , 89º32′ E , 2520 m a.s.l., 15–19 Jul. 2009 , V . Sorokina and T . Novgorodova leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁, Altai Republic , Kosh-Agach district, Severo-Chuyskyi Ridge, valley of Aktru River, 50°06′ N , 87°48′ E , 1865–2064 m a.s.l., 21 Jul. 2013 , T . Novgorodova leg. ( SZMN ); 2 ♀♀ , Altai Republic , Ongudai district, Terektinskiy range, upper part of Bolshoi Yaloman River, 50º28′ N , 86º19′ E , 2200– 2300 m a.s.l., 3 Jul. 2007 , V . Sorokina leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁, Altai Republic , Ulagan district, Kurayskiy range, 50º20′ N , 87º45′ E , 2500–2800 m a.s.l., 29–30 Jun. 2008 , A. Barkalov leg. ( SZMN ); 5 ♁♁ 16 ♀♀ , Altai Republic , Ulagan district, environs of Dzhulukul’ lake, 50º28′ N , 89º46′ E , 2200 m a.s.l., 21 Jul. 2007 , V . Sorokina leg. ( SZMN ); 2 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀ , Altai Republic , Ulagan district, Shapshal’skiy mountain range, upper part of Shuy River, 50º32′ N , 89º48′ E , 2550–2878 m a.s.l., 23–25 Jul. 2007 , V . Sorokina leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁ 1 ♀ , Altai Republic , Ust-Koksa district, 47 km W Ust-Koksa, Krasnaya Mountain, 50°04′ N , 85°13′ E , 2000–2100 m a.s.l., 16 Jul. 2015 , V . Sorokina leg. ( SZMN ); 15 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀ , Chukotka AO, Beringovskii district, 40 km SSW of Beringovskii, 62º43′ N , 178º55′ E , yellow plate trap, 22–23, 26 Jul. 2012 , A. Stekolshchikov leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♀ , Chukotka AO, 30 km NW of Krasneno, Anadyr river, 64º46′ N , 174º8′ E , 15 Jul. 2014 , A. Barkalov leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁, Krasnoyarsk Kray , Taymyr Peninsula, Kuria village, upper part of Pyasina river [ 70°16′ N , 88°30′ E ], alder forest near village, 13 Jul. 1967 , K. Gorodkov leg. ( ZISP ); 1 ♀ , Krasnoyarsk Kray , Taymyr Peninsula, 114 km S of Khatanga, Kotuy river, 71°02′ N , 103°00′ E , 2–5 Jul. 2010 , A. Barkalov leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁ 2 ♀♀ , Nenets AO, Khaypudyrskaya Bay, “Chuba”, 68°16′ N , 59°57′ Е, yellow plate trap, meadow, 6–16 Aug. 2015 , O. Makarova and Bizin leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♁ 1 ♀ , Nenets AO, Bolvanskaya Bay, 68°05′ N , 54°47′ Е, yellow plate trap, anthropogenic meadow, 18–25 Jul. 2015 , O. Makarova and Bizin leg. ( SZMN ); 1 ♀ , Nenets AO, Pakhancheskaya Bay, 68°29′ N , 57°26′ Е, 26 Jul.–5 Aug. 2015 , O. Makarova and Bizin leg. ( SZMN ); 2 ♁♁, Yamalo-Nenets AO, 73 km NE of Labytnangi, Longot’egan river, 67º19′ N , 66º43′ E , 175 m a.s.l., 2, 10 Jul. 2015 , A. Barkalov leg. ( SZMN ). SWEDEN : 1 ♁, Abisko, Nuolja, meadow below Topstation, 19 Jul. 1987 , A. Pont leg. ( SZMN ). Distribution Holarctic Region; in the Palaearctic, from North Scandinavia, Russia and China . Arcto-alpine species.