Three new species of Boletina Staeger fungus gnats were discovered during the first collection season in a forest of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lambert) and white pine (Pinus strobus L.) in the western Lower Peninsula of Michigan. None was observed during almost 10 years of trapping in a nearby swamp dominated by deciduous rather than evergreen trees despite separation of the habitats by less than 1 km. Boletina peninsula Taber belongs to the Boletina nitida Grzegorzek species group. The closest relatives of Boletina autumna Taber and Boletina ursa Taber have not been determined.
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1 June 2016
Three New Species of Boletina Staeger Fungus Gnats with Notes on the Nearctic Members of the Boletina nitida Grzegorzek Species Group
Stephen W. Taber
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Southwestern Entomologist
Vol. 41 • No. 2
June 2016
Vol. 41 • No. 2
June 2016