Details for Symplecta (Symplecta) sheldoni

Name: Symplecta (Symplecta) sheldoni (Alexander, 1955) Publication: Misc. Publs Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 90: 28 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): rotundiloba Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Revision: Stary and Brodo, 2009. Descriptive note: Type-material and synonymy: Stary and Brodo, 2009. Keys: Oosterbroek et al., 2007 (Limoniidae Greenland); Stary and Brodo, 2009 (Arctic Symplecta s. str.) hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium ovipositor wing plus one additional image of habitat. Distribution: Canada, USA (Alaska, Yukon);; Russia: FE (Chukotkskiy AO (incl. Vrangelya Is [Wrangel Is])); Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia. Region(s): Nearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Distribution after Stary and Brodo, 2009. Map: Oosterbroek et al., 2007 (Greenland) (based on a misidentication by Stary, refers to scotica; see Stary and Brodo, 2009) Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1955f (orig descr); Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001 (as rotundiloba) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1955f (orig descr); Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001 (as rotundiloba); Oosterbroek et al., 2007 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Greenland Habitat. Oosterbroek et al., 2007: 26 (information is available for Chukotkskiy AO only: tundra Salix communities along river (Savchenko & Parkhomenko, 1980)). Mongolia Habitat. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 45-47 (collected by sweeping short Salix, Potentilla shrubs, Larix trees and grasses along glacial fed rivers) (as rotundiloba). Habitat. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 290, 296 (habitat preference: 100% lotic) (as rotundiloba). Russia Habitat. Khruleva and Devyatkov, 2019: 64-65 (loc(s) and info on Wrangel Is and distr) (in Russian). Biology. Khruleva et al., 2024: App. (on Wrangel Is collected on gravel floodplains in areas with different climatic conditions, see habitat photo); loc(s) from Wrangel Is with detailed habitat info). Biology. Khruleva et al., 2025: 153-168 (on features of the faunal composition and spatial distribution on Wrangel Is; see paper for details). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Greenland Key. Oosterbroek et al., 2007: 6-11 (key, figs). Mongolia Taxonomy. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 45-47 (type-mat, orig descr, and figs of rotundiloba; synonymy: Stary and Brodo, 2009). USA Revision. Stary and Brodo, 2009: 2-5, 11, 16-21 (revision, type-mat, synonymy, descr, key, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada First record. Stary and Brodo, 2009: 17-19 (loc(s) Yukon). Greenland Misinterpretation. Oosterbroek et al., 2007: 5, 12, 23-26 (Greenland material refers to scotica; see Stary and Brodo, 2009). Mongolia First record. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 45-47 (type-loc(s) rotundiloba). Distribution. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 290, 296 (loc(s)) (as rotundiloba). Distribution. Stary and Brodo, 2009: 17-19 (type-loc(s) rotundiloba, loc(s)). Russia Distribution. Stary and Brodo, 2009: 17-19 (loc(s) Chukotkskiy AO). Distribution. Khruleva and Devyatkov, 2019: 64-65 (loc(s) and info on Wrangel Is and distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Khruleva et al., 2024: 327, App. (loc(s) Wrangel Is, review references, distr). USA Distribution. Stary and Brodo, 2009: 17-19 (type-loc(s), loc(s), distr). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Stary and Brodo, 2009: month(s): 7. Mongolia Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: month(s): 7. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: month(s): 7. Stary and Brodo, 2009: month(s): 7. Russia Stary and Brodo, 2009: month(s): 7. Khruleva and Devyatkov, 2019: month(s): 6-7. Khruleva et al., 2024: month(s): (6)-7. USA Stary and Brodo, 2009: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Mongolia Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: altitude: 1705-1740 m. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: altitude: 1705-1740 m. Stary and Brodo, 2009: altitude: 1705-1740 m. Russia Khruleva and Devyatkov, 2019: altitude: 115 m.