Details for Dicranota (Dicranota) polaris

Name: Dicranota (Dicranota) polaris (Riedel, 1919) Publication: Zap. Ross. Akad. Nauk (8) 28(8): 1 (as Rhicnoptila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Pediciidae Subfamily Pediciinae Descriptive note: Lectotype designation: Savchenko and Kandybina, 1987a. Type-material: Blech and Rohlfien, 1987. habitus male wing Distribution: Russia: WS (north), ES (north) (north Siberia from Polar Ural to Taymyr). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Russia Habitat. Oosterbroek et al., 2007: 26 (in the typical tundra subzone of the Taimyr Peninsula the species is usually abundant near water biotopes, presumably in shingle and uliginous shoals of rivulets and small rivers (Lantsov & Chernov, 1987).