Author(s): Popov, A.
Title: Neuropterida of northern Europe
Year: 2002
Volume: 48
Pages: 281-291.
Abstract: The collections of Neuropterida (Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Neuroptera) from Northern Europe in the museums in Denmark, Sweden and Finland were revised or identified. Many species are established for the first time in some provinces. Chrysopa commata, Chrysopa formosa, Peyerimhoffina gracilis and Nineta pallida are added to the species hitherto known in the area. So far, 82 species are known from Northern Europe. Of the individual national faunas that of Sweden has the most complete subset, 76 species, due to the presence of the tundral fauna in Lappmark (Sialis sibirica) and the thermophilous fauna in the southern provinces Skane and Smaland (Osmylus fulvicephalus) and the islands of Öland and Gotland (Aleuropteryx loewii). The territory of Denmark is not a part of the coniferous forest zone but belongs to the deciduous forest zone. Expectedly, some species, absent in Scandinavia, occur in Denmark (Sialis nigripes, Helicoconis hirtinervis, Hypochrysa elegans), while other species, typical for the taiga, do not occur here (Sialis sordida, Raphidia ophiopsis, Hemerobius simulans, Wesmaelius mortoni). Norway and Finland have a reduced Swedish fauna. Chrysopa dasyptera from Finland is the only species in the two countries which does not occur in Sweden.
Keywords: distribution, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, zoogeography, Northern Europe
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I., Peregovits, L. & Sziráki, Gy.
