Krasheninnikov A.B., Gavrilo M.V., Semenchenko A.A.
В журнале Polar Biology
Год: 2024
Two new localities for Smittia brevipennis from the Franz-Josef Land Archipelago and the Vize Island, Russian Arctic, are reported. A description of larvae and female imago is given. Zero rate of mutations in the gene COI found in specimens from Canada, Alaska, Svalbard, Franz-Josef Land and Vize Island is unique for the Chironomids inhabiting such extensive range and indicates a relatively recent and rapid colonization of the high-Arctic areas by Smittia brevipennis. Possible routes and means of historical dispersal across the circumpolar range of this unusual brachypterous parthenogenetic orthoclad are discussed.
