Olavi Kurina

Olavi Kurina (born 1966), Estonian entomologist (Diptera).

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5 D, 51014 Tartu, Estonia.

Author abbreviation: Kurina

Taxon names authored

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Hippa, H. & Kurina, O. 2012. New species and new records of Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with a key to the species. Zootaxa 3455: 1–48. Preview Reference page.
Kruina, O. 2012. Description of four new species of Zygomyia Winnertz from Ethiopia and Uganda (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). African Invertebrates 53(1): 205–220. DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0113 Reference page.
Subbotina, E. & Kurina, O. 2012. Notes on the collection of fungus gnats left by the late Prof. Galina Petrovna Ostroverkhova with a new specific synonymy in the genus Mycetophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Zootaxa 3590: 86–88. Preview Reference page.

Disney, R.H.L., Kurina, O., Tedersoo, L. & Cakpo, Y. 2013. Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from fungi in Benin. African Invertebrates 54(2): 357–371. DOI: 10.5733/afin.054.0204 . Reference page.
Hippa, H. & Kurina, O. 2013. New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 3686(2): 101–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.1 Reference page.

Jürgenstein, S., Kurina, O. & Põldmaa, K. 2015. The Mycetophila ruficollis Meigen (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) group in Europe: elucidating species delimitation with COI and ITS2 sequence data. Zookeys 508: 15–51. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.508.9814 Full article. Reference page.
Kurina, O. & Hippa, H. 2015. A review of the South Pacific Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with the description of thirteen new species. Zootaxa 4020(2): 257–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Kurina, O. & Oliveira, S.S. 2013. The first Cordyla Meigen species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from continental Australia and Tasmania. ZooKeys 342: 29–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.342.6045 Reference page.
Kurina, O. & Oliveira, S.S. 2015. A new case of an Holarctic element in the Colombian Andes: first record of Cordyla Meigen (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Neotropical region. Zookeys 520: 87–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.520.6142 Full article. Reference page.
Kurina, O., Õunap, E., Põldmaa, K. 2015. Two new Neuratelia Rondani (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) species from Western Palaearctic: a case of limited congruence between morphology and DNA sequence data. Zookeys 496: 105–129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.496.9315 Reference page.

Hippa, H., Kurina, O. & Sääksjärvi, I.E. 2017. The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Peruvian Amazonia, with description of sixteen new species and notes on local species richness. Zootaxa 4236(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.1. Reference page.
Kurina, O., Hippa, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2017. New species and new records of Manota Williston from Colombia, Brazilian Amazonia, and Costa Rica (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). ZooKeys 668: 83—105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.668.11350. Reference page.
Kurina, O., Mantič, M. & Ševčík, J. 2017. A remarkable new genus of Keroplatidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Afrotropical region, with DNA sequence data. African Invertebrates 58(1): 93–105. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr..12655. Reference page.

Kurina, O. 2018. A new peculiar species of Anaclileia Meunier (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Georgia, Transcaucasia. Entomologica Fennica 29(4), 153–160. Online. Reference page.
Kurina, O. & Chandler, P. 2018. New European records of Ditomyia macroptera Winnertz (Diptera: Ditomyiidae) with notes on its distribution. Biodiversity Data Journal 6(e24857), 1–8. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24857 Reference page.
Kurina, O., Hippa, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2018. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 4472(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.1 Reference page.
Sammet, K., Ivask, M. & Kurina, O. 2018. A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda). ZooKeys 793: 63–96. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.793.28050 Reference page.

Hippa, H., Søli, G. & Kurina, O. 2019. New data on the genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Africa, with an updated key to the species. Zootaxa 4652(3): 401–441. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.1 Reference page.
Kurina, O., Hippa, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2019. Notes on Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4555(3): 385–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.7 Reference page.
Kurina, O. & Knutson, L. 2019. First record of Pherbellia shatalkini Rozkošný (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) from Mongolia, with a redescription of the male genitalia. Zootaxa 4567(3): 587–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.11 Reference page.

Kurina, O. 2020. New species and new records of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4722(3): 339–351. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.3.3 Reference page.
Kurina, O. 2020. Three new species and new records of Clastobasis Skuse (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Japan and the Kuril Islands. Zootaxa 4810(3): 589–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.13 Reference page.
Sammet, K., Kurina, O. & Klompen, H. 2020. The first Nearctic record of the genus Neocheiridium (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheiridiidae), with description of Neocheiridium gullahorum sp. n. Biodiversity Data Journal, 8: e48278. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e48278 Reference page.

Kurina, O. 2021. A contribution towards checklist of fungus gnats (Diptera, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) in Georgia, Transcaucasia. ZooKeys 1026: 69–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1026.63749 Reference page.
Sammet, K., Orgusaar, G., Ivask, M. & Kurina, O. 2021. An overview of Estonian woodlice (Isopoda, Oniscidea). ZooKeys 1067ː 1–17. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1067.68105 Reference page.

Kurina, O., Pototski, A. 2022. Two new species of Phronia Winnertz, 1864 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from Taita Hills, Kenya. African Invertebrates. 63(1): 89–103. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.63.86661 Reference page.
Viidalepp, J., Lindt, A. & Kurina, O. 2022. Pljushtchia argoi sp. n., a new geometrid moth from the Western Tien Shan Mountains (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e82353. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82353 . Reference page.

Kurina, O. & Õunap, E. 2023. Morphological and molecular data reveal fifteen new sympatric Zygomyia Winnertz, 1864 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) species from Ecuador. Zootaxa 5227(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.1. . Reference page.