New black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Eastern Australia Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Broadley, Adam text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-24 4450 2 203 241 journal article 29318 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.3 ad05fb6a-3087-433c-a1d7-ef8ab0ab966d 1175-5326 1444654 624934AE-AEF3-4366-81B2-0997054B3DBD Bradysia pictipes ( Skuse, 1888 ) Sciara pictipes SkusE, 1888 [ SkusE (1888) : 721 –722]. LitEraturE: BroaDlEy et al. (2016) : 432–435, fig. 20 A–E; Vilkamaa et al. (2012b) : 39–41, fig. 11 A–D (as Bradysia seticornis Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012 ). Material : 5 males , 17.–18.ii.2010 , Victoria , Barnawatha , on Plane tree, leg. C. Murdoch ( VAIC73179 / 73180)( VAIC ) ; 1 male , 14.xii.1978 , New South Wales , Jerilderie , rotating net trap , leg. unknown, ASCT000138591 ( ASCU ) ; 2 males , 7.iii.1977 , Rydalmere , light trap , ASCT000138716 ( PWMP ) ; 1 male , 21.vii.1977 , Condobolin , ASCT00054877 ( PWMP ), all leg. B.J. Loudon ; 2 males , 27.xi.2001 , Tasmania , Bushy Park , on cherry tree in fruit orchard, leg. O. Seeman , (#25, Accession No. 130299 ) ( PABM / TAIC ) . Comments . The species is characterized by the brown body colour, long and thin flagellomeres with short hairs and brownish necks, slightly bulbous gonostylus without an apical tooth, with 3–4 apical spines and 1–2 dorsally arranged spines, and a rounded tegmen with a large area of scale-like teeth. It belongs perhaps to the B. procera group. Distribution. Australia : New South Wales , Tasmania , Victoria .