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 exsequialis ( Skuse, 1890 ) Sciara exsequialis SkusE, 1890 [ SkusE (1890) : 409 –410]. LitEraturE: BroaDlEy et al. (2016) : 421, Fig. 12 A–C . Material [unless denoted otherwise all slides are deposited in ASCU ]: 1 male , 5.v.1976 , New South Wales , Rockley (near Oberon ), water trap , ASCT00053436 ; 3 males , 14.vi.1979 , Alstonville , light trap , leg. N.J. Cartwright , ASCT00053448 /53554/54878 ( PABM ) ; 1 male , Jan. 1980 , New South Wales , Doyalson , leg. G.R. Brown , ASCT00053437 ; 3 males , 6.xii.1978 , New South Wales , Jerilderie , ASCT00053423 /54870 ( PABM )/ 54876 ; 2 males , 13.iv.1978 , New South Wales , Bega , light trap , leg. A. Westcott , ASCT00053453 /53454 ; 1 male , 10.xi.1976 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , leg. B.J. Loudon , ASCT00054871 ; 3 males , 7.vi.1978 , New South Wales , Alstonville , in light trap , leg. B.J. Loudon , ASCT00053447 /54882/54895 ( PABM ) ; 1 male , May- June 1962 , New South Wales , Bathurst , yellow tray trap , A.N. I.C. specimen, leg. R.D. Hughes , ASCT00054887 ; 2 males , 17.v.1977 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , leg. B.J. Loudon , ASCT00053442 /53443 ; 1 male , 24.ii.1978 , New South Wales , Grose Vale , at MV light, leg. J.A. Humphreys , ASCT00116458 ; 1 male , 4.x.1978 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , ASCT00053444 ; 1 male , 3.ii.1978 , New South Wales , Doyalson , light trap , leg. G.R. Brown , ASCT00053438 ; 2 males , 12.xi.1976 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , ASCT00053395 /54883 ; 1 male , 29.iv.1977 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , leg. B.J. Loudon , ASCT00054872 ; 2 males , 19.vii.1978 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , 1 st generation , lab. Culture , leg. B.J. Loudon , ASCT00054886 /54896 ; 1 male , 13.v.1977 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , ASCT00054888 ( PWMP ) ; 1 male , 7.vi.1978 , New South Wales , Victoria Park ( Lismore ), Rainforest , leg. B.J. Loudon , ASCT00053420 ; 1 male, 9.v.1977 , light trap , ASCT00049086; 1 male , 27.vii.1979 , New South Wales , Rydalmere , light trap , ASCT00053394 ; 1 male , 7.iv.1979 , New South Wales , Barrington Tops National Park , light trap , leg. G.R. Brown , ASCT00053433 ; New South Wales , Sydney in origin? leg. A.J. Stocker , ASCT00053435 ; 1 male , 7.vi.1978 , Alstonville , light trap , leg. B.J. Loudon ASCT00053449 ; 1 male , 7.vi.1978 , Victoria Park, Lismore , Rainforest , light trap , leg. B.J. Loudon ; 4 males , 23.ix.1978 , Bengalee , 8 km NW of Nowra , leg. M.J. Fletcher , ASCT00053430 ( PWMP )/53431/53450 ( PABM ) /54875 ; 1 male , Victoria , Melbourne , leg. A.J. Stocker , ASCT00054894 ; 1 male , Nov. 1978 , New South Wales , Wollongbar , light trap , leg. N.J. Cartwright , ASCT00053748 ; 1 male , 20.v.1963 , Black Mts. , A.C.T., Malaise trap , leg. I.F.B. Common , ASCT00054889 ( PWMP ) ; 1 male , Nov. 2015 , Victoria , yellow pan trap , vegetable garden, leg. A. Broadley , #86 ( PWMP ) ; 1 male , 27.xi.2001 , Tasmania , Bushy Park , on cherry tree in farm orchard, beating, leg. O. Seeman , #25 ( Accession No. 130299 ) ( TAIC ) . Comments . The species is characterized by the brown body and legs, long flagellomeres (l/w index of 3.0), sparse and short hairs on the base of the hypopygium and on the inner ventral margin of the gonocoxites and a prolonged, slightly bulbous gonostylus without an apical tooth, but with 3–4 apical spines and 1–3 isolated spines inserted dorsally. Distribution . Australia : New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania .