Revision of the types of male Sciaridae (Diptera) described from Australia by F. A. A. Skuse Author Broadley, Adam Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Mohrig, Werner text Zootaxa 2016 4193 3 401 450 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.1 a1d6be7f-19da-4a61-b01c-d617b5ceba97 1175-5326 167160 BD4B57FA-FCB5-45B5-BF3F-B824F6E21E9C Corynoptera minutela ( Skuse, 1888 ) comb. n. ( Fig. 22 A‒C) Sciara minutela Skuse, 1888 [ Skuse (1888) : 702 ‒704]. Type locality. Australia , New South Wales , Glenbrook , Blue Mountains . Lectotype (here designated): Male. Slide bears original label data verbatim ‘ Sc. minutela / Ƌ (ink) TYPE ./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘Glenbrook/ M.’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015 . ( ANIC ; Slide No. 035-1). Paralectotype. Female (not studied). Remarks. Original description states “ Hab .—Glenbrook, Blue Mountains (Masters). November.” Preservation. Flagellomeres missing, posterior part of thorax destroyed, other morphological structures in good condition. Additional description . Male. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Antennae missing; palpus 3-segmented; basal segment with 1 bristle. Thorax . Brownish, scutum with long dorsocentral and stronger lateral bristles; scutellum missing; postpronotum bare. Wing pale; R1 short, = 2/3 R; R5 with dorsal macrotrichia only; C short, = 1/2 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins weak, without macrotrichia. Haltere lost. Legs pale-yellowish; fore tibia with a small comb of 4 pale bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibia equal in size, thin, somewhat longer than the width of tibia apex; claws without teeth. Abdomen . Brownish, with rather long, sparse hairs. Hypopygium brownish, with v-shaped ventral base, without lobe or patch of bristles, gonocoxites with short fine hairs on the inner ventral margin; gonostylus pointed in apical half and weakly concave, without apical tooth, with 4 long spines in the apical third; tegmen not visible. Body length: 1.6 mm . Comments . The species is characterized by a short C; a weakly concave gonostylus that is pointed in the apical half and with 4 long spines in the apical third. It resembles Palaearctic species related to C. membranigera ( Kieffer, 1903 ) but also species of the C. harrisi group like C. fuscispica Mohrig 1999 from New Zealand ( Mohrig & Jaschhof 1999 ). Distribution . Australia ( New South Wales ).