New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927
Author
Mohrig, Werner
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
text
Zootaxa
2016
4150
4
401
435
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3
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Scatopsciara
(
Xenopygina
)
submiakodae
sp. n.
(
Fig. 17
A–E)
Holotype
:
Male
,
7.–13.iv.1996
, leg.
W. Mohrig
,
yellow trap
(
PWMP
).
Locus
typicus
:
USA
,
California
,
Los Angeles County
,
San Gabriel Canyon
, mixed forest
.
Paratype
:
1 male
,
16.vi.1991
, leg.
M. Bartak
,
USA
,
Maryland
,
Catoctin
Mt.
Park (
PWMP
)
.
Description
. Male.
Head
. Dark brown. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index of 2.8, haired longer than wide and brownish; neck rather long. Palpus 3-segmented, short; basal segment without deepened sensory area and 4–5 bristles.
Thorax
. Brown; scutum haired brown. Wings pale; R1 = 2/3 R; c somewhat longer ½ w; y shorter x, bare; posterior veins bare. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish-brown; tibial organ comb-like; middle and hind tibiae with unequal spurs; claws toothless.
Abdomen
. Brown, haired brownish. Hypopygium brown. Gonocoxites slender, longer than gonostylus, ventral base and inner ventral margin haired sparsely.
Gonostylus short, weakly ovoid, without distinct tooth (visible is a very short tooth-like protuberance) but with 2 equal apical spines. Tegmen simple, wider than high. Body size:
2.8 mm
.
Comments
. The species is characterized by two apical spines on gonostylus. It is similar to
Sc. miakodae
but differs by a larger body size, much longer flagellomeres, longer gonocoxites and equal apical spines. The species belongs to the
Sc. inesae
group.
Distribution
.
USA
(
California
,
Maryland
).