The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species * Author Chandler, Peter J. text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 journal volume 1175-5326 8. Neoplatyura nigricauda ( Strobl, 1893 ) Platyura nigricauda Strobl, 1893 Literature records. Sardinia ( Chandler 2008 ). Material examined. C07 20–24.V.06 ♀ . C82 9–10.VI.04 ♂♂ . S1 2 –16.V.06 ♂♂ ♀ , 16–30.V.06 ♂♂ , 30.V–13.VI.06 ♂♂ , 13–27.VI.06 ♂♂ ♀ , 22.VIII.5.IX.06 ♀ , 5–19.IX.06 ♂♂ , 19.IX–3.X.06 ♂♂ , 3–17.X.06 ♂♂ . S2 2 –16.V.06 ♂♂ , 16–30.V.06 ♂♂ , 30.V–13.VI.06 ♂♂ , 13–27.VI.06 ♀ , 3–17.X.06 ♂♂ , 17–31.X.06 ♂♂ . S3 30 .V–13.VI.06 ♂♂ . SAR1 29.IX–21.X.03 1 ♂ 2 ♀ , 31.VIII–14.IX.03 1 ♂ 3 ♀ , 30.VI–16.VIII.04 ♀ , 16.VIII.8.IX.04 ♂♂ ♀ , 8–21.IX.04 ♀ , 5.VIII.13.IX.05 7 ♂♂ 3 ♀ , 13–30.IX.05 2 ♂♂ , 6.X–5.XI.06 ♂♂ ♀ . Chorotype. Type 3 [1.03 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999) ]. Western Palaearctic including the Near East . Italian distribution. Northern mainland ( Chandler 2003a , 2004b , 2008 ; Kurina 2008 ), Sicily ( Chandler 2004a ) and Sardinia . Notes. The Sicilian record by Chandler (2004a) refers to 2 ♂♂ from 7 km north-west of Francavilla [di Sicilia , Messina province], 14.v.1981 and 1 ♂ from same locality, 21.v.1981 , all leg. H. Malicky , ZSM (det. N. Caspers ) . Neoplatyura spp. ♀ Material examined. C31 20–23.V.06 ♀ . S1 2 –16.V.06 1 ♀ . Notes. The identity of these specimens is uncertain. That from C31 is a large robust specimen, wing length 5.6 mm , while that from S1 is delicate with wing length 3.1 mm . Both are clear-winged and mainly yellow, the smaller with brown thoracic stripes.