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 Bradysia conjuncta ( Skuse, 1890 ) comb. n. ( Fig. 10 A‒F) Sciara conjuncta Skuse, 1890 [ Skuse (1890) : 403 ‒404]. FIGURE 9. Bradysia amabilis (Skuse, 1888) . A. hypopygium; B. Apex of gonostylus; C. 1.‒4. flagellomere; D. Base of wing. FIGURE 10. Bradysia conjuncta (Skuse, 1890) . A. Hypopygium; B. Sciara serenipennis Skuse (1890) . Hypopygium; C. B. conjuncta (Skuse) . Apex of gonostylus; D. Sciara serenipennis Skuse. Megasetae ; G–F. B. conjuncta (Skuse) . G. Apex of fore tibia; E. Head with basal segments of antennae; F. Mouth part with palpus. Type locality. Australia , New South Wales , Woronora. Lectotype (here designated): Male. Slide bears original label data verbatim ‘ Sciara conjuncta / Ƌ (ink) TYPE ./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘Woronora/ Sept. SK .’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015 . ( ANIC ; Slide No. 010). Paralectotypes . 1 male , same locality data ( PWMP ) ; 4 males , same data (not studied) ; 5 males missing. Remarks. The original description states “ Hab .—Woronora, N.S.W. (Skuse). Eleven specimens in September.” Preservation. Well preserved in all details. = Sciara serenipennis Skuse, 1890 syn. n. [ Skuse (1890) : 402 ‒403]. Type locality. Australia , New South Wales , Mount Kosciuszko. Holotype : Male. Original label data verbatim ‘ Sc. serenipennis / Ƌ (ink) TYPE ./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘ K36719 / Sciara serenipennis , Sk. / Mount Kosciusco’ (ink), ‘ Kosciusko / NSW / Helms III 89 ’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015 . (AM; Slide No. 054). Remarks. Original description states “ Hab .—Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W., 5000 ft . (Helms); in Coll. Australian Mus. March.” Preservation. Head and thorax lost. Additional description . Male. Head . Dark brown. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Antenna brown, necks short, brownish; 4th flagellomere with l/w-index of 2.5, with dense, pale hairs, shorter than the width of the basal node; palpus 3-segmented, basal segment with deep sensory pit and 1 bristle (sometimes 2). Thorax . Dark brown, scutum with rather long and dark dorsocentral as well as a few lateral bristles; scutellum with 2 long marginal bristles; postpronotum bare. Wing pale; R1 = 2/3 R; R5 with dorsal macrotrichia only; C = 2/3 w; y somewhat shorter than x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins weak, without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brown. Legs dark brown; fore tibia with a broad comb (somewhat wavy) of pale bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibia equal in size, thin, somewhat longer than the width of tibia at apex; claws without teeth. Abdomen . Dark brown, with sparse, rather short brownish hairs. Hypopygium dark brown, with broad v-shaped ventral base, without lobe or bristle patch; gonocoxites with fine and rather short hairs on the inner ventral margin, on ventral apex with 2 strong megasetae ( Fig. 10 D); gonostylus weakly bulbous, without apical tooth, with 6‒7 short apical/subapical spines among the dense hairs of the apex; tegmen small, wider than long, truncate apically, with large area of teeth and with short ventral parameral apodeme; aedeagus rather long and robust. Body length: 3.0 mm. Comments . This species is characterized by a dark body colour; palpus with a sensory pit, a robust gonostylus with 6‒7 short spines among dense bristles at the apex and 1 thick megaseta on the ventral apex of the gonocoxites. Distribution . Australia ( New South Wales ).