Black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of Queensland, Australia. Part I. Genera Chaetosciara Frey, Corynoptera Winnertz, Cratyna Winnertz, Epidapus Haliday, Keilbachia Mohrig, Lobosciara Steffan, Phytosciara Frey and Scatopsciara Edwards Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Broadley, Adam text Zootaxa 2017 4303 4 451 481 journal article 32513 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.4.1 8470bad9-6c97-468c-9687-5653fd52d89f 1175-5326 841442 742CEFD6-6343-41A0-AD5D-F72F1AFE135B Scatopsciara ( Xenopygina ) brevicolla Mohrig & Kauschke sp. n. ( Fig. 18 A–C) Type locality : Australia , Queensland , Black Mountain Road near Kuranda , 33 km WNW of Cairns , wet tropics. Holotype : Male, 29.viii.1997 , Malaise trap , leg. J. Seymour (PWMP). Paratypes : 3 males , same data ; 1 male , 8.viii.1997 , Queensland , Mt Lewis , 37 km WSW of Port Douglas , 16°35´S , 145°16´E ; 1 male , 3.vii.2000 , Queensland , Palm Cove near Cairns , mangrove forest along the coastline, leg. W. Mohrig ; 14 males , 2.vii.2000 , Queensland , Mount Malloy near Kuranda , wet tropics, leg. W. Mohrig ( PWMP ; 2 in ANIC ; 2 in PABM ; 1 in PKHH ; 1 in SDEI ). Description . Male. Head. Brown. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Antenna brown; 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 2.5, hairs somewhat longer than the diameter of the basal node, neck rather long, about 1/4 of the length of the basal node. Palpus yellow, 3-segmented, basal segment with one bristle and a flat area of sensillae. Thorax. Brown. Scutum with rather long dorsocentral and a few stronger lateral and prescutellar bristles; scutellum with 2 long marginal bristles. Postpronotum bare. Wing broad and brownish; R1 short, = 1/2 R; R5 with ventral macrotrichia in the distal half; C = 2/3 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short and brown. Legs yellow, tarsi darkened; fore tibia with a broad row of bristles (8–10) at the inner apex; middle and hind tibia with two unequal spurs. Claws without teeth. Abdomen . Brown, with sparse hair. Hypopygium brown, ventral base sparsely hairy; gonocoxite ventrally with short sparse hairs at the inner border; gonostylus narrow, on the apex with 4 somewhat unequal spines: one apical spine long and tooth-like, a second above the apex, a third near the base of a long apical spine and the fourth below the apex. Tegmen wider than long, flatly rounded apically, sclerotiZed laterally. Aedeagus rather short. Body length: 1.2 mm . FIGURE 17. Comparison of thoraX colouration in three Phytosciara species. A. Phytosciara bella Mohrig ; B. Phytosciara conturbata Mohrig ; C. Phytosciara pseudoornata Mohrig. FIGURE 18. Scatopsciara brevicolla Mohrig & Kauschke sp. n. A. Hypopygium; B. Flagellomeres 3–4; C. Spurs of hind tibia. Comments . The species is characteriZed by unequal spurs on the middle and hind tibia and a wide row of bristles on the apex of the fore tibia. The gonostylus is elongate with 4 unequal spines. The apical spine is long and tooth-like. The 4th flagellomere is rather long with a l/w index of 2.5. A similar species is not known yet. Distribution . Australia , Queensland .