Revision of black fungus gnat species (Diptera, Sciaridae) described from the Hawaiian Islands by D. E. Hardy and W. A. Steffan, and a contribution to the knowledge of the sciarid fauna of the Galápagos Islands Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Broadley, Adam text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-30 4590 4 401 439 journal article 26946 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.4.1 64c1a738-381b-4ba2-bc35-317d756e6a29 1175-5326 2656164 CD2A364C-6CF9-4FF5-AD28-7AF388868B15 Scatopsciara hardyi sp. n. * ( Fig. 18 A – C ) Material: Holotype : Male, 1.-13.viii.1997 , Hawaiian Islands ; O‘ahu, ‘Ewa, suburban area, Malaise trap , leg. Gonzales ( BPBM ). Description . Male. Head . Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. 4 th flagellomere with a l/w-index of 2.4, haired as long as width of basal node. Palpus 3-segmented, short; basal segment with a small shallow sensory pit and 1 bristle. Thorax . Brown. Scutum with brownish hairs. Wing pale; R 1 short = 1/3 R; c somewhat longer than ½ w; y short = 1/ 2 x , bare; posterior veins bare. Haltere short, brownish. Legs paler than thorax; tibial organ small, comb-like; spurs of middle and hind tibia with two long but unequal spurs; claws toothless. Abdomen . Brown. Hypopygium brown, ventral base more densely haired than the inner ventral margin of the gonocoxites; gonocoxites longer than the gonostylus; gonostylus elongate, slightly pointed towards the apex and bulbous in the middle of the inner sides, without an apical tooth but with 3 equal spines at the apex. Tegmen large, wider than long. Aedeagus rather short, with a distinct furca. Body size: 1.2 mm . Comments . The species is characterized by a short palpus with a shallow sensory area, wings with a short y and a rather short C, hypopygium with an elongate gonostylus, bulbous in the middle of the inner side, without an apical tooth but with 3 equally long spines. Distribution . Hawaiian Islands (O‘ahu). *The species is named in honour of D. Elmo Hardy ( 3 September 1914 – 17 October 2002 ), ( Figure 1 ).