New black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Eastern Australia Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Broadley, Adam text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-24 4450 2 203 241 journal article 29318 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.3 ad05fb6a-3087-433c-a1d7-ef8ab0ab966d 1175-5326 1444654 624934AE-AEF3-4366-81B2-0997054B3DBD Bradysia macrotrichata sp. n. ( Fig. 12 A–D ) Type locality : New South Wales , Alstonville. Holotype : Male, 7.vi.1978 , light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT 00053766 ( ASCU ). Paratype : 1 male , same data, ASCT 00053760 ( PWMP ). Description . Male. Head. Brown. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Antenna brown, 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 2.4, hairs erect, rather dense and as long as the diameter of the basal node (the nodes on the slide-mounted specimens are somewhat swollen); neck very short, brown. Palpus 3-segmented, brownish, basal segment with 3–4 bristles and a flat sensory area. Thorax. Brown. Postpronotum bare. Wing brownish; R1 = 2/3 R; R5 with ventral macrotrichia; C = 2/3 w; y = x, both with macrotrichia; posterior wing veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brown. Coxae and legs brown; apex of fore tibia with a comb of bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibiae equal in size, longer than the diameter of the apex; claws without teeth. Abdomen. Brown, with fine and sparse hairs. Gonocoxites at the inner ventral margin with rather short sparse hairs; gonostylus pointed to the apex, without an apical tooth, with 3–4 dense apical spines. Tegmen somewhat wider than long, rounded apically, with a few teeth. Aedeagus long. Body length: 2.2 mm . Comments . The species is characterized by the brown body colour, gonostylus pointed and curved in apical fourth, without an apical tooth, with 3–4 apical spines, and macrotrichia on x and y. Distribution . Australia : New South Wales .