New Mycomya species from South-East Asia (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)
Author
Väisänen, Rauno
text
Zootaxa
2014
3815
4
526
540
journal article
45456
10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.4
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1175-5326
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Mycomya occultans
(
Winnertz, 1863
)
Material studied.
INDONESIA
, E. Java, Mt. Ardjoeno,
6000 ft
.,
I. 1936
, E. le Moult,
1 ♂
(NHM).
Discussion.
Mycomya occultans
belongs to the subgenus
Mycomya
s. str.
It has a conspicuous mid-coxal spur and long, narrow medial processus of the tergal part of the male hypopygium. The species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic region (
Väisänen 1984a
) and is recorded here as new to the Indonesian fauna. The discovery of
M. occultans
from Java is quite surprising, although there are also records from
India
(
Väisänen 1984a
),
Myanmar
(
Väisänen 1996
), Shanxi, Zhejiang and Guizhou Provinces of
China
(
Wu & Yang 1994
), the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East (
Väisänen 1984a
),
Japan
(
Sasakawa 1961
,
Väisänen 1984b
), and
South Korea
(
Väisänen 2013b
).
Jakovlev (2011)
summarized information on the biology of
M. occultans
. The species has been recorded from bracket fungi growing on broad-leaved trees. Jakovlev obtained it in
Finland
from
Laxitextum bicolor
(
Pers
.) Lentz
on a rotting birch log on the ground.