Four new species of Saigusaia Vockeroth, 1980 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from China
Author
Niu, Xiaoling
Author
Wu, Hong
Author
Yu, Xiaoxia
text
Zootaxa
2008
1741
24
30
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.181508
eb75953f-2539-4919-bcde-1d32169d2ee2
1175-5326
181508
Key to the species of
Saigusaia
Vockeroth 1980
known from
China
1. Tergite IX broadened apically (
Figs. 3, 5
, 7,9); hypopygium not elongate, gonostylus simple (
Figs. 7–8
) or with posterior protuberance bearing at most 1 black spine.........................................................................2
-. Tergite IX weakly tapered apically (
Fig. 1
); hypopygium elongate (
Fig. 2
); gonostylus with strong thumblike lateral protuberance bearing two long black spines
...............
Saigusaia aberrans
Wu
et
Niu
,
sp. nov.
2. Shoulders, proepisternum, meskatepisternum yellow.................................................................................3
- Shoulders, proepisternum, meskatepisternum blackish brown....................................................................4
3. Gonostylus strongly swollen distally, lacking strong thumb-like lateral spine-bearing protuberance (
Figs. 3-4
); ventral portion of tergite IX broadly emarginate (Fig. 12).
Saigusaia praegnans
Wu
et
Niu
,
sp. nov.
- Gonostylus slightly swollen apically, with strong thumb-like lateral protuberance bearing one long black spine (
Figs. 5-6
); ventral portion of tergite IX narrowly emarginate (Fig. 13) .............................................
.................................................................................................
Saigusais monacanthus
Wu
et
Niu
,
sp. nov.
4. Gonostylus with small indentation on posterolateral margin at its mid-length and two rows of short spinelike setae apicomedially (
Fig. 7
)
...........................................
Saigusais spinibarbis
Wu,Yu et
Niu
,
sp. nov.
- Gonostylus simple, normal (
Fig. 9
)
...........................................................
Saigusaia taiwan
Saigusa, 1968