New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part IV. Genera Eugnoriste Coquillett and Keilbachia Mohrig
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-11
4319
1
53
76
journal article
32139
10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.3
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1175-5326
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Genus
Eugnoriste
Coquillett, 1896
Type speCies:
Eugnoriste occidentalis
Coquillett, 1896
[Coquillett (1896): 321–322; Fig. 24].
Literature:
Steffan (1981)
: 251;
Menzel & Mohrig (2000)
: 703–704;
Mohrig
et al
. (2013)
: 203–204.
Diagnosis.
A very long mouth part IS typIcal for the genuS
Eugnoriste
In
both SeXeS. However, the hypopygIum reSembleS that of many SpecIeS of
Pseudolycoriella
Menzel & MohrIg
by havIng two apIcal SpIneS, combIned wIth a long whIplaSh haIr. Some SpecIeS of
Pseudolycoriella
have an elongated mouth part aS well, but not to that eXtreme. SpecIeS of
Eugnoriste
dIffer from thoSe of
Pseudolycoriella
by havIng a concaved Inner SIde of the gonoStyluS, a bIlobated 9th SternIte, rowS of denSe, brIStle-lIke haIrS on the dIStal abdomInal tergIteS and C beIng Shorter 1/2 w. The SouthweStern StateS of the USA Seem to be the center of radIatIon of the genuS although a few SpecIeS are dIStrIbuted In Central AmerIca aS well.