New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927
Author
Mohrig, Werner
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
text
Zootaxa
2016
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401
435
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3
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Scatopsciara
(
Scatopsciara
)
subgrossa
sp. n.
(
Figs. 6 A–C
)
Locus
typicus
:
USA
,
Texas
,
Sam Houston National Forest
,
60 mi
N Houston
,
Tanyard Road
, mixed forest.
Holotype
:
Male
,
3.–6.xi.1996
, leg.
W. Mohrig
,
yellow trap
(
PWMP
).
FIGURE 6
.
A–C
.
Scatopsciara
(
S
c.)
subgrossa
sp. n.
Holotype.
A
. Hypopygium, ventral view.
B
. Flagellomeres 3–4.
C
. Apex of fore tibia.
FIGURE 7
.
A–B
.
Scatopsciara
(
Sc.
)
tricuspidatula
sp. n.
Holotype.
A
. Hypopygium, ventral view.
B
. Flagellomeres 4–5.
C– D
.
Scatopsciara
(
Sc.
)
atomaria
(Zetterstedt)
. Specimen from USA.
C
. Hypopygium, ventral view.
D
. Flagellomeres 3–5.
FIGURE 8
.
A
.
Scatopsciara
(
Sc.
)
nana
(Winnertz)
. European specimen. Part of hypopygium.
B
.
Scatopsciara
(
Sc.
)
vitripennis
(Meigen)
. Specimen from USA (Alaska). Part of hypopygium.
C–E
.
Scatopsciara
(
Sc.
)
acuta
(Johannsen)
. Specimen from Russia (Siberia).
C
. Hypopygium, ventral view.
D
. 4th flagellomere.
E
. Apex of fore tibia.
Description
. Male.
Head
. Brown. Eye bridge 2 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index 2.4, haired as long as wide, neck rather long. Palpus short, 3-segmented, basal segment with sensory pit and 1 bristle.
Thorax
. Brown. Scutum haired brownish and short, a few lateral bristles longer; scutellum with two longer marginal bristles. Wings pale; R1 short, = 1/3 R; c long, = 2/3 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brownish. Coxae yellowish; legs brownish; tibial organ with 4–5 brownish bristles, comb-like; claws toothless.
Abdomen
. Brownish, haired short and brownish. Hypopygium brown; gonocoxites longer than gonostylus, inner ventral margin haired short and sparsely; intergonocoxal space broadly open. Gonostylus curved strongly, basally broad, with a rather long apical tooth and 2 somewhat shorter subapical spines. Tegmen wide, with large teeth; aedeagus rather long with a long basal furca. Body size:
1.8 mm
.
Comments
. The species is characterized by strongly curved gonostylus with a long apical tooth and two somewhat shorter subapical spines. It is similar to
Sc. curviforceps
(Bukowski & Lengersdorf)
. It differs by longer flagellomeres, a stronger gonostylus, a broad intergonocoxal space and yellowish coxae. It belongs to the
Sc. atomaria
group.
Distribution
.
USA
(
Texas
).