New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927
Author
Mohrig, Werner
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
text
Zootaxa
2016
4150
4
401
435
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3
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1175-5326
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Scatopsciara
(
Xenopygina
)
miakodae
sp. n.
*
(
Fig. 16
A–C)
Locus
typicus
:
USA
,
Arizona
,
Cochise County
,
Huachuca
Mts.
Ash Cyn Rd,
31.39°N
,
111.24°W
, oak-pine woodland.
Holotype
:
Male
,
5.–30.viii.1993
, leg.
N. McFarland
,
Malaise trap
(
PWMP
).
Description
. Male.
Head
. Dark brown. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index of 2.0, haired nearly as long as wide, brownish; neck rather long. Palpus 3-segmented, short; basal segment without deepened sensory area, with 4–5 bristles.
Thorax
. Brown; scutum haired brown. Wings pale; R1 = 2/3 R; c somewhat longer ½ w; y shorter x, bare; posterior veins bare. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish-brown; tibial organ comb-like; claws toothless.
Abdomen
. Brown, haired brownish. Hypopygium brown. Gonocoxites compact, longer than gonostylus, ventral base and inner ventral margin haired rather long. Gonostylus short, weakly ovoid, without tooth but with 2 somewhat unequal apical spines. Tegmen simple, wider than high. Body size: 2.0 mm.
Comments
. Two apical spines on gonostylus characterize the species. It is similar to
Sc. submiakodae
.
The species belongs to the
Sc. inesae
group.
Distribution
.
USA
(
Arizona
).
*Miakoda = power of the moon, Cheyenne.