New black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Eastern Australia Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Broadley, Adam text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-24 4450 2 203 241 journal article 29318 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.3 ad05fb6a-3087-433c-a1d7-ef8ab0ab966d 1175-5326 1444654 624934AE-AEF3-4366-81B2-0997054B3DBD Bradysia fuscovirgata sp. n. ( Fig. 9 A–C ) Type locality : New South Wales , Candelo (near Bega ). Holotype : Male, 17.–24.xii.1993 , yellow trap , leg. A. Kallies (ANIC). Paratypes : 3 males , same locality , same data ( 2 in PWMP , 1 in PABM ) . Description . Male. Head. Brown. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Antenna brownish, surface nearly smooth, scape and pedicel somewhat paler, 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 3.0, hairs dense and as long as the diameter of the basal node; neck rather short, brownish. Palpus 3-segmented, yellowish, basal segment with 2–3 bristles and a flat sensory area. Thorax. Yellowish brown. Scutum yellowish with three darker stripes and short, fine and sparse hairs, some lateral bristles longer; scutellum with 2 marginal bristles; postpronotum bare, pleural sclerites yellow, katepisternum darkened at the tip, metanotum distally darkened. Wing slightly brownish; R1 = 2/3 R; R5 without ventral macrotrichia; C = 2/3 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior wing veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, pale. Coxae and legs yellow; apex of fore tibia with a comb of bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibiae equal in size, longer than the diameter of the apex; claws without teeth. Abdomen. Brownish. Hypopygium yellowishbrown, the ventral base and the gonocoxites at the inner ventral margin with rather sparse and short hairs; gonostylus prolonged, weakly bulbous, pointed to the apex and darkened in the distal third; without an apical tooth but with 4 apical spines. Tegmen wider than long, rounded apically, with a large field of fine teeth. Aedeagus rather long. Body length: 2.2 mm . FIGURE 9. Bradysia fuscovirgata sp. n. A. Hypopygium; B. FlagEllomErEs 4–5; C. HEaD anD thorax. Comments . The species is characterized by the yellow colour of the pleural sclerites, three dark stripes on the scutum, long flagellomeres, a prolonged and bulbous gonostylus without a tooth and with 4 apical spines. It belongs to the B. hilaris group, although the necks are not bicoloured. Distribution . Australia : New South Wales .