New black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Eastern Australia
Author
Mohrig, Werner
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
Author
Broadley, Adam
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-24
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2
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.3
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Bradysia pernitida
(
Skuse, 1888
)
(
Fig. 15 A–C
)
Sciara pernitida
SkusE, 1888
[
SkusE (1888)
: 685
–686].
LitEraturE:
BroaDlEy
et al
. (2016)
: 432, fig. 19 A–C.
Material:
1 male
,
11.iv.–14.vi.1995
,
Victoria
, Otway Ranges, Aire Crossing Tk,
0.5 km
N of
Aire
, 38°42 S, 143°29 E,
Notophagus cunninghamii
forest,
pitfall trap
, leg.
G. Milledge
(
PWMP
).
Comments
. The specimen examined here is the first detection made after the species was described by Frederick Skuse more than a century ago. It is characterized by two macrosetae at the apex of the gonocoxites on the ventral side. It is similar to
B. conjuncta
Skuse
in the shape of the hypopygium but differs by having very long flagellomeres.
Distribution
.
Australia
:
New South
Wales
,
Victoria
.