Revision of the black fungus gnat species (Diptera: Sciaridae) described by W. A. Steffan from Micronesia
Author
Broadley, Adam
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
Ellen Kauschke, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute of Zoology, Stephanstrasse 24, 35390 Giessen, Germany
Author
Mohrig, Werner
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-08
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.3
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Bradysia bishopi
Steffan, 1973
Bradysia bishopi
Steffan, 1973
[
Steffan (1973)
: 353
–355, fig. 1 a–f].
Selected literature:
Mohrig
et al.
(2019)
: 406, fig. 3 A–D.
Material studied:
Holotype
: Male,
11.xi.1968
,
Hawaiian Islands
, O‘ahu I., Kailua, at black light, leg.
W.A. Steffan
(
BPBM 9943
).
3 males
, same data as holotype (
1 in
PWMP
).
1 male
,
9 May 1957
,
Palau
Islands,
Kayangel
[as “Ngaiangl”] Atoll, at light, leg.
C.W. Sabrosky
(as “
Bradysia radicum
”).
1 male
,
19.xii.1947
,
Palau
Is.
,
Babelthuap I.
,
Ulimang
, “Pac. Sci. Bd.
Micronesia
Surv.”, leg.
H.S. Dybas
, (as “
Bradysia radicum
”).
Conservation status: Embedded in Euparal. Body and head separated, all details in good condition.
Distribution
. Widespread in the Southern Hemisphere. Hawai‘i;
Australia
;
New Caledonia
;
Papua New Guinea
;
Thailand
(
Bangkok
);
Seychelles
Islands; Galápagos Islands. The species is very common on all islands in
Micronesia
.