Bradysia macrotrichata, Mohrig & Kauschke & Broadley, 2018

Mohrig, Werner, Kauschke, Ellen & Broadley, Adam, 2018, New black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Eastern Australia, Zootaxa 4450 (2), pp. 203-241 : 220

Bradysia macrotrichata sp. n.

( Fig. 12 A–D )

Type locality: New South Wales, Alstonville.

Holotype: Male, 7.vi.1978, light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT 00053766 ( ASCU).

Paratype: 1 male, same data, ASCT 00053760 ( PWMP).

Description. Male. Head. Brown. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Antenna brown, 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 2.4, hairs erect, rather dense and as long as the diameter of the basal node (the nodes on the slide-mounted specimens are somewhat swollen); neck very short, brown. Palpus 3-segmented, brownish, basal segment with 3–4 bristles and a flat sensory area. Thorax. Brown. Postpronotum bare. Wing brownish; R1 = 2/3 R; R5 with ventral macrotrichia; C = 2/3 w; y = x, both with macrotrichia; posterior wing veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brown. Coxae and legs brown; 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. Brown, with fine and sparse hairs. Gonocoxites at the inner ventral margin with rather short sparse hairs; gonostylus pointed to the apex, without an apical tooth, with 3–4 dense apical spines. Tegmen somewhat wider than long, rounded apically, with a few teeth. Aedeagus long. Body length: 2.2 mm.

Comments. The species is characterized by the brown body colour, gonostylus pointed and curved in apical fourth, without an apical tooth, with 3–4 apical spines, and macrotrichia on x and y.

Distribution. Australia: New South Wales.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Bradysia macrotrichata sp. n. A. Hypopygium; B. FlagEllomErEs 3–4 (somEWhat flattEnED); C. Palpus; D. Wing.