Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) praealawae, Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016

Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927, Zootaxa 4150 (4), pp. 401-435 : 422

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DB975877-03DF-4067-AE12-D978BB3E0801

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6075557

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D19452-FFD2-8617-6EE5-43E5FDE89B0A

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) praealawae
status

sp. nov.

Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) praealawae View in CoL sp. n.

( Fig. 11 A–B View FIGURE 11. A – B )

Locus typicus: USA, Alaska, Glenn Highway. Holotype: Male , 11.viii.1954, leg. O. P. Alexander ( PWMP).

Description. Male. Head. Dark brown. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index 1.8, haired shorter than wide, whitish. Palpus 3-segmented, short. Thorax. Dark brown; scutum haired fine and whitish. Wings pale; R1 = 2/3 R; c short, = 1/3 w; y shorter x, bare; posterior veins bare. Haltere short, whitish. Legs yellowish-brown; tibial organ small; hind tibia with long but unequal spurs; claws toothless. Abdomen. Brown, haired sparsely and whitish. Hypopygium brown; gonocoxites longer than gonostylus, haired short and sparsely. Gonostylus without apical tooth, curved, concaved on ventral side, winged on dorsal side; with 4 spines, two as pair near the middle of inner side, one above and one below this pair and with a few long apical bristles. Tegmen trapezoid like. Body size: 2 mm.

Comments. The species is similar to Sc. alawae . It differs by 4 spines on gonostylus and shorter flagellomeres. It belongs to the Sc. armata group of the subgenus Xenopygina Frey.

Distribution. USA (Alaska).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

Genus

Scatopsciara

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