Neoempheria cuneata, Sueyoshi, Masahiro, 2014

Sueyoshi, Masahiro, 2014, Taxonomy of fungus gnats allied to Neoempheria ferruginea (Brunetti, 1912) (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with descriptions of 11 new species from Japan and adjacent areas, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 139-164 : 154-155

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6138796

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scientific name

Neoempheria cuneata
status

sp. nov.

Neoempheria cuneata View in CoL sp. n.

[Japanese name: kusabi-nagamado-kinoko-bae] ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 f, 3f, 6, 14a, 14b)

Description. Body length: 4.3 mm. Wing length: 4.5 mm. Wing ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 f): vein sc-r ending basal 3/14 of anterior margin of cell r1. Vein Rs longer than distance between basal end of vein Rs and apical end of vein sc-r. Male: genitalia yellow in ground color, gonocoxal projection yellow, sternal projection of S9 black, basal portion of aedeagus yellow. S9 ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a: S9) narrow, 1/4 as wide as long, with sternal projection ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a: sp) keel-like in shape. Gonocoxite ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a, b: gc) without gonocoxal lobe. Gonostylus ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a: gs) slender, apical 1/4 less than 1.5 times as wide as base. Aedeagus ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a, b) dilated at apical half, without projections. Sclerotized part of aedeagus ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a: sa) tapered to apex, with slender, angled lateral extension. Female unknown.

Specimen examined. Holotype. Male. “ Japan, Ryûkyû/ Sonai-dake/ Iriomote-jima/ 11.x.2001 / K. Sugishima leg.”, green disk label, “Ne.2040” (HUM).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Latin and refers to the sternite 9, which is wedge-like (cuneatus) in ventral view ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a).

Distribution. Japan (Ryukyus) ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ).

Remarks. This species is distinguished from other species similar in general appearances by the male sternite 9, which is wedge-like in shape when viewed ventrally ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Mycetophilidae

Genus

Neoempheria

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