Pnyxiopalpus, Vilkamaa & Hippa, 1999

Sutou, Mitsuaki, Maruyama, Munetoshi, Komatsu, Takashi & Kanao, Taisuke, 2012, Discovery of a remarkable new species of black fungus gnat (Diptera, Sciaridae) from termite nests in Malaysia, Journal of Natural History 46 (15 - 16), pp. 969-978 : 975

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2012.654478
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10526904
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/884387B9-FFAC-FFDC-FDBC-FC6DA602FA77
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Pnyxiopalpus
status

Treatment

Pnyxiopalpus View in CoL View at ENA sp.

Material studied

One female in 80% ethanol, same locality, 15 December 2010, T . Kanao ( KUM).

Symbiotic host

Longipeditermes longipes ( Haviland, 1898) View in CoL

Remarks

This is an undescribed species of Pnyxiopalpus found in association with Longipeditermes longipes . The single female recorded here also has wing stumps, but the condition is very peculiar: the most membranous part of the wing, including the M and Cu veins, is lost, but the anterior basal veins, R, R1, Rs, bM, r-m, basal half of C, and proximal part of R5 remain. We preliminarily treat this species as Pnyxiopalpus sp. because only one female is currently available. The condition of the wing should be examined in multiple specimens of this species, preferably of an individual with fully developed wings. However, the locality and host record are worth reporting here.