Corynoptera robustior, Vilkamaa, Pekka & Hippa, Heikki, 2006

Vilkamaa, Pekka & Hippa, Heikki, 2006, Corynoptera vagula Tuomikoski and allied species (Diptera: Sciaridae), Zootaxa 1150, pp. 31-42 : 39-40

Corynoptera robustior sp. n.

Material examined. Holotype male: CANADA, Ontario, 7 mi E Griffiths, 16.vii.1989, B.E. Cooper ( CNC).

Description (male). Head: Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Prefrons with 13 setae, clypeus with 1 seta. Length/width of antennal flagellomere 4 2.0 ( Fig. 5 D). Palpomere 1 of maxillary palp with 1 seta. Thorax: Anterior pronotum with 1 seta, episternum 1 with 4 setae. Wing: Length 1.1 mm, width/length 0.45, c/ w 0.70, R1/R 0.45. Legs ( Fig. 6 E): Length of front basitarsomere/length of front tibia 0.50. Abdomen: Sternite 8 with 2 setae. Hypopygium ( Fig. 2 C, D): Sternite 10 with 1 seta on each half.

Female. Unknown.

Discussion. See under C. fera .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Part of hypopygium (A and D) and gonostylus (B and C), ventral view. A, B, Corynoptera fera Mohrig & Heller (from Somero). C, D, C. robustior sp. n. (holotype). Scale 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 5. Antennal flagellomere 4, ventral view. A, Corynoptera fera Mohrig & Heller (from Somero). B, C. vagula Tuomikoski (from Kuujjuarapik). C, C. fratercula sp. n. (holotype). D, C. robustior sp. n. (holotype). E, C. armigera sp. n. (holotype). Scale 0.05 mm.

FIGURE 6. Apex of front tibia, prolateral view. A, Corynoptera armigera sp. n. (holotype). B, C. Corynoptera fera Mohrig & Heller (from Somero). C, C. vagula Tuomikoski (holotype). D, C. fratercula sp. n. (holotype). E, C. robustior sp. n. (holotype). Scale 0.05 mm.