Neoempheria brevilineata Okada, 1939

Kurina, Olavi, 2021, A contribution towards checklist of fungus gnats (Diptera, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) in Georgia, Transcaucasia, ZooKeys 1026, pp. 69-142 : 69

49. Neoempheria brevilineata Okada, 1939 Figs 9H , 10A-F

Material.

1♂, A-7; 2♂♂, I-6. Total: 3♂♂.

Distribution in Georgia.

Adjara, Imereti.

General distribution.

Palaearctic.

Remarks.

The species description from Hokkaido ( Japan ) by Okada was supplemented by a black and white figure of the general habitus including wing venation and pattern ( Okada 1939: plate XVI, fig. 3). The Georgian material was compared to that from Japan (1 ♂, JAPAN, Honshu , Ishikawa Perfecture , Kanazawa City, Kakuma Campus, window trap, 14.vii-21.vii.2006, Indah, T. leg.; Kjærandsen J. det., TSZD-JKJ-111335) and the small differences in male terminalia are considered to be within intraspecific variation. Figures of the male terminalia (Fig. 10A-F ) are provided for the first time for the species .

Figures

Figure 9. Habitus of Georgian fungus gnats of the families Bolitophilidae (A), Keroplatidae (B) and Mycetophilidae (C-I) A Bolitophila (Bolitophila) basicornis (Mayer, 1951) B Orfelia georgica Kurina & Juergenstein, 2013 C Acnemia nitidicollis (Meigen, 1818) D Monoclona rufilatera (Walker, 1837) E Azana (Azana) anomala (Staeger, 1840) F Phthinia hyrcanica Zaitzev, 1984 G Neoempheria striata (Meigen, 1818) H Neoempheria brevilineata Okada, 1939 I Mycomya (Mycomya) marginata (Meigen, 1818).

Figure 10. Neoempheria brevilineata Okada, 1939, male terminalia A, B, dorsal view C, D ventral view E lateral view F posterior view. Scale basr: 0.2 mm.