Bradysia pernitida ( Skuse, 1888 )

Mohrig, Werner, Kauschke, Ellen & Broadley, Adam, 2018, New black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Eastern Australia, Zootaxa 4450 (2), pp. 203-241 : 224

Bradysia pernitida ( Skuse, 1888)

( Fig. 15 A–C )

Sciara pernitida SkusE, 1888 [ SkusE (1888): 685 –686].

LitEraturE: BroaDlEy et al. (2016): 432, fig. 19 A–C.

Material: 1 male, 11.iv.–14.vi.1995, Victoria, Otway Ranges, Aire Crossing Tk, 0.5 km N of Aire , 38°42 S, 143°29 E, Notophagus cunninghamii forest, pitfall trap, leg. G. Milledge ( PWMP).

Comments. The specimen examined here is the first detection made after the species was described by Frederick Skuse more than a century ago. It is characterized by two macrosetae at the apex of the gonocoxites on the ventral side. It is similar to B. conjuncta Skuse in the shape of the hypopygium but differs by having very long flagellomeres.

Distribution. Australia: New South Wales, Victoria.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Bradysia pernitida (SkusE). A. Hypopygium; B. FlagEllomErEs 3–5; C. Mouthparts anD palpi.