Prosciara pollex Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991

Shi, Kai, Huang, Junhao, Komarova, Lyudmila, Zhang, Sujiong & Wu, Hong, 2013, Review of the genus Prosciara Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China, Zootaxa 3640 (3), pp. 301-342 : 315-317

Prosciara pollex Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991

( Figs. 7 , 23 F, 24)

Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991: 144.

New material. 1 male, China, Yunnan province, Baoshan, Nankang, Gaoligong Nature Park, sweep-net, 24°49.729ʹN, 98°46.074ʹE, 11.V.2009, Su-Jiong Zhang [SM00900]; 1 male, China, Yunnan province, Tengchong, Jietou, Shaba, Mt. Tiantaishan, 1879 m, sweep-net, 25°24.115ʹN, 98°42.615ʹE, 12.V.2009, Su-Jiong Zhang [SM00867]; 1 male, 2142 m, 25°24.254ʹN, 98°42.735ʹE, 13.V.2009 [SM00873].

Diagnosis. The species may be distinguished by setose M and Cu1 on wings; the gonostylus deeply bilobed and having a long dorsal lobe with thick megasetae; and a distinct setose intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Fig. 24 ), Burma (Kambaiti).

Remarks. This species was first recorded in Kambaiti, Burma (Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991) and is new to China (Yunnan province). The Chinese specimens examined show no distinct differences from the type specimen, but have more megasetae on a wider dorsal lobe, a much wider tegmen and a smaller intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Prosciara pollex Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991, male. A, left gonostylus, ventral view; B, part of hypopygium, ventral view; C, palpus, lateral view; D, 4 th flagellomere, lateral view; E, apex of foretibia, prolateral view. Scale 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 23. Wings, dorsal view. A, Prosciara sinensis sp. nov. (holotype); B, P. triloba Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991; C, P. paucispina sp. nov. (holotype); D, P. m y r i a c a n t h a sp. nov. (holotype); E, P. producta (Tuomikoski, 1960); F, P. pollex Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991. Scale 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 24. Geographical distribution of Prosciara from China.