Prosciara falcicula Vilkamaa & Hippa, 1996

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 : 309

Prosciara falcicula Vilkamaa & Hippa, 1996

Vilkamaa & Hippa 1996: 14.

New material. 1 male, China, Sichuan, Wanglang, 2500 m, sweep-net, 25.VII.2006, Zhuan Lu [SM01163].

Diagnosis. The species is characterized by setose M and Cu1 on wings; a short subapical dorsal lobe on the nearly evenly wide gonostylus; a large intercoxal lobe with relatively short setae on the hypopygium.

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Fig. 24 ), Malaysia (Borneo).

Remarks. This species was first recorded in Borneo, Malaysia (Vilkamaa & Hippa 1996) and is new to China (Sichuan province). The Chinese specimen examined shows some slight differences from the type specimen: r-m bears 5–6 setae and stM bears 6–8 setae in the Chinese specimen, while both veins are bare in the type specimen; the tegmen has an apical break in the Chinese specimen, while it is entire in the type specimen. Additionally, Sternite 10 has three setae on each half in the Chinese specimen, whereas there is only one seta in the type specimen.

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FIGURE 24. Geographical distribution of Prosciara from China.