Prosciara triloba 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 : 331

Prosciara triloba Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991

( Figs. 18 , 23 B, 24)

Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991: 152.

New material. 1 male, China, Taiwan, Xuanlan, Mingchi, 1150 m, sweep-net, 13.VI.2011, Xiao-Yan Liu [SM01122].

Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by bare M and Cu wing veins; two dorsal lobes that one apically located and the other submedially located and a setose intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium.

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

Remarks. This species was first recorded in Kambaiti, Burma (Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991) and is new to China ( Taiwan). The placement of the apicodorsal lobe in Chinese specimen is slightly different from the holotype, but is exactly like some voucher specimens in Vilkamaa’s collection. Moreover, Chinese specimen has three megasetae on the submedially located dorsal lobe, while five megasetae in the holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Prosciara triloba Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991, male, holotype. A, part of hypopygium, ventral view; B, right gonostylus, 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.