Prosciara latifurca 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 : 326

Prosciara latifurca Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991

Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991: 142.

New material. 1 male, China, Yunnan province, Baoshan, Nankang, Gaoligong Nature Park, 2181 m, sweep-net, 24°49.729ʹN, 98°46.074ʹE, 10.V.2009, Su-Jiong Zhang [SM00906].

Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by bare M and Cu on the relatively longer wings; a dorsal lobe wide at the base and fairly abruptly narrowed toward its apex on the gonostylus; and a long tegmen in 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 specimen examined shows no distinct intraspecies variation, but the type specimen has 1–3 setae on the r-m on wings, and a comb of 13 setae on the apex of the foretibia, while the Chinese specimen has 5–6 setae on the r-m on wings, and a comb of 8 setae on the apex of the foretibia.

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FIGURE 24. Geographical distribution of Prosciara from China.