Prosciara exsecta 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 : 322-326

Prosciara exsecta Vilkamaa & Hippa, 1996

( Figs. 13 , 24 )

Vilkamaa & Hippa 1996: 45.

New material. 2 males, China, Yunnan province, Baoshan, Nankang, Gaoligong Nature Park, 2181 m, sweep-net, 24°49.729ʹN, 98°46.074ʹE, 10.V.2009, Su-Jiong Zhang [SM00911, SM00914].

Diagnosis. The species may be distinguished by setose M and Cu on wings; the gonostylus deeply bilobed and a long dorsal lobe with four long megasetae; and lacking the intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium. Distribution. China (Yunnan, Fig. 24 ), Burma (Kambaiti).

Remarks. This species was first recorded in Kambaiti, Burma (Vilkamaa & Hippa 1996) and is new to China (Yunnan province). The Chinese specimens examined show no distinct differences from the type specimen, but lack sensilla on the maxillary palpus, have a narrower gonostylus and have four megasetae on a slender dorsal lobe, while there are more than five megasetae in the type specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Prosciara exsecta Vilkamaa & Hippa, 1996, 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 24. Geographical distribution of Prosciara from China.