Phthinia Winnertz

Amorim, Dalton De Souza & Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, 2013, Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London, Zootaxa 3726 (1), pp. 1-119 : 19-20

Phthinia Winnertz

Phthinia Winnertz 1863: 779 . Type-species, P. humilis Winnertz ( Johannsen 1909: 83) . Ref.— Oliveira & Amorim 2010b: 32 (key for the Neotropical species, new species).

P. fasciata Freeman 1951: 54 , fig. 109 (♂ terminalia). Type-locality: Chile, Llanquihue , Peulla. Holotype ♂, NHM. ( Figure 43 )

Notes. The type series included only the male holotype. The holotype labels are: “Peulla / 12–13.xi.1926.” // “ Phthinia / fasciata [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to an acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “ Argentina: / Terr. Río Negro. / F. & M. Edwards / B.M. 1927–63.” // “BMNH(E) # / 257881”. The holotype is in very good condition .

P. flagellata Freeman 1951: 53 , figs. 107 (♂ terminalia), 276 (wing). Type-locality: Argentina, Río Negro, Lago Nahuel Huaí , eastern end. Holotype ♂, NHM.

( Figure 44 )

Notes. The type series included the male holotype, three male and two female paratypes, of which one male and one female paratype, and a paratype missing the distal part of the abdomen are at the NHM . The holotype labels are: “ Phthinia / flagellata [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to an acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “Lago Nahuel Huaí. / Eastern End. / 17.xi.1926.” // “ Argentina: / Terr. Río Negro. / F. & M. Edwards / B.M. 1927–63.” // “BMNH(E) # / 257875”. The paratypes are numbered ( BMNH (E) # 257876-8) .

P. furcata Freeman 1951: 54 , fig. 108 (♂ terminalia). Type-locality: Chile, Llanquihue , Ancud. Holotype ♂, NHM. ( Figure 45 )

Notes. The type series included the male holotype and one male paratype ( BMNH (E) # 257880), both of which are at the NHM. The holotype labels are: “ Phthinia / furcata [hw] / Freeman. / HOLOTYPE ” [printed on red label]” // [male terminalia on a microslide attached to an acetate sheet] // “HOLO- / TYPE” [printed in black on a rounded label with red border]” // “Ancud. / 17–19.xii.1926.” // “S. Chile: / Llanquigue prov. / F. & M. Edwards / B.M. 1927–63.” // “BMNH(E) # / 257879”. The holotype is not in good condition, the entire abdomen having been removed from the thorax, but not mounted with the terminalia in the acetate sheet. The paratype has part of the abdomen and one of the wings glued to the acetate triangle, together with the rest of the specimen .

Figures

FIGURES 31–43. Mycetophilidae habitus. 31. Monoclona nigriventris Edwards, holotype ♂. 32. Monoclona trifasciata Edwards, holotype ♂. 33. Neoaphelomera armata Freeman, holotype ♂. 34. Neoaphelomera cristata (Freeman), holotype ♂. 35. Neoaphelomera inermis (Freeman), holotype ♀. 36. Neoaphelomera subcompleta (Edwards), holotype ♂. 37. Paratrizygia infuscata Freeman, paratype ♂. 38. Paratrizygia quadripectinata (Edwards), holotype ♂. 39. Paratrizygia setifera Freeman, paratype ♀. 40. Paratrizygia spinulosa Freeman, holotype ♂. 41. Parvicellula flabellifera Freeman, paratype ♀. 42. Parvicellula producta Freeman, holotype ♂. 43. Phthinia fasciata Freeman, holotype ♂.

FIGURES 44–52. Mycetophilidae habitus. 44. Phthinia flagellata Freeman, paratype ♀. 45. Phthinia furcata Freeman, holotype ♂. 46. Sciophila antarctica Walker, holotype ♂. 47. Sciophila ciliata Edwards, lectotype ♂. 48. Sciophila cincticornis Edwards, paralectotype ♂. 49. Sciophila fidelis Edwards, paratype ♀. 50. Sciophila fractinervis Edwards, lectotype ♂. 51. Sciophila ocreata Philippi, ♂. 52. Trizygia nitens Edwards, lectotype ♀.