Mycomyiella irwini Väisänen, 1994

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Muller, Burgert S., 2012, The types of Lygistorrhinidae and Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 703-703 : 710-711

Mycomyiella irwini Väisänen, 1994

Fig. 11

Mycomyiella irwini: Väisänen 1994: 21 , figs 38–42 (♂ terminalia). Type locality: South Africa, KwaZuluNatal, Pietermaritzburg .

Holotype ( NMSA type no. 2153): ♂ (1) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ South Africa, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal] | Pietermaritzburg | Belfort [29.5540°S 30.3823°E, uncertainty 1.1 km] 15­V­73 [15.v.1973] | ME Irwin; (2930Cb)”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomyiella | irwini n.sp. ♂ | det. R. Väisänen 1992 ”; (3) handwritten on red paper: “ HOLOTYPE | Mycomyiella | irwini | Väisänen ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11258”.

Preservation: exemplar glued on paper triangle, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: right legs.

Paratype ( NMSA type no. 2153): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: NATAL | Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | XII.26-27.1977 [26–27.xii.1977]. 2829 CC | R. M.Miller. indigenous | for [forest]”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomyiella ♂ | irwini n.sp. 1992 | det R. Väisänen”; (3) printed on yellow paper: “ PARATYPE ♂ ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11262” .

Preservation: Pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: all legs. Paratype ( NMSA type no. 2153): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: NATAL [KwaZulu-Natal] | Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | XII.26-27.1977 [26–27.xii.1977]. 2829 CC | R. M.Miller. indigenous | for [forest]”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomyiella ♂ | irwini n.sp. 1992 | det R. Väisänen”; (3) printed on yellow paper: “ PARATYPE ♂ ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59209” .

Preservation: Pinned exemplar; missing parts: none.

Paratype ( NMSA type no. 2153): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: NATAL [KwaZulu-Natal] | Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | XII.26-27.1977 [26–27.xii.1977]. 2829 CC | R. M.Miller. indigenous | for [forest]”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomyiella ♂ | irwini n.sp. 1992 | det R. Väisänen”; (3) printed on yellow paper: “ PARATYPE ♂ ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59210” .

Preservation: Pinned exemplar; missing parts: none.

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Figures

Figs 9–12. (9) Mycomya londti Väisänen, holotype; (10) Mycomya natalensis Väisänen, holotype; (11) Mycomyiella irwini Väisänen, holotype; (12) Neoempheria transvaalensis Väisänen, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.