Lycoriella (Lycoriella) sativae ( Johannsen, 1912 )

Mohrig, Werner, Kauschke, Ellen & Broadley, Adam, 2019, Revision of black fungus gnat species (Diptera, Sciaridae) described from the Hawaiian Islands by D. E. Hardy and W. A. Steffan, and a contribution to the knowledge of the sciarid fauna of the Galápagos Islands, Zootaxa 4590 (4), pp. 401-439 : 422-423

Lycoriella (Lycoriella) sativae ( Johannsen, 1912)

Sciara sativae Johannsen, 1912 [ Johannsen (1912): 133, figs 120, 140]. Common synonyms: L. fucorum (Frey) ; L. castanescens (Lengersdorf) ; L. solispina (Hardy) . Selected literature: Hardy (1956): 84 – 85, fig. 9 a – c; Hardy (1960): 228 – 229, fig. 76 a – e (all as Sciara (Lycoriella) solispina );

Steffan (1973a): 358; Steffan (1974a): 47 (both as Lycoriella solispina ); Mohrig et al. (2013): 216 – 217, fig. 39 a – d;

Broadley et al. (2018): 216 – 217, 220 – 222, 224, fig. 6 A – D.

Material studied: Lycoriella solispina ( Hardy) , Holotype: Male, x.1952, Hawai‘i, Ka‘ula Gulch, north slopes of Mauna Kea , 213 m, leg. D.E. Hardy (BPBM, No. 2489).

Conservation status. Embedded in Canada balsam, Wings isolated and under a separate cover slip. All morphological structures are in good condition.

Comments. Steffan (1973a) assumed that the species is very closely related or conspecific with L. similans ( Johannsen, 1925) [= sativae ( Johannsen, 1912) ], but did not synonymize the two species.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan.