Scatopsciara adsilae, Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016

Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927, Zootaxa 4150 (4), pp. 401-435 : 416-418

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DB975877-03DF-4067-AE12-D978BB3E0801

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6075536

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D19452-FFC8-8613-6EE5-441AFDFC9E5F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Scatopsciara adsilae
status

sp. nov.

Scatopsciara View in CoL View at ENA (X enopygina) adsilae sp. n. *

( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13. A – B C–D)

Locus typicus: USA, Idaho, Nez Perce County, Soldiers Meadow Reservoir , 45 km SE Leviston. Holotype: Male, 22.vii.1974, leg. P. H. Arnaud ( PWMP).

Description. Male. Head. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index 1.8–2.0, haired somewhat shorter than wide. Palpus 3-segmented, short; basal segment with a weak deepened sensory pit and 1–2 bristles. Thorax. Brownish; scutum haired short, fine and pale, a few lateral bristles are longer. Wings pale; R1 rather long, = 2/3 R; c = ½ w; y shorter x, bare; posterior veins bare. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish brown; tibial organ small, comb-like, with 2–3 bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibiae with rather long, but unequal spurs; claws toothless. Abdomen. Brown, haired whitish. Hypopygium brownish, inner ventral margin of gonocoxites haired sparsely; gonocoxites slightly longer than gonostylus; gonostylus without apical tooth; with 4 spines near the apex and 2 spines in close proximity to each other above the middle of inner side somewhat, all spines with rather strong bases. Tegmen without distinct corners; aedeagus short. Body size: 1.4 mm.

Comments. This small species is similar to Sc. abedabunae but differs by having only 4, irregularly arranged spines at the apex of gonostylus and a tegmen without strong lateral corners. The species belongs to the Sc. paradoxa group.

Distribution. USA (Idaho).

*Adsila = blossom, Cherokee.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

Genus

Scatopsciara

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