Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) subgrossa, 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 : 412-415

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.6075527

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D19452-FFCC-860C-6EE5-40B4FDE79ECF

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Plazi

scientific name

Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) subgrossa
status

sp. nov.

Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) subgrossa View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs. 6 A–C View FIGURE 6. A – C )

Locus typicus: USA, Texas, Sam Houston National Forest, 60 mi N Houston, Tanyard Road , mixed forest. Holotype: Male , 3.–6.xi.1996, leg. W. Mohrig, yellow trap ( PWMP).

Description. Male. Head. Brown. Eye bridge 2 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index 2.4, haired as long as wide, neck rather long. Palpus short, 3-segmented, basal segment with sensory pit and 1 bristle. Thorax. Brown. Scutum haired brownish and short, a few lateral bristles longer; scutellum with two longer marginal bristles. Wings pale; R1 short, = 1/3 R; c long, = 2/3 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brownish. Coxae yellowish; legs brownish; tibial organ with 4–5 brownish bristles, comb-like; claws toothless. Abdomen. Brownish, haired short and brownish. Hypopygium brown; gonocoxites longer than gonostylus, inner ventral margin haired short and sparsely; intergonocoxal space broadly open. Gonostylus curved strongly, basally broad, with a rather long apical tooth and 2 somewhat shorter subapical spines. Tegmen wide, with large teeth; aedeagus rather long with a long basal furca. Body size: 1.8 mm.

Comments. The species is characterized by strongly curved gonostylus with a long apical tooth and two somewhat shorter subapical spines. It is similar to Sc. curviforceps (Bukowski & Lengersdorf) . It differs by longer flagellomeres, a stronger gonostylus, a broad intergonocoxal space and yellowish coxae. It belongs to the Sc. atomaria group.

Distribution. USA (Texas).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

Genus

Scatopsciara

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