Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) praeawanatae, 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 : 422

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.6075559

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D19452-FFD2-8617-6EE5-4672FDFD9981

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Plazi

scientific name

Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) praeawanatae
status

sp. nov.

Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) praeawanatae View in CoL sp. n.

( Fig. 19 A–B View FIGURE 19. A – B )

Locus typicus: USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Huachuca Mountains , Ash Cyn. Rd. , 31.39°N, 111.24°W, oakpine woodland, 5100 ft. Holotype: Male, 5.–30.viii.1993, leg. N. McFarland, Malaise trap ( PWMP). GoogleMaps

Description. Male. Head. Dark brown. Eye bridge 3–4 facets wide. Flagellomeres lost. Palpus 3-segmented, short; basal segment without deepened sensory area, with 2 bristles. Thorax. Brown; scutum haired short, fine and brownish. Wings pale; R1 short; c somewhat longer ½ w; y nearly 1/ 2 x, bare; posterior veins weak, bare. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish-brown; tibial organ comb-like, with 4 bristles; claws toothless. Abdomen. Brown, haired fine and pale. Hypopygium brown; gonocoxites longer than gonostylus, inner ventral margin haired very sparsely. Gonostylus elongated, without tooth; with 2 small apical spines, the uppermost shorter. Tegmen wide. Body size: 1.5 mm.

Comments. This small species is similar to Sc. awanatae and Sc. subawanatae in the shape of gonostylus but differs in having two apical spines only, the uppermost distinctly shortened. The species belongs to the Sc. inesae group.

Distribution. USA (Arizona).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

Genus

Scatopsciara

SubGenus

Xenopygina

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