Bicellaria uvens Melander

Barták, Miroslav, Plant, Adrian & Kubík, Štěpán, 2013, Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia, Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 233-256 : 251

Bicellaria uvens Melander

Bicellaria uvens Melander, 1928: 74 .

Bicellaria bisetosa Tuomikoski, 1936: 84 . Bicellaria montana Kato, 1971: 283 , syn. nov.

Distribution, diagnosis. See Barták and Kubík (2013).

Additional material examined. Japan: 1♂ (dissected, “ Bicellaria montana / uvens , det. B.J. Sinclair 2012), Hokkaido, Daisetzusan Aizankei, 17.vii.1986, D.M. Wood, Malaise trap (CNC); Russia: 1♂, Magadanskaya oblast (= region), Aborigen Field Stn., 500 m, 25.vii.–10.viii.1990, D.M. Wood (CNC).

Remarks. Kato (1971) described B. montana from Japan, illustrating the hypandrial processes and hind leg. We found on examination that his species is identical with B. uvens (= B. bisetosa Tuomikoski ) and while we have not been able to examine type material we here propose formally that B. montana Kato, 1971 is a junior synonym of B. uvens Melander 1928 . This proposal was supported by T. Saigusa (pers. comm. to B. Sinclair, 2013) who compared illustrations in Barták and Kubík (2013) with one dissected paratype of B. montana and stated they are almost identical. He also provided photographs of genitalia which were identical to our specimens of B. uvens .