Epidapus yapensis ( Steffan, 1969 ) Broadley & Kauschke & Mohrig, 2019

Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen & Mohrig, Werner, 2019, Revision of the black fungus gnat species (Diptera: Sciaridae) described by W. A. Steffan from Micronesia, Zootaxa 4683 (2), pp. 215-241 : 228

Epidapus yapensis ( Steffan, 1969) comb. n.

( Fig. 10 A–B)

Plastosciara yapensis Steffan, 1969 [ Steffan (1969): 692 –693, fig. 9 a–f].

Material studied: Paratypes: 3 males, 1.xii.1952, Yap Island, Yap hill behind Yaptown, Light trap, leg. J.L. Gressitt (2 in BPBM, 1 in PWMP) .

Comments. The holotype (stated as deposited in USNM) and one of the paratypes could not be found in the USNM or the Bishop Museum. However, within the material of the Bishop Museum, three slides without determination or type labels were found which are identical to figure 9 a–f of Steffan (1969). The collection and locality label data also fit the details of the 3 male paratypes in the original description and are no doubt these paratypes. We do not agree on the opinion of Steffan that the species belongs to the Cratyna complex. The 2-segmented palpus, the short and broad M-fork, the wider than long tegmen with lateral shoulders, the short spurs on the tibiae and the short gonostylus, strongly pointed to the apex are consistent with characters of the genus Epidapus .

Distribution. Caroline Islands (Yap Island).

Figures

FIGURE 10 A–B. Epidapus yapensis (Steffan, 1969). Holotype. A. Hypopygium; B. Flagellomeres 3–5.