Bradysia froggatti ( Skuse, 1888 ) Skuse, 1888

Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen & Mohrig, Werner, 2016, Revision of the types of male Sciaridae (Diptera) described from Australia by F. A. A. Skuse, Zootaxa 4193 (3), pp. 401-450 : 424

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD4B57FA-FCB5-45B5-BF3F-B824F6E21E9C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6089923
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/57338830-4D5B-FF82-FF2E-B0D1FD35F991
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bradysia froggatti ( Skuse, 1888 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Bradysia froggatti ( Skuse, 1888) View in CoL comb. n.

( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 A‒C)

Sciara froggatti Skuse, 1888 View in CoL [ Skuse (1888): 681 ‒682].

Type locality. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney , Middle Harbour.

Holotype: Male. Original label data verbatim ‘ Sciara froggatti / Ƌ (ink) TYPE./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘Middle Harb/ Frogg. Apr.’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015. ( ANIC; Slide No. 025).

Remarks. Original description states “ Hab.—Middle Harbour (Froggatt). April.”

Preservation. Hypopygium missing; head with flagellomeres; thorax with wings and legs present.

Additional description. Male. Head. Brown. Eye bridge interrupted widely at the level of first ocellus. Antenna brown, necks rather short, brownish; 4th flagellomere with l/w-index of 2.2, with rather sparse and bristlelike hairs that are as long as the width of the basal node; palpus short, 3-segmented, basal segment without sensory pit, with 4‒5 bristles. Thorax. Brown, scutum with short fine hairs and with lateral bristles; scutellum with 4 longer marginal bristles; postpronotum bare. Wing brownish; R1 = 2/3 R; R5 with dorsal macrotrichia only; C = 2/3 w; y somewhat shorter than x, with 1‒2 macrotrichia; M-fork shorter than M-stem; posterior veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brownish. Legs brown; fore tibia with a comb of 4‒5 bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibia equal in size, thin, as long as the width of tibia apex; claws without teeth. Abdomen. Brown, with short hair. Hypopygium missing. Body length: 3.2 mm.

Comments. This species belongs to the genus Bradysia . It is characterized by a dark body colour, rather short flagellomeres, short palpus without sensory pit, and toothless claws. The main character is the interrupted eye bridge which could allow identification to species when this character is used in combination with other morphological characters.

Distribution. Australia (New South Wales).