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Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova 2004, stat. rev.

  • 1. Department of Forestry Protection, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
  • 2. Erwin-Salomon-Strasse 25, D- 25451, Quickborn, Germany; E-mail: kaiheller @ gmx. de
  • 3. Agriculture and Forestry Bureau of Wucheng District, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang, China Corresponding author; E-mail: junhao _ huang @ hotmail. com

Description

Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004, stat. rev.

Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004: 110 (key), 113 (figs 5A–H), 115. Type locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai.

Material examined. China. 1♂, Liaoning, Laotudingzi Nature Reserve, sweep net, 13 August 2015, leg. Feilong Chen (SCILA007-16) (ZAFU); 1♂, Shaanxi, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi, Old Town of Protected Areas, Jingyang Guesthouse (33°48' 09″N, 107°44'49″E; elev. 1797 m), light trap, 19 August 2014, leg. Lan Ye (SCILA008-16) (ZAFU). Norway. 1♂, Hedmark, Elverum, S Starmoen, yellow-pan trap, 01–06 September 2014, leg. Kjell Magne Olsen (SCINO736-15) (CBFO). Canada. 1♂, Northwest Territories (65.2791°N, 126.83°W), 12 August 2014, leg. S. Behrens & R. Popko (GMORK2686-15) (BIOG).

Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by the longer basalmost megasetae with 10–13 megasetae and larger wing length of 1.4–1.7 mm (Vilkamaa et al., 2004).

Description. See Vilkamaa et al., 2004.

Remarks. This species has a wide distribution, which was originally recorded in Japan and is new to China and Norway. The Chinese specimens examined, show some slight differences from the original description that length/width of 4th flagellomere 2.08–2.13, R 1/ R 0.61–0.72 in the Chinese specimen, while length/width of 4th flagellomere 1.65–1.90 and R 1/ R 0.75–0.95 in the type series.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Liaoning), Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Russia, Japan, Canada (Vilkamaa et al., 2004; Heller et al., 2009).

Notes

Published as part of Leng, Ruixin, Heller, Kai, Huang, Junhao, Ye, Lan & Wu, Hong, 2018, DNA barcoding of the genus Dichopygina, with a new species from China (Diptera: Sciaridae), pp. 18-26 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201802, http://zenodo.org/record/5364735

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CBFO , R, BIOG , ZAFU
Event date
2014-08-12 , 2014-08-19 , 2014-09-01 , 2015-08-13
Family
Sciaridae
Genus
Dichopygina
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
GMORK2686-15 , SCILA007-16 , SCILA008-16 , SCINO736-15
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova
Species
bernhardi
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2014-08-12 , 2014-08-19 , 2014-09-01/06 , 2015-08-13

References

  • Vilkamaa, P., Hippa, H., Komarova, L. A. 2004. The genus Dichopygina gen. n. (Diptera: Sciaridae). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 35 (1): 107 - 120.
  • Heller, K., Vilkamaa, P., Hippa, H. 2009. An annotated check list of Swedish black fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae). Sahlbergia, 15: 23 - 51.