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Mohrigia hippai Menzel 1995

Description

Mohrigia hippai Menzel, 1995

(Fig. 16)

Mohrigia hippai Menzel, 1995: 102 –104; Menzel & Mohrig, 2000: 414 –420.

Material examined. China, Tibet. 1 male, Nielamu, Zhangmu, G 318, K5368, 27°57'27''N, 85°58'18''E, 2845 m, 6- VIII-2014, leg. Jun Xu and Mei Qin [SM02488].

Diagnosis. The species is characterized by its broadly clavate gonostylus, with an apical tooth on the dorsal side, and two to three flagellate setae on the apical half; gonocoxite with a wide intercoxal lobe bearing long and dense setae on the ventral side; tegmen longer than wide and apically rounded, parameral apodeme continuously sclerotized forming a central strip on dorsal side; ventral inner side of gonocoxite with long setae; R1 significantly longer than R and extended to the base of the M-fork; eye bridge narrow with perpendicular frontal process and the ommatidia lost at the center (Menzel & Mohrig, 2000).

Distribution. China (Tibet— new record; Fig. 16); Nepal (Simbhanjang), Burma (Kambaiti) (Menzel & Martens, 1995; Menzel & Mohrig, 2000).

Remarks. This species was first recorded from Nepal and is new to China. The Chinese specimen shares the diagnostic characteristics, but slight differences were found (a broader gonocoxite and a narrower tegmen).

Notes

Published as part of Xu, Jun, Shi, Kai, Huang, Junhao & Wu, Hong, 2017, Review of the genus Mohrigia Menzel (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China, pp. 71-98 in Zootaxa 4300 (1) on pages 77-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/837157

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2014-08-06
Family
Sciaridae
Genus
Mohrigia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Menzel
Species
hippai
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2014-08-06
Taxonomic concept label
Mohrigia hippai Menzel, 1995 sec. Xu, Shi, Huang & Wu, 2017

References

  • Menzel, F. & Martens, J. (1995) Die Sciaridae (Diptera, Nematocera) des Nepal-Himalaya. Teil I. Die blutenbesuchenden Trauermucken an Aronstabgewachsen der Gattung Arisaema (Araceae JUSS.). Studia dipterologica, 2 (1), 97 - 129.
  • Menzel, F. & Mohrig, W. (2000) Revision der palaarktischen Trauermucken (Diptera: Sciaridae). Studia dipterologica Supplement 6 (1999), 1 - 761.