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Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) miakodae Mohrig & Kauschke, 2016, sp. n.

Description

Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) miakodae sp. n. *

(Fig. 16 A–C)

Locus typicus: USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Huachuca Mts. Ash Cyn Rd, 31.39°N, 111.24°W, oak-pine woodland. Holotype: Male, 5.–30.viii.1993, leg. N. McFarland, Malaise trap (PWMP).

Description. Male. Head. Dark brown. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. 4th flagellomere with l/w-index of 2.0, haired nearly as long as wide, brownish; neck rather long. Palpus 3-segmented, short; basal segment without deepened sensory area, with 4–5 bristles. Thorax. Brown; scutum haired brown. Wings pale; R1 = 2/3 R; c somewhat longer ½ w; y shorter x, bare; posterior veins bare. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish-brown; tibial organ comb-like; claws toothless. Abdomen. Brown, haired brownish. Hypopygium brown. Gonocoxites compact, longer than gonostylus, ventral base and inner ventral margin haired rather long. Gonostylus short, weakly ovoid, without tooth but with 2 somewhat unequal apical spines. Tegmen simple, wider than high. Body size: 2.0 mm.

Comments. Two apical spines on gonostylus characterize the species. It is similar to Sc. submiakodae. The species belongs to the Sc. inesae group.

Distribution. USA (Arizona).

*Miakoda = power of the moon, Cheyenne.

Notes

Published as part of Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927, pp. 401-435 in Zootaxa 4150 (4) on pages 421-422, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/267128

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
PWMP
Event date
1993-08-05
Family
Sciaridae
Genus
Scatopsciara
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
miakodae
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1993-08-05/30
Taxonomic concept label
Scatopsciara (Xenopygina) miakodae Mohrig & Kauschke, 2016