Lanthanomyia soonae Heydon

Lanthanomyia soonae Heydon, in Heydon and Hanson 2005: 164.

Diagnosis. Females of L. soonae are the largest among species of Lanthanomyia (body length> 4 mm). The microsetae of the body are dark, short, and reclinate but straight. The head and mesosoma is mostly brownish yellow. The antenna has the scape cylindrical and extending to the top of the vertex, the anellus twice as long as wide, and the flagellum slightly clavate with all except the terminal 2–3 segments elongate. The occipital foramen is well below the vertex. The wing membrane is clear. The gaster is more than twice as long as wide and almost 1.5× longer than the combined length of the head and mesosoma.

New distribution records (UCDC). CHILE. REGIÓN IX: Parque Nacional Huerquehue exit, 823 m, 39˚10.17’S 71˚43.59’W, 11.XII.2001 (canopy fogging GT, Nothofagus dombeyi), 1 ♀. REGIÓN X: Las Estancia, 5.5 km wsw. Valdivia, 15.I.2007 (45 m, fogging Nothofagus dombeyi), 1 ♀.