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Bradysia gibbosa Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig 2012

Description

Bradysia gibbosa Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Province South, Mt. Koghis, 17 km NNE of Noumeá, 13.XII.– 20.XII.1998, leg. N.J. Mary & M.E. Irwin (1♂, MNHN; 4♂, SDEI; 1♂, CSCA).

Remarks. Our examined material showed some differences compared to the original description. The gonostylus of all 6 specimens bear 4 subapical spines and not 3 as indicated by Vilkamaa et al. (2012c). Also the pedicel is lighter than the remainder of antenna, instead of the antenna being uniformly coloured and the claws are armed with fine teeth. But due to the shape of the gonostylus and other characters we have no doubt that these specimens belong to B. gibbosa. Bradysia gibbosa does not belong to the B. hilaris group as proposed by Vilkamaa et al. (2012c). Together with B. similigibbosa it represents the new B. gibbosa group (see above).

Distribution. Only known from New Caledonia.

Notes

Published as part of Köhler, Arne & Menzel, Frank, 2013, New records of Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from New Caledonia, with the description of two new Bradysia species and an updated checklist, pp. 63-72 in Zootaxa 3718 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/285012

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Biodiversity

Family
Sciaridae
Genus
Bradysia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig
Species
gibbosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bradysia gibbosa Vilkamaa, 2012 sec. Köhler & Menzel, 2013