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Leia arsona : Hutson 1978

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Leia arsona Hutson, 1978

Fig. 5

Leia arsona: Hutson 1978: 123. Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape, Grahamstown.

Holotype (NMSA type no. 2149): ♂ (1) printed on white paper circle with red edges: “Holo- | type”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Grahamstown [33.2970°S 26.5474°E, uncertainty 4 km] | South Africa | 1­x­ 19 53 [1.x.1953] | B. Stuckenberg ”; (3) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ HOLOTYPE ♂ | Leia | arsona Hutson | det. A.M. Hutson, 197 7.”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11310”.

Preservation: Pinned exemplar; missing parts: right leg III.

Paratype (NMSA type no. 2149): ♂ (1) printed on white paper circle with yellow edges: “Para- | type”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Grahamstown [33.2970°S 26.5474°E, uncertainty 4 km] | South Africa | 1­x­ 19 53 [1.x.1953] | B. Stuckenberg ”; (3) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ PARATYPE ♂ | Leia | arsona Hutson | det. A.M. Hutson, 197 7.”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11321”.

Preservation: Pinned exemplar, abdomen glued on the micropin; missing parts: right leg III.

Paratype (NMSA type no. 2149): ♀ (1) printed on white paper circle with yellow edges: “Para- | type”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Grahamstown [33.2970°S 26.5474°E, uncertainty 4 km] | South Africa | 24­x­ 1953 [24.x.1953] | B. Stuckenberg ”; (3) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ PARATYPE ♀ | Leia | arsona Hutson | det. A.M. Hutson, 197 7.”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11311”.

Preservation: Pinned exemplar; missing parts: none.

Distribution: South Africa (Eastern Cape), Kenya, Saint Helena. Widely introduced in Europe, in Mediterranean region as well as in New Zealand (Chandler & Ribeiro 1995; Chandler & Gatt 2000; Chandler 1994; Toft & Chandler 2004; Chandler & Pijnakker 2009; Väisänen 1984).

Notes

Published as part of Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Muller, Burgert S., 2012, The types of Lygistorrhinidae and Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, pp. 703 in African Invertebrates 53 (2) on page 706, DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0215, http://zenodo.org/record/7914741

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B587A91C03FFB7FDBEAE0923C2FAD7

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7914749 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.5733/afin.053.0215 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/7914741 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8CFFD11C00FFB4FFBDAC5D2276FFDC (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03B587A91C03FFB7FDBEAE0923C2FAD7 (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMSA
Event date
1953-10-01 , 1953-10-24
Family
Mycetophilidae
Genus
Leia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
: Hutson
Species
arsona
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1953-10-01 , 1953-10-24
Taxonomic concept label
Leia arsona Hutson, 1978 sec. Oliveira & Muller, 2012

References

  • HUTSON, A. M. 1978. An undescribed African species of Leia (Dipt. Mycetophilidae) infesting root-ginger in London. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 113: 121 - 124.
  • CHANDLER, P. J. & RIBEIRO, E. 1995. The Sciaroidea (Diptera) (excluding Sciaridae) of the Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (Historia Natural) Suplemento 3: 1 - 170.
  • CHANDLER, P. & GATT, P. 2000. Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) from the Maltese islands. Studia dipterologica 7: 69 - 81.
  • CHANDLER, P. J. 1994. The fungus gnats of Israel (Diptera: Sciaroidea, excluding Sciaridae). Israel Journal of Entomology 28: 1 - 100.
  • TOFT, R. J. & CHANDLER, P. 2004. Three introduced species of Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) established in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 27: 43 - 49.
  • CHANDLER, P. J. & PIJNAKKER, J. 2009. Tropical fungus gnats established in nurseries in the Netherlands (Diptera: Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 22: 81 - 93.
  • VAISANEN, R. 1984. A monograph of the genus Mycomya Rondani in the Holarctic region (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). Acta zoologica Fennica 177: 1 - 346.