Bradysia amabilis Skuse 1888, comb. n.
| Main Authors: | Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen, Mohrig, Werner |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6089911 |
Daftar Isi:
- Bradysia amabilis (Skuse, 1888) comb. n. (Figs, 9 A‒D, 3 A) Sciara amabilis Skuse, 1888 [Skuse (1888): 712 ‒713]. Type locality. Australia, Sydney. Holotype: Male. Original label data (Fig. 3 A) verbatim ‘ Sc. amabilis / Ƌ (ink) TYPE./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘Sydney’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015. (ANIC; Slide No. 003). Remarks. The original description states “ Hab.—Sydney (Masters and Skuse). September.” Preservation. Generally well preserved. Additional description. Male. Head. Eye bridge 2‒3 facets wide. Antenna brown, 4th flagellomere with l/windex of 2.4, with dense, pale hairs shorter than the diameter of basal node; necks rather short, brownish; palpus 3- segmented; basal segment with deep sensory pit and 4‒5 bristles. Thorax. Brown, scutum centrally and laterally with rather long dark bristles; scutellum with two long and two shorter marginal bristles; postpronotum bare. Wing pale; R1 = 4/5 R; R5 throughout with macrotrichia dorsally and ventrally; c nearly 1/2 w; y = x, with macrotrichia; posterior veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish-brown; tibial organ comb-like, with a row of 5‒6 bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibia equal in size, rather short; claws missing. Abdomen. With rather short, brownish hairs. Hypopygium brown; ventral base broadly open, without lobe or bristle patch, the inner membrane with fine hairs; gonocoxites strong, with short and sparse hairs at the inner ventral margin; gonostylus elongate, shorter than gonocoxite, with curved apex and one or two dorsally located claw-like short teeth, the apex with 6‒7 spines of equal size, one of them more robust than the others; tegmen somewhat pyramid-like, apically rounded, with fine teeth and a broad ventral parameral apodeme; aedeagus rather short. Body length: 3.0 mm. Comments. The species is characterized by a deep sensory pit on the basal segment of the palpus, ventral macrotrichia on R5, macrotrichia on y, a ventral membrane with fine hairs at the base of the hypopygium, an elongated gonostylus with 1‒2 small, dorsally-located claw-like teeth and several spines below. Distribution. Australia (New South Wales).
- Published as part of Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen & Mohrig, Werner, 2016, Revision of the types of male Sciaridae (Diptera) described from Australia by F. A. A. Skuse, pp. 401-450 in Zootaxa 4193 (3) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/167160