Bradysia ornatula 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/6089934 |
Daftar Isi:
- Bradysia ornatula (Skuse, 1888) comb. n. (Fig. 18 A‒C) Sciara ornatula Skuse, 1888 [Skuse (1888): 711 ‒712]. Type locality. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney. Lectotype (here designated): Male. Slide bears original label data verbatim ‘ Sc. ornatula / Ƌ (ink) TYPE./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘Sydney/ S’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015. (ANIC; Slide No. 039-1). Paralectotypes. 4 males (not studied). Remarks. Original description states “ Hab.—Sydney (Skuse). September.” Preservation. Well preserved, all important morphological structures visible. Additional description. Male. Head. Eye bridge 4 facets wide. Antenna brownish, necks bicoloured; 4th flagellomere with l/w-index of 3.2, with dense pale hairs that are longer than the width of the basal node; necks rather long, whitish, with brownish ends; palpus 3-segmented; basal segment with deepened sensory area and 1‒2 bristles. Thorax. Brownish, scutum with a few long and dark lateral bristles; scutellum with two long marginal bristles; postpronotum bare. Wing pale; R1 = 2/3 R; R5 with dorsal macrotrichia only; C = 3/4 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish; fore tibia with a small comb of 4‒5 pale bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibia equal in size, thin, as long as the apex of the tibia wide; claws toothless. Abdomen. Brownish, with sparse, short pale hairs. Hypopygium brownish, with v-shaped ventral base, without lobe or patch of bristles, gonocoxite with short fine hairs on the inner ventral margin; gonostylus bulbous in the middle, with dorsoapical tooth and 5‒6 apical/subapical spines among dense hairs at the apex; tegmen not visible. Body length: 2.2 mm. Comments. The species is characterized by rather long densely hairy flagellomeres, with the hairs longer than the width of the basal node; a bulbous gonostylus with a claw-like tooth and 5‒6 spines among bristles of the same size at the apex. It belongs to the B. hilaris group. 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 pages 429-432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/167160