Prosciara megachaeta Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991

Shi, Kai, Huang, Junhao, Komarova, Lyudmila, Zhang, Sujiong & Wu, Hong, 2013, Review of the genus Prosciara Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China, Zootaxa 3640 (3), pp. 301-342 : 315

Prosciara megachaeta Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1991

Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991: 135.

New material. 1 male, China, Guangxi province, Nanning, Mt. Damingshan, sweep-net, 23.V.2011, Ting-Ting Zhang [SM01123].

Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by setose M and Cu1 on wings; four strong megasetae on the dorsal lobe, which located at the apical third of the gonostylus; a relatively short and wide tegmen with a break on apical rim, a long and wide intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Fig. 24 ), Burma (Kambaiti).

Remarks. This species was first recorded in Kambaiti, Burma (Hippa & Vilkamaa 1991) and is new to China (Guangxi province). The Chinese specimen examined shows no distinct differences from the type specimen. However, the intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium is slightly shorter in the Chinese specimen.

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FIGURE 24. Geographical distribution of Prosciara from China.