Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) nigrita Hardy, 1956

Mohrig, Werner, Kauschke, Ellen & Broadley, Adam, 2019, Revision of black fungus gnat species (Diptera, Sciaridae) described from the Hawaiian Islands by D. E. Hardy and W. A. Steffan, and a contribution to the knowledge of the sciarid fauna of the Galápagos Islands, Zootaxa 4590 (4), pp. 401-439 : 428

Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) nigrita Hardy, 1956

( Fig. 21 A – C )

Scatopsciara (Uddmaniella) nigrita Hardy, 1956 [ Hardy (1956): 86 – 89, fig. 11 a – d].

Literature: Hardy (1960): 231 – 232, fig. 78 a – d.

Material studied: Holotype : Male, 14.iii.1953, Hawai‘i, O‘ahu, Palolo Valley , reared from rotting Plumeria , leg. C.P. Hoyt [BPBM, No. 2488 in the literature (on slide 2388 and 2488)].

Further material: 2 males, 28.xii.2000, Hawai‘i, Maui, Hana, rain forest, caught by net, leg. W. Mohrig (PWMP).

Conservation status. E mbedded in Canada balsam. Head, palpus, antennae and wings isolated with wings under a separate cover slip. All morphological structures are in good condition.

Comments. The species is characterized by a short 3-segmented palpus with a large basal segment, fore tibia with a small comb-like row of bristles, a short R 1, hypopygium with a bare intergonocoxal space and short and sparse hairs on the inner ventral margin of the gonocoxites; gonostylus small, pointed to the apex, with a short apical tooth and 4 long subapical spines; a wide and flat tegmen, and short aedeagus.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands (O‘ahu, Maui).

Figures

FIGURE 21 A–C. Scatopsciara nigrita Hardy, 1956. Holotype. A. Hypopygium; B. Basal segments of antenna; C. Apex of fore tibia.