Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004

Leng, Ruixin, Heller, Kai, Huang, Junhao, Ye, Lan & Wu, Hong, 2018, DNA barcoding of the genus Dichopygina, with a new species from China (Diptera: Sciaridae), Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 18-26 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201802
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A50C88CE-B37D-4709-8C89-462DA854CF98
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458731
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F687A9-FFE9-FFB3-FF78-6E5869F01743
treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004 View in CoL , stat. rev.

Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004: 110 View in CoL (key), 113 (figs 5A–H), 115. Type locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai.

Material examined. China. 1♂, Liaoning, Laotudingzi Nature Reserve , sweep net, 13 August 2015, leg. Feilong Chen ( SCILA007-16 ) ( ZAFU) ; 1♂, Shaanxi, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi, Old Town of Protected Areas , Jingyang Guesthouse (33°48' 09″N, 107°44'49″E; elev. 1797 m), light trap, 19 August 2014, leg. Lan Ye ( SCILA008-16 ) ( ZAFU) GoogleMaps . Norway. 1♂, Hedmark, Elverum , S Starmoen, yellow-pan trap, 01–06 September 2014, leg. Kjell Magne Olsen ( SCINO736-15 ) ( CBFO) . Canada. 1♂, Northwest Territories (65.2791°N, 126.83°W), 12 August 2014, leg. S. Behrens & R. Popko ( GMORK2686-15 ) ( BIOG) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by the longer basalmost megasetae with 10–13 megasetae and larger wing length of 1.4–1.7 mm ( Vilkamaa et al., 2004).

Description. See Vilkamaa et al., 2004.

Remarks. This species has a wide distribution, which was originally recorded in Japan and is new to China and Norway. The Chinese specimens examined, show some slight differences from the original description that length/width of 4th flagellomere 2.08–2.13, R 1/ R 0.61–0.72 in the Chinese specimen, while length/width of 4th flagellomere 1.65–1.90 and R 1/ R 0.75–0.95 in the type series.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Liaoning), Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Russia, Japan, Canada ( Vilkamaa et al., 2004; Heller et al., 2009).