Mohrigia hippai Menzel, 1995

Xu, Jun, Shi, Kai, Huang, Junhao & Wu, Hong, 2017, Review of the genus Mohrigia Menzel (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China, Zootaxa 4300 (1), pp. 71-98 : 77-78

Mohrigia hippai Menzel, 1995

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Mohrigia hippai Menzel, 1995: 102 –104; Menzel & Mohrig, 2000: 414 –420.

Material examined. China, Tibet. 1 male, Nielamu , Zhangmu, G 318, K5368, 27°57'27''N, 85°58'18''E, 2845 m, 6- VIII-2014, leg. Jun Xu and Mei Qin [SM02488].

Diagnosis. The species is characterized by its broadly clavate gonostylus, with an apical tooth on the dorsal side, and two to three flagellate setae on the apical half; gonocoxite with a wide intercoxal lobe bearing long and dense setae on the ventral side; tegmen longer than wide and apically rounded, parameral apodeme continuously sclerotized forming a central strip on dorsal side; ventral inner side of gonocoxite with long setae; R1 significantly longer than R and extended to the base of the M-fork; eye bridge narrow with perpendicular frontal process and the ommatidia lost at the center ( Menzel & Mohrig, 2000).

Distribution. China (Tibet— new record; Fig. 16 ); Nepal (Simbhanjang), Burma (Kambaiti) ( Menzel & Martens, 1995; Menzel & Mohrig, 2000).

Remarks. This species was first recorded from Nepal and is new to China. The Chinese specimen shares the diagnostic characteristics, but slight differences were found (a broader gonocoxite and a narrower tegmen).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Geographical distribution of Mohrigia from China. The different coloured shapes refer to different collecting sites of the species.