Dolichosciara flavipes (Meigen, 1804)

Wu, Hong, Shi, Kai, Huang, Junhao & Zhang, Sujiong, 2013, Review of the genus Dolichosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China, Zootaxa 3745 (3), pp. 343-364 : 353

Dolichosciara flavipes (Meigen, 1804)

Sciara flavipes Meigen, 1804: 98 –99.

Sciara flavipes Meigen : Panzer, 1806–1809: 15; Meigen, 1818: 283.

Sciara flavipes Panzer : Winnertz, 1867: 133–134.

Sciara (Phorodonta) flavipes Meigen : Lengersdorf, 1929: 59.

Phorodonta flavipes (Meigen) : Edwards, 1925: 534; Lengersdorf, 1928–1930: 8; Frey, 1948: 46, 73.

Phytosciara (Phorodonta) flavipes (Meigen) : Antonova, 1977: 112.

Phytosciara flavipes (Meigen) : Freeman, 1983: 32, 57.

Phytosciara (Dolichosciara) flavipes (Meigen) : Tuomikoski, 1960: 107, 109–110; Gerbachevskaja, 1969: 342–343; Menzel, Mohrig & Groth, 1990: 318–319; Mohrig & Menzel, 1994: 179, 183, 184, 186–189; Menzel & Mohrig, 2000: 440–442.

Phytosciara (Prosciara) flavipes (Meigen) : Menzel, 1992a: 245; Menzel, 1992b: 269.

Diagnosis. The species is characterized by its subparallel-sided gonostylus with a slightly inflated apex and 5–8 megasetae located apicomesially, and a small setose intercoxal lobe on the hypopygium.

Distribution. China ( Taiwan , Fig. 11 ); Europe, Greenland, Algeria, Novaya Zemlya, Russian Far East, North Korea, Nepal, India, Thailand, USA (California) (Mohrig & Menzel, 1994).

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FIGURE 11. Geographical distribution of Dolichosciara from China.