The genus Lobosciara Steffan (Diptera, Sciaridae)

Lobosciara Steffan, characterized by unusual modifications in the male genitalia, is the sister group of Dolichosciara Tuomikoski. The concept of the genus is redefined on the basis of the new material. Lobosciara includes the following species which are keyed and described: L. spinipennis (Sasakawa) (Thailand, Micronesia), L. adebratti sp. n. (Borneo), L. bilobata sp. n. (Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sulawesi), L. latiloba sp. n. (Malay peninsula, Borneo) and L. trilobata sp. n. (Sulawesi). The phylogenetic interrelationship of the species is as follows: [spinipennis + trilobata] + [latiloba + (adebratti + bilobata)]

Pseudoperomyia gen. n. from Malaysia and the phylogeny of the Micromyidi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Lestremiinae).

Die Gallmücken-Gattung Pseudoperomyia gen. n. wird für 8 Lestremiinen-Arten aus Malaysia begründet. Die neubeschriebenen Arten sind: P. acutistyla sp. n., P. bidentata sp. n., P. humilis sp. n., P. parvolobata sp. n., P. intermedia sp. n., P. longicornis sp. n., P. macrostyla sp. n. und P. platistyla sp. n. Innerhalb der Tribus Micromyini ist Anodontoceras die Schwestergruppe von Pseudoperomyia. Das Resultat einer Computeranalyse unterstützt weitgehend eine jüngst vorgeschlagene Hypothese zur Phylogenie der Micromyidi.Nomenklatorische HandlungenPseudoperomyia Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Cecidomyiidae), gen. n.acutistyla Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.bidentata Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.humilis Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.intermedia Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.longicornis Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.macrostyla Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.parvolobata Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.platistyla Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.A new cecidomyiid genus Pseudoperomyia gen. n. is described from Malaysia, with 8 new species: P. acutistyla sp. n., P. bidentata sp. n., P. humilis sp. n., P. parvolobata sp. n., P. intermedia sp. n., P. longicornis sp. n., P. macrostyla sp. n., and P. platistyla sp. n. Pseudoperomyia belongs to the lestremiine tribe Micromyini with Anodontoceras as its sister group. The result of a computerized parsimony analysis for the Micromyidi largely supports a recently-published hypothesis on the phylogeny of this taxon. Nomenclatural ActsPseudoperomyia Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Cecidomyiidae), gen. n.acutistyla Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.bidentata Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.humilis Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.intermedia Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.longicornis Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.macrostyla Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.parvolobata Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n.platistyla Jaschhof & Hippa, 1999 (Pseudoperomyia), spec. n

The genus Prosciara Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae)

The concept of Phytosciara Frey with the subgenera P. (Phytosciara), P. (Dolichosciara) and P. (Prosciara) is polyphyletic and the subgenera are treated as genera. Prosciara includes 1 Holarctic, 8 Palearctic and 28 Oriental species. The species are keyed and described, including the following new species: P. angustiloba sp. n. (Thailand), P. biceps sp. n. (Burma), P. bifida sp. n. (Burma), P. biloba sp. n. (Burma), P. collina sp. n. (Burma), P. crassidens sp. n. (Burma), P. decamera sp. n. (Burma), P. dolichochaeta sp. n. (Burma), P. duplex sp. n. (Burma), P. ensfera sp. n. (Burma), P. filichaeta sp. n. (Burma, Nepal), P. furcifera sp. n. (Burma), P. gemellata sp. n. (Burma), P. gibbosa sp. n. (Burma), P. glomerata sp. n. (Burma), P. latifurca sp. n. (Burma), P. latilingula sp. n. (Burma), P. megacera sp. n. (Burma), P. megachaeta sp. n. (Burma), P. mima sp. n. (Burma), P. pectinifera sp. n. (Japan), P. pentacanta sp. n. (Nepal), P. pentadactylasp. n. (Burma), P. plusiochaeta sp. n. (Finland), P. pollex sp. n. (Burma), P. processifera sp. n. (Burma), P. quantula sp. n. (Burma), P. tetrix sp. n. (Burma) and P. triloba sp. n. (Burma). Xenopygina Frey is not a synonym of Prosciara but an independent genus. It includes two species: X. hastata (Johannsen) n. comb. (USA) and X. paradoxa (Frey) (USSR)

The status and phylogeny of Moehnia Pritchard, 1960 (Diptera: Sciaridae).

Die Gattung Moehnia umfasst neben der nearktischen Typusart M. erema Pritchard (California, Ontario), die bisher nur im weiblichen Geschlecht bekannt war, eine weitere Art aus der Orientalis (Borneo, Sumatra): M. quantula spec. nov. Die phylogenetische Verwandtschaft von Moehnia stellt sich wie folgt dar: Pseudoepidapus Mohrig + [Moehnia Pritchard + (Caenosciara Lengersdorf + Epidapus Haliday)]. Die Typusarten der beiden im folgenden akzeptierten Untergattungen von Epidapus, Epidapus s. str. und Vimmeria Kratochvil, bilden ein Monophylum.Nomenklatorische Handlungenquantula Hippa, Menzel & Jaschhof, 1997 (Moehnia), spec. n.The genus Moehnia includes the Nearctic type-species M. erema Pritchard (California, Ontario), of which only the female was previously known, and the new Oriental species M. quantula spec. nov. (Borneo, Sumatra). The phylogenetic relationship of Moehnia is: Pseudoepidapus Mohrig + [Moehnia Pritchard + (Caenosciara Lengersdorf + Epidapus Haliday)]. The type-species of the two currently recognised subgenera of Epidapus, Epidapus s. str. and Vimmeria Kratochvil, form a monophyletic group. Nomenclatural Actsquantula Hippa, Menzel & Jaschhof, 1997 (Moehnia), spec. n

Black fungus-gnats in deciduous forest habitat in northern Europe, with the description of Bradysia arcula sp. n. (Diptera: Sciaridae)

The sciarid fauna of a deciduous forest in Kivijärvi Nature Reserve, southern Finland, was studied. In all, 58 species were found in a material of 247 specimens, collected with Malaise traps. The material included the following species new to the Finnish and North European fauna: Corynoptera postforcipata Rudzinski, Leptosciarella juniperi (Mohrig & Blasco-Zumeta), Leptosciarella subcoarctata Mohrig&Menzel, Leptosciarella yerburyi (Freeman), Phytosciara macrotricha (Lengersdorf) and Sciara nursei Freeman. Bradysia arcula sp. n., found also in two other localities in Finland, is described, and a key to the Finnish species of the Bradysia praecox group is provide

Four new species and new records of Manota (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia

Four new Manota species are described from the northern part of Sulawesi: M. ashleyi sp. nov., M. axillata sp. nov., M. loriculata sp. nov. and M. spathigera sp. nov. New records are given for the following species: M. dolichothrix Hippa & Sevcik, 2010 (South Sulawesi), M. horrida Hippa, 2006 (North Sulawesi), M. ovata Hippa, 2006 (North Sulawesi), M. paulula Hippa & Sevcik, 2013 (North Sulawesi) and M. pectinata Hippa, 2006 (South Sulawesi). In addition, M. hamulata Colless, 1966 is recorded from Bacan Island, Maluku Utara. The number of Oriental Manota species is now set at 102 and the number of species from Sulawesi at 14

Just a Fragment of Undescribed Diversity: Twenty New Oriental and Palearctic Species of Sciaroidea (Diptera), including DNA Sequence Data and Two New Fossil Genera

Simple Summary Two-winged flies (Diptera) are one of the megadiverse insect orders, in terms of biodiversity. The suborder Nematocera (=lower Diptera) includes several particularly species-rich groups, such as fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae and related families of the superfamily Sciaroidea) and gall midges (Cecidomyiidae), the latter presumably even being the most diverse family of Diptera of all. Although every year dozens of new species from these families are being described, either from extant fauna or from the fossil record, an amazing number of species still remain undescribed, especially outside Europe or North America. In this paper, another portion of new taxa of fungus gnats is described, enabling to better understand the fascinating and still little-known world of insects on Earth. The following 17 extant new species of Sciaroidea (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) are described: Bolitophila nikolae Sevcik sp. nov. (Bolitophilidae, Taiwan), Catocha jingfui sp. nov. (Cecidomyiidae, Taiwan), Catocha manmiaoe sp. nov. (Cecidomyiidae, Taiwan), Catocha shengfengi sp. nov. (Cecidomyiidae, Taiwan), Planetella taiwanensis sp. nov. (Cecidomyiidae, Taiwan), Diadocidia pseudospinusola sp. nov. (Diadocidiidae, Taiwan), Asioditomyia bruneicola sp. nov. (Ditomyiidae, Brunei), Asioditomyia lacii sp. nov. (Ditomyiidae, Taiwan), Ditomyia asiatica sp. nov. (Ditomyiidae, Thailand), Chetoneura davidi sp. nov. (Keroplatidae, Brunei), Euceroplatus mantici sp. nov. (Keroplatidae, Thailand), Setostylus fangshuoi sp. nov. (Keroplatidae, Taiwan), Platyceridion yunfui sp. nov. (Keroplatidae, Hainan), Terocelion adami sp. nov. (Keroplatidae, Taiwan), Hadroneura martini sp. nov. (Mycetophilidae, Taiwan), Paratinia furcata sp. nov. (Mycetophilidae, Czech Republic, Slovakia), and Nepaletricha sikorai sp. nov. (Sciaroidea incertae sedis, Thailand). Two new genera are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Burmasymmerus gen. nov. (Ditomyiidae, type species Burmasymmerus korneliae sp. nov., including also B. wieslawi sp. nov.), representing the first record of the family Ditomyiidae from the Mesozoic, and Burmatricha gen. nov. (Sciaroidea incertae sedis, type species Burmatricha mesozoica sp. nov.). Molecular phylogeny of Ditomyiidae, based on two DNA markers (28S, COI), as well as that of Catocha Haliday, 1833, based on the mitochondrial COI and 16S fragments, are also presented.</p

Taxonomy of Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera, Sciaridae) in the Northern Holarctic, with the description of four new species

Four species of Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Northern Holarctic are described and illustrated for the first time: Bradysia bigeminata sp. nov. (Finland, Canada), B. falciceps sp. nov. (Finland, Canada), B. oelandica sp. nov. (Sweden) and B. plusiospina sp. nov. (Finland). A few Bradysia species, described previously and now found in Northern Europe, are also redefined and illustrated.Peer reviewe

New species and new records of Manota Williston from Colombia, Brazilian Amazonia, and Costa Rica (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)

The following five species are described as new: Manota clava sp. n. (Colombia), Manota multilobata sp. n. (Colombia), Manota perplexa sp. n. (Costa Rica), Manota setilobata sp. n. (Colombia) and Manota subaristata sp. n. (Colombia). In addition, new records for the following 11 species are presented: Manota acuminata Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Costa Rica), Manota arenalensis Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Costa Rica), Manota corcovado Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Costa Rica), Manota costaricensis Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Costa Rica), Manota diversiseta Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Colombia, Brazilian Amazonia, Costa Rica), Manota minutula Hippa, Kurina & Saaksjarvi, 2017 (Brazilian Amazonia), Manota multisetosa Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Costa Rica), Manota parva Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Colombia, Costa Rica), Manota pisinna Hippa & Kurina, 2013 (Brazilian Amazonia), Manota spinosa Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Colombia) and Manota squamulata Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Costa Rica). Distribution patterns include (1) species known only locally in Costa Rica or Colombia, (2) distributions connecting Central America to west Andes lowlands, and (3) north-west Neotropical components, extending from Central America to Brazilian Amazonia. The possible biogeographical and taxonomical context of Manota species with a widespread distribution is considered

Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae)

The Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 are revised. The following 43 new species are described: Sphegina (Sphegina) abbreviata sp. nov. (Nepal), S. (S.) angustata sp. nov. (Nepal), S (Asiosphegina) albolobata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (Asiosphegina) amplistylus sp. nov. (Philippines), S. (A.) atrimanus sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A) bifida sp. nov. (Sabah, Malaysia), S. (A) bracon sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) brevipilis sp. nov. (China), S. (A) clavigera sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A) collicola sp. nov. (Malaysia), S. (A.) crinita sp. nov. (Java, Indonesia; Malaysia), S. (A.) dentata sp. nov. (Taiwan), S. (A.) distincta sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) exilipes sp. nov. (Java, Indonesia), S. (A.) farinosa sp. nov. (Sabah, Malaysia), S. (A.) fimbriata sp. nov. (Thailand), S. (A.) furcillata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) ghatsi sp. nov. (India), S. (A.) gigantea sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) granditarsis sp. nov. (China), S. (A) hamulata sp. nov. (India), S. (A) hauseri sp. nov. (Nepal), S. (A.) incretonigra sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) inflata sp. nov. (Philippines), S. (A) inventum sp. nov. (Sabah, Malaysia), S. (A.) karnataka sp. nov. (India), S. (A.) licina sp. nov. (Thailand), S. (A) lobulata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) lucida sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A) nigrotarsata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) nubicola sp. nov. (Thailand), S. (A.) ornata sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) perlobata sp. nov. (Taiwan), S. (A.) plautus sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) prolixa sp. nov. (Malaysia, Thailand), S. (A.) setosa sp. nov. (Nepal, India), S (A.) spathigera sp. nov. (Philippines), S (A) spenceri sp. nov. (Vietnam), S (A.) strigillata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A) taiwanensis sp. nov. (Taiwan), S. (A.) umbrosa sp. nov. (China), S. (A) verrucosa sp. nov. (Vietnam) and S. (A) vietnamensis sp. nov. (Vietnam). Sphegina. (A.) tenuis Brunetti, 1915 is not a synonym of S. (A.) javana de Meijere, 1914. The males of S (A.) apicalis Shiraki, 1930, S (A.) tricoloripes Brunetti, 1915 and S. (A.) varidissima Shiraki, 1930 and the females of S (A.) achaeta Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, S. (A.) index Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, S. (A.) mirifica Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015 and S. (S.) quadriseta Huo & Ren, 2006 are described for the first time. Sphegina (5) quadriseta is recorded for the first time in the Oriental region. A key to all the Oriental species of Sphegina is provided. The Oriental fauna of Sphegina now comprises 94 species