Plecia lugubris Heer, 1849

(Figs. 6, 26)

Plecia lugubris Heer, 1849: 209 .

Penthetria lugubris (Heer) Handlirsch, 1907: 960 .

Material: Possible type (female, NHMW) in Wien, fits one of the illustrations in Heer except it is reversed, maybe the counterpart of the specimen described by Heer.

Additional material: four females (CNHM 1824, 1825, 1828, 1831)

Female: Total length 7.9–10.3 mm (N=4).

Head: Length 0.84 mm (N=1), width 0.86–1.00 mm (N=2).

Thorax: Length 2.4–3.1 mm (N=3), width 1.9–2.4 mm (N=2). Brown, poorly preserved. Halter brown.

Wing: Length 8.4–9.7 mm (N=4), width 3.1–3.6 mm (N=3). Brownish fumose (colour preservation questionable), rather narrow. Veins fine and distinctive, pterostigma not apparent. Subcosta distinctive, long and straight. R 2+3 straight and oblique. Costa extends to apex of R 4+5. CuA and its continuation CuA 2 very strong and prominent, CuA 2 apically curved. CuP straight, basally strong and prominent. Vein measurements: basal R 2.1–2.7 mm (N=3), distal R 1 2.7–3.5 mm (N=2), basal R s 1.5 –2.2 mm (N=3), distal R s 1.9 –2.0 mm (N=2), R 2+3 0.8–1.3 mm (N=2), R 4+5 2.9–3.1 mm (N=2), R-M 0.41–0.44 mm (N=3), basal M 2.9–4.2 mm (N=3), distal M 0.5–0.7 mm (N=3), M 1 3.2–4.2 mm (N=2), M 2 2.5–3.2 mm (N=2), CuA 1.9–2.3 mm (N=2),CuA 1 3.5–3.7 mm (N=2), CuA 2 2.6–2.7 mm (N=2).

Legs: Brown, slender.

Abdomen: Length 5.4–7.1 mm (N=3), width 1.9–2.3 mm (N=2). Brown, cylindrical, relatively slender.