taxonID	type	description	language	source
038AD9115D4F7220FF1BFC6D9446FEBA.taxon	description	Figs 2 B, D; 3 A – D; 4 A – F Holotype. Male. GEORGIA, Mtskheta, former anti-air base near Dighomi, 750 m, 41.7825 ° N 44.6941 ° E, 22. April 2023, Light trap, A. Pototski & R. Haverinen leg. (double-pinned, with terminalia in glycerine, IZBE 0228888; one hind leg used for DNA sequencing, for GenBank accession numbers see Table 1).	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4F7220FF1BFC6D9446FEBA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. By structure of the male terminalia, D. babale sp. nov. belongs to a group of species characterised by the posteroventral margin of the gonocoxites bearing medial and lateral processes, and the gonostylus being bilobed. Within this group, D. babale sp. nov. is most similar to D. pannonica Laštovka & Ševčík, 2006, as both species possess an elongated tergite IX that widens posteriorly. However, D. babale sp. nov. differs by having a campanula-shaped medial process on the posteroventral margin of the gonocoxites (stepped and medially elongated in D. pannonica) and the gonostylus with two-pronged ventral lobe (one-pronged in D. pannonica).	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4F7220FF1BFC6D9446FEBA.taxon	description	Description. Male (n = 1). Length of wing 3.6 mm. Head black with numerous pale setae. Three ocelli, the lateral ones almost touching compound eyes, separated from the eye margins by less than half of their own diameter. Mouthparts brownish. Palpus yellow, basal segment somewhat darker. Scape dark brown, pedicel dark yellow, flagellomeres brown, lighter than scape. All flagellomeres cylindrical, fourth flagellomere about 1.5 times as long as broad. All parts of thorax blackish brown, with light setae. Scutellum with numerous setae and two pairs of submarginal pale bristles which are somewhat longer than scutellum. Antepronotum and proepisternum with pale bristles and short darker setae. Laterotergite and other pleural parts bare. Haltere yellow. Legs. All coxae yellow, with basal fifth of fore and mid coxae, and basal third of hind coxa blackish brown. Trochanters brown. All femora and tibiae yellow, except fore femur ventrally brownish and hind tibia slightly darkened at apical fifth. Tarsi brownish, except fore basitarsus entirely and basal half of second fore tarsal segment yellowish. Fore tibia apicomedially with semicircular tibial organ (anteroapical depressed area), densely covered with yellow setae (Fig. 2 D). Wings hyaline, unmarked. Radial veins and r-m dark brown, other veins paler, m-stem faint, almost not traceable. Rs, m-stem, bm-m and basal one third of cu-stem asetose, the other veins setose. Right wing Sc with 3 setae, left wing Sc asetose. Costa reaches to about a third of the distance between R 4 + 5 and M 1. Sc ends in R well before the level of beginning of m-stem. Posterior fork begins before anterior fork, approximately at the level of the middle of m-stem. Abdomen all blackish with pale setae. Terminalia (Figs 3 A – D, 4 A – F) dark brown, with gonostyli slightly lighter. Tergite IX widening posteriorly, medially somewhat constricted, about 1.4 times as long as broad medially, posteriorly with a row of stronger submarginal setae deviating from other setosity, posterior margin with U-shaped, small medial cleft. Posteroventral margin of gonocoxites with broad, blunt lateral lobes, covered with dense aggregation of strong setae. Internal flange of posteroventral margin of gonocoxite drawn medially out to a large process, having campanula-shaped posterior part, with ventrolateral aggregations of ramified setae. Gonostylus consists of two lobes: (1) large crescent-shaped dorsal lobe that is medially curved and apically widened, with group of lateromedial setae and large aggregation of small setulae on apicoventral surface, and (2) ventral lobe that is split into two prongs, one medially curved and tapering more dorsal prong and posteriorly directed and tapering more ventral prong with black apical spine. Parameral apodeme posteriorly rectangular. Aedeagus with hook-like apical part in lateral view and with V-shaped apical cleft in ventral view. Cercus tapering, with 14 combs of small spines (retinacula). Female. Unknown.	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4F7220FF1BFC6D9446FEBA.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4F7220FF1BFC6D9446FEBA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name, used as a noun in apposition, is derived from ancient Georgian mythology. Babale is an alternative spelling of Barbale, the goddess of the sun, fertility, and harvest.	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4B722FFF1BFF169246FCCA.taxon	description	Figs 2 A, C; 5 A – D; 6 A – F Holotype. Male. GEORGIA: Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region, Tbilisi N. P., 1275 m., 41.881160 ° N 45.020803 ° E, 27. May – 01. Jun. 2022, Malaise trap, Leg. X. Mengual, B. Müller (mounted from ethyl alcohol, with terminalia in glycerine, ZFMK-DIP- 00112444; one fore leg used for DNA sequencing, for GenBank accession numbers see Table 1).	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4B722FFF1BFF169246FCCA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Based on the structure of the male terminalia, D. dali sp. nov. belongs to the same group of Palaearctic species as defined for D. babale sp. nov. Among these species, D. dali sp. nov. is most similar to D. landrocki Laštovka & Ševčík, 2006 and D. caucasica Kurina & Kirik, 2021 due to the outline of the medial process on the posteroventral margin of the gonocoxite and the shape of tergite IX, which is short and only slightly longer than wide. Docosia dali sp. nov. is distinguished by the presence of a bifurcate lateral process on the posteroventral margin of the gonocoxite (one-lobed in other species) and one-pronged ventral lobe of the gonostylus (two- or threepronged in other species).	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4B722FFF1BFF169246FCCA.taxon	description	Description. Male (n = 1). Length of wing 2.5 mm. Head blackish brown with numerous pale setae. Three ocelli, the lateral ones almost touching compound eyes, separated from the eye margins by less than half of their own diameter. Mouthparts brownish. Palpus yellow, except basal segment brownish. Scape, pedicel and all flagellomeres brown. All flagellomeres cylindrical, fourth flagellomere about 1.3 times as long as broad. All parts of thorax blackish brown, with light setae. Scutellum with numerous setae and two pairs of submarginal bristles. Antepronotum and proepisternum with pale bristles and short darker setae. Laterotergite with 2 – 3 small setae at lower half of hind margin, other pleural parts bare. Haltere pale yellow. Legs. All coxae yellow, with basal fifth of fore and mid coxae, and basal third of hind coxa brownish. Trochanters brown. All femora and tibiae yellow, except basal half of fore femur ventrally brownish. Fore tibia apicomedially with semicircular tibial organ (anteroapical depressed area), without strong setae, only densely covered with fine yellow setae. Tarsi seem brownish because of dense setae. Wings hyaline, unmarked. Radial veins and r-m dark brown, other veins paler, m-stem and basal part of medial fork faint, almost not traceable. Sc, Rs, m-stem, bm-m and basal half of cu-stem asetose, the other veins setose. Costa reaches to about half of the distance between R 4 + 5 and M 1. Sc ends in R at the level of beginning of m-stem. Posterior fork begins at the level of anterior fork. Abdomen all blackish with pale setae. Terminalia (Figs 5 A – D, 6 A – F) brown, with gonostyli slightly lighter. Tergite IX basally with small medial incision, apically blunt, longer than broad, posterior margin slightly convex, setose, with row of subapical stronger setae. Posteroventral margin of gonocoxites with bifurcate lateral lobes, consisting of more medial, setose, triangular lobe, and more lateral, bare, needle like lobe, which extending gonostylus medially. Internal flange of posteroventral margin of gonocoxite drawn medially out to an apically rounded large process, densely covered with apically ramified setae. Gonostylus consists of two lobes: (1) large crescent-shaped dorsal lobe that is medially curved and apically widened, with large aggregation of small setulae on apicoventral surface, and (2) ventral convoluted, subapically widened lobe that is apically resembling a spine (black and pointed). Parameral apodeme posteriorly broad and rounded. Aedeagus with hook-like apical part in lateral view and deeply bifurcated in ventral view. Cercus parallel-sided, with 11 combs of small spines (retinacula). Female. Unknown.	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4B722FFF1BFF169246FCCA.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
038AD9115D4B722FFF1BFF169246FCCA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name, used as a noun in apposition, is derived from ancient Georgian mythology. Dali is a goddess of nature, animals, and hunting. She was said to possess extraordinary beauty, with long, golden hair and radiant white skin. She resides high in the mountains, far from the reach of humans, where she watches over the herds of wild animals under her protection.	en	Kurina, Olavi, Burdíková, Nikola, Ševčík, Jan (2025): Two new Docosia Winnertz species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Transcaucasia, with DNA sequence data and updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 5711 (3): 398-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.5
