Mycomya edra Väisänen, 1994

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Muller, Burgert S., 2012, The types of Lygistorrhinidae and Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 703-703 : 709

Mycomya edra Väisänen, 1994

Fig. 8

Mycomya edra: Väisänen 1994: 20 , figs 28–37 (♂ & ♀ terminalia). Type locality: South Africa, KwaZuluNatal, Cathedral Peak .

Holotype ( NMSA type no. 2152): ♂ (1) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: Natal [KwaZulu-Natal]| Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | 2829Cc 16–18.XII.19 77 | JGH Londt”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomya ♂ | edra n.sp. | det. R. Väisänen 19 92 ”; (3) handwritten on red paper: “ HOLOTYPE | Mycomya | edra | Väisänen ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11270”.

Preservation: Pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: right leg II tibia and tarsi.

Paratypes ( NMSA type no. 2152): 2 ♂ (1) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: Natal | Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | 2829 Cc 16–18.XII.19 77 | JGH Londt ”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomya ♂ | edra n.sp. | det. R. Väisänen 19 92 ”; (3) printed on yellow paper: “ PARATYPE ♂ ” .

Identification: (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11293”; pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: head, right leg II and legs III. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59083”; pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: right III tarsi and left III.

Paratypes ( NMSA type no. 2152): 6 ♀ (1) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: Natal [KwaZulu-Natal]| Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | 2829 Cc 16–18.XII.19 77 | JGH Londt ”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Mycomya ♀ | edra n.sp. | det. R. Väisänen 19 92 ”; (3) printed on yellow paper: “ PARATYPE ♀ ” .

Identification: (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59084”; pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSADip. 59085”; pinned exemplar; missing parts: right I tarsi 3 to 5, left II tarsi 2 to 5 and left III tibia and tarsi. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59086”; pinned exemplar; missing parts: right flagellar segments. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59087”; pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: right legs I and II. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59088”; pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine; missing parts: left flagellar segments, left I and right II and left III tibia and tarsi. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 59089”; pinned exemplar, terminalia retained in glycerine, abdomen glued to micropin foam; missing parts: apical right flagellar segments and all legs.

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Figures

Figs 5–8. (5) Leia arsona Hutson, holotype; (6) Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, holotype; (7) Manota whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski, holotype; (8) Mycomya edra Väisänen, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.