Neuratelia minor ( Lundstroem , 1912)

Kurina, Olavi, Ounap, Erki & Poldmaa, Kadri, 2015, Two new Neuratelia Rondani (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) species from Western Palaearctic: a case of limited congruence between morphology and DNA sequence data, ZooKeys 496, pp. 105-129 : 115

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Mycetophilidae

Neuratelia minor ( Lundstroem, 1912) Figs 13, 14, 17

Studied material.

SLOVAKIA. 1♂, NP Muránska planina, Murán 3.5 km NE, sweeping, 48°45'46,5"N, 020°04'55,9"E, 483 m a.s.l. 30.v.2009, O. Kurina leg. (IZBE0200272, on pin with terminalia in glycerine; earlier published in Ševčík and Kurina 2011: 101); 1♂, NP Muránska planina, Šiance, sweeping, 48°46'14,7"N, 020°05'33,0"E, 656 m a.s.l. 30.v.2009, O. Kurina leg. (IZBE0200273, on pin with terminalia in glycerine; earlier published in Ševčík and Kurina 2011: 101). GREECE. 1♂, Central Macedonia, Kerkini lakes area, Vironia village, Beabies site, 41°19'15,4"N, 023°13'39,6"E, 1150 m a.s.l., Malaise trap, 19.-25.v.2008, G. Ramel leg. (IZBE0200274, slide mounted in Euparal).

Specific discussion.

Neuratelia minor was described and figured by Lundström (1912: figs 8, 9) from Romania. Because the type material was subsequently destroyed, Matile designated neotype from Hungary and provided also a new figure of male terminalia ( Matile 1974: fig. 6). Both figures are sufficiently detailed, presenting a bifid ventral branch of the gonostylus that clearly discriminates the species morphologically from Neuratelia caucasica and Neuratelia jabalmoussae sp. n. Neuratelia minor has a more eastern distribution in the Western Palaearctic but is also found in France and the Eastern Palaearctic ( Chandler 2013).