Dolichosciara subornata (Mohrig & Menzel, 1994)

Wu, Hong, Shi, Kai, Huang, Junhao & Zhang, Sujiong, 2013, Review of the genus Dolichosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China, Zootaxa 3745 (3), pp. 343-364 : 359

Dolichosciara subornata (Mohrig & Menzel, 1994)

Phytosciara (Dolichosciara) subornata Mohrig & Menzel, 1994: 182 –183; 185; 189.

New material. CHINA. SHAANXI. 2 males, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzhen, sweep-net, 28.VII.2009, Mao-Ling Sheng [SM01325–01326].

Diagnosis. The species is characterized by the gonostylus with four thin subapical megasetae, the intercoxal area setose on the hypopygium and the length of the tegmen twice its width.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi – new record; Fig. 11 ); described from Ussurijsk, Russian Far East (Mohrig & Menzel, 1994).

Remarks. This species is new to China. The Chinese specimens examined show some slight differences from the type specimen that the 1st flagellomeres brown and 4–5 megasetae on the gonostylus in the Chinese specimen, while the 1st flagellomeres yellow and four megasetae on the gonostylus in the type specimen.

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FIGURE 11. Geographical distribution of Dolichosciara from China.