Bradysia exsequialis (Skuse, 1890)

Sciara exsequialis SkusE, 1890 [SkusE (1890): 409 –410].

LitEraturE: BroaDlEy et al. (2016): 421, Fig. 12 A–C.

Material [unless denoted otherwise all slides are deposited in ASCU]: 1 male, 5.v.1976, New South Wales, Rockley (near Oberon), water trap, ASCT00053436 ; 3 males, 14.vi.1979, Alstonville, light trap, leg. N.J. Cartwright, ASCT00053448 /53554/54878 (PABM) ; 1 male, Jan. 1980, New South Wales, Doyalson, leg. G.R. Brown, ASCT00053437 ; 3 males, 6.xii.1978, New South Wales, Jerilderie, ASCT00053423 /54870 (PABM)/ 54876 ; 2 males, 13.iv.1978, New South Wales, Bega, light trap, leg. A. Westcott, ASCT00053453 /53454 ; 1 male, 10.xi.1976, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT00054871 ; 3 males, 7.vi.1978, New South Wales, Alstonville, in light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT00053447 /54882/54895 (PABM) ; 1 male, May- June 1962, New South Wales, Bathurst, yellow tray trap, A.N. I.C. specimen, leg. R.D. Hughes, ASCT00054887 ; 2 males, 17.v.1977, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT00053442 /53443 ; 1 male, 24.ii.1978, New South Wales, Grose Vale, at MV light, leg. J.A. Humphreys, ASCT00116458 ; 1 male, 4.x.1978, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, ASCT00053444 ; 1 male, 3.ii.1978, New South Wales, Doyalson, light trap, leg. G.R. Brown, ASCT00053438 ; 2 males, 12.xi.1976, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, ASCT00053395 /54883 ; 1 male, 29.iv.1977, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT00054872 ; 2 males, 19.vii.1978, New South Wales, Rydalmere, 1 st generation, lab. Culture, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT00054886 /54896 ; 1 male, 13.v.1977, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, ASCT00054888 (PWMP) ; 1 male, 7.vi.1978, New South Wales, Victoria Park (Lismore), Rainforest, leg. B.J. Loudon, ASCT00053420 ; 1 male, 9.v.1977, light trap, ASCT00049086; 1 male, 27.vii.1979, New South Wales, Rydalmere, light trap, ASCT00053394 ; 1 male, 7.iv.1979, New South Wales, Barrington Tops National Park, light trap, leg. G.R. Brown, ASCT00053433 ; New South Wales, Sydney in origin? leg. A.J. Stocker, ASCT00053435 ; 1 male, 7.vi.1978, Alstonville, light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon ASCT00053449 ; 1 male, 7.vi.1978, Victoria Park, Lismore, Rainforest, light trap, leg. B.J. Loudon ; 4 males, 23.ix.1978, Bengalee, 8 km NW of Nowra, leg. M.J. Fletcher, ASCT00053430 (PWMP)/53431/53450 (PABM) /54875 ; 1 male, Victoria, Melbourne, leg. A.J. Stocker, ASCT00054894 ; 1 male, Nov. 1978, New South Wales, Wollongbar, light trap, leg. N.J. Cartwright, ASCT00053748 ; 1 male, 20.v.1963, Black Mts., A.C.T., Malaise trap, leg. I.F.B. Common, ASCT00054889 (PWMP) ; 1 male, Nov. 2015, Victoria, yellow pan trap, vegetable garden, leg. A. Broadley, #86 (PWMP); 1 male, 27.xi.2001, Tasmania, Bushy Park, on cherry tree in farm orchard, beating, leg. O. Seeman, #25 (Accession No. 130299) (TAIC) .

Comments. The species is characterized by the brown body and legs, long flagellomeres (l/w index of 3.0), sparse and short hairs on the base of the hypopygium and on the inner ventral margin of the gonocoxites and a prolonged, slightly bulbous gonostylus without an apical tooth, but with 3–4 apical spines and 1–3 isolated spines inserted dorsally.

Distribution. Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.