Acanthocnema sp. A

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2025, Revision of the Nearctic species of Acanthocnema Becker, 1894 (Diptera: Scathophagidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 1026, pp. 304-337 : 334

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1026.3125
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:59388C59-E955-4897-AB86-BE6DF1BB303F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17833410
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C2987EF-3206-FFAC-71CD-6D00FD22FCE3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Acanthocnema sp. A
status

Treatment

Acanthocnema sp. A

Fig. 60

Material examined

USA – North Carolina • 1 ♀; Macon Co., Wayah Gap ; [ 35.153° N, 83.581° W]; 4100 ft a.s.l.; 28 Jul. 1957; J.G. Chillcott leg.; CNC GoogleMaps .

Distribution

This species is known from the southern Appalachians of eastern North America ( Fig. 60).

Remarks

This species is closely related to A. pulchripennis sp. nov. and A. rainierensis sp. nov. based on the presence of three long, spine-like posteroventral setae on the fore femur, but unlike these two species the wings lack a discal crossband and the fore tibia has a long posteroventral spine-like seta. Males are required to fully assess the status of this species.