Corynoptera minutela ( Skuse, 1888 ) Skuse, 1888

Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen & Mohrig, Werner, 2016, Revision of the types of male Sciaridae (Diptera) described from Australia by F. A. A. Skuse, Zootaxa 4193 (3), pp. 401-450 : 437

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD4B57FA-FCB5-45B5-BF3F-B824F6E21E9C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6089946
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/57338830-4D68-FFB1-FF2E-B2F0FD35FBAE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Corynoptera minutela ( Skuse, 1888 )
status	comb. nov.

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Corynoptera minutela ( Skuse, 1888) View in CoL comb. n.

( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 A‒C)

Sciara minutela Skuse, 1888 View in CoL [ Skuse (1888): 702 ‒704].

Type locality. Australia, New South Wales, Glenbrook, Blue Mountains .

Lectotype (here designated): Male. Slide bears original label data verbatim ‘ Sc. minutela / Ƌ (ink) TYPE./ F. A. A. Skuse’ (print), ‘Glenbrook/ M.’ (ink). Mounted in Canada balsam Dec. 2015. ( ANIC; Slide No. 035-1).

Paralectotype. Female (not studied).

Remarks. Original description states “ Hab.—Glenbrook, Blue Mountains (Masters). November.”

Preservation. Flagellomeres missing, posterior part of thorax destroyed, other morphological structures in good condition.

Additional description. Male. Eye bridge 3 facets wide. Antennae missing; palpus 3-segmented; basal segment with 1 bristle. Thorax. Brownish, scutum with long dorsocentral and stronger lateral bristles; scutellum missing; postpronotum bare. Wing pale; R1 short, = 2/3 R; R5 with dorsal macrotrichia only; C short, = 1/2 w; y = x, without macrotrichia; posterior veins weak, without macrotrichia. Haltere lost. Legs pale-yellowish; fore tibia with a small comb of 4 pale bristles; spurs of middle and hind tibia equal in size, thin, somewhat longer than the width of tibia apex; claws without teeth. Abdomen. Brownish, with rather long, sparse hairs. Hypopygium brownish, with v-shaped ventral base, without lobe or patch of bristles, gonocoxites with short fine hairs on the inner ventral margin; gonostylus pointed in apical half and weakly concave, without apical tooth, with 4 long spines in the apical third; tegmen not visible. Body length: 1.6 mm.

Comments. The species is characterized by a short C; a weakly concave gonostylus that is pointed in the apical half and with 4 long spines in the apical third. It resembles Palaearctic species related to C. membranigera ( Kieffer, 1903) but also species of the C. harrisi group like C. fuscispica Mohrig 1999 from New Zealand ( Mohrig & Jaschhof 1999).

Distribution. Australia (New South Wales).