Taxonomy of fungus gnats allied to Neoempheria ferruginea (Brunetti, 1912) (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with descriptions of 11 new species from Japan and adjacent areas
Author
Sueyoshi, Masahiro
text
Zootaxa
2014
3790
1
139
164
journal article
45970
10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.6
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Neoempheria cuneata
sp. n.
[Japanese name: kusabi-nagamado-kinoko-bae] (
Figs. 2
f, 3f, 6, 14a, 14b)
Description.
Body length:
4.3 mm
. Wing length:
4.5 mm
.
Wing
(
Fig. 3
f): vein sc-r ending basal 3/14 of anterior margin of cell r1. Vein Rs longer than distance between basal end of vein Rs and apical end of vein sc-r.
Male
: genitalia yellow in ground color, gonocoxal projection yellow, sternal projection of S9 black, basal portion of aedeagus yellow. S9 (
Fig. 14
a: S9) narrow, 1/4 as wide as long, with sternal projection (
Fig. 14
a: sp) keel-like in shape. Gonocoxite (
Fig. 14
a, b: gc) without gonocoxal lobe. Gonostylus (
Fig. 14
a: gs) slender, apical 1/4 less than 1.5 times as wide as base. Aedeagus (
Fig. 14
a, b) dilated at apical half, without projections. Sclerotized part of aedeagus (
Fig. 14
a: sa) tapered to apex, with slender, angled lateral extension. Female unknown.
FIGURE 14. Male holotypes of
Neoempheria cuneata
sp. n.
(a, b) and
N. denticulata
sp. n.
(c, d
).
a, c
, 9th abdominal segment and aedeagus in ventral view.
b, d
, male gonocoxite, gonostylus, and aedeagus in left lateral view. Scale bars = 0.50 mm. Abbreviations: sp, sternal projection of sternite 9; refer to Fig. 9 for others.
Specimen examined.
Holotype
. Male. “
Japan
, Ryûkyû/ Sonai-dake/ Iriomote-jima/
11.x.2001
/ K. Sugishima leg.”, green disk label, “Ne.2040” (HUM).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from Latin and refers to the sternite 9, which is wedge-like (
cuneatus
) in ventral view (
Fig. 14
a).
Distribution.
Japan
(Ryukyus) (
Fig. 6
).
Remarks.
This species is distinguished from other species similar in general appearances by the male sternite 9, which is wedge-like in shape when viewed ventrally (
Fig. 14
a).