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Issue: Vol. 4231 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.7
Page range: 107–113
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 1

Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae): new species and records from the Neotropical and Oriental regions

Pacific Northwest Diptera Research Lab, 1460 SW Allen St., Corvallis, OR, 97333 USA.
Diptera Systematics new species fungus gnats Sciophilinae Sciophilini

Abstract

Three new species of Phthinia Winnertz are described; P. amorimi n. sp. (Chile), P. oliveirae n. sp. (Chile), and P. nepalensis n. sp. (Nepal). Based on male terminalia, P. amorimi shows greater affinity to species previously described from Brazil whereas P. oliveirae is more similar to other Chilean species. Phthinia nepalensis is the first species of the genus described from the Oriental region. Distribution records for other Neotropical species are also given.

 

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