The first Cordyla Meigen species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from continental Australia and Tasmania

By

Kurina, Olavi
Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

342

Pages

29-43

Subjects

Australia , Cordyla , Diptera , Mycetophilidae , new species , Tasmania

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.342.6045

 

Abstract

A new species of Mycetophilidae, Cordyla australica sp. n., is described from continental Australia and Tasmania, representing the first Cordyla record in the region. A detailed description of its morphology with illustrations of male and female terminalia and a map of the collecting localities are provided. According to the structure of male terminalia, C. australica sp. n. belongs to the C. murina species-group that has 13 species worldwide. Within the group C. australica sp. n. resembles C. murina but has a unique outline of the hypoproct and medial branch of the gonostylus. The observed distributional pattern is restricted to the rainforest of eastern Australia and Tasmania.