Allodia Winnertz from the Himalayas, with nine species new to science (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)

By

Magnussen, Trude
Søli, Geir
Kjaerandsen, Jostein

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

820

Pages

119--138

Subjects

Bhutan Exechiini fungu

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.31618

 

Abstract

An extensive collection of fungus gnats from Nepal and Bhutan, deposited at Kyushu University Museum in Japan, has been examined and revealed nine species ofAllodiaWinnertz, 1864 new to science:AllodiacaligataMagnussen,sp. n.,A.diboliaMagnussen,sp. n.,A.shimaiMagnussen,sp. n.,A.spathulataMagnussen,sp. n.,A.horologiaMagnussen,sp. n.,A.himalayensisMagnussen,sp. n.,A.nepalensisMagnussen,sp. n.,A.thudamensisMagnussen,sp. n., andA.scalprataMagnussen,sp. n.All specimens were collected at high altitudes in the central and eastern Himalayas. The species all belong to the subgenusAllodia s. str. and constitute the first records of the genusAllodiain Nepal and Bhutan.Brevicornunigrofasciatum(Brunetti, 1912)comb. n., originally described from northern India, is transferred fromAllodiabased on the original description. A key for the identification of the new species is provided.