Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova 2004, stat. rev.

• Main Authors: Leng, Ruixin, Heller, Kai, Huang, Junhao, Ye, Lan, Wu, Hong
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Sciaridae; Dichopygina; Dichopygina bernhardi; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458731; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F687A9FFE9FFB3FF786E5869F01743

Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004, stat. rev. Dichopygina bernhardi Vilkamaa, Hippa & Komarova, 2004: 110 (key), 113 (figs 5A–H), 115. Type locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai. Material examined. China. 1♂, Liaoning, Laotudingzi Nature Reserve, sweep net, 13 August 2015, leg. Feilong Chen (SCILA007-16) (ZAFU); 1♂, Shaanxi, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi, Old Town of Protected Areas, Jingyang Guesthouse (33°48' 09″N, 107°44'49″E; elev. 1797 m), light trap, 19 August 2014, leg. Lan Ye (SCILA008-16) (ZAFU). Norway. 1♂, Hedmark, Elverum, S Starmoen, yellow-pan trap, 01–06 September 2014, leg. Kjell Magne Olsen (SCINO736-15) (CBFO). Canada. 1♂, Northwest Territories (65.2791°N, 126.83°W), 12 August 2014, leg. S. Behrens & R. Popko (GMORK2686-15) (BIOG). Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by the longer basalmost megasetae with 10–13 megasetae and larger wing length of 1.4–1.7 mm (Vilkamaa et al ., 2004). Description. See Vilkamaa et al. , 2004. Remarks. This species has a wide distribution, which was originally recorded in Japan and is new to China and Norway. The Chinese specimens examined, show some slight differences from the original description that length/width of 4th flagellomere 2.08–2.13, R 1/ R 0.61–0.72 in the Chinese specimen, while length/width of 4th flagellomere 1.65–1.90 and R 1/ R 0.75–0.95 in the type series. Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Liaoning), Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Russia, Japan, Canada (Vilkamaa et al ., 2004; Heller et al ., 2009). Published as part of Leng, Ruixin, Heller, Kai, Huang, Junhao, Ye, Lan & Wu, Hong, 2018, DNA barcoding of the genus Dichopygina, with a new species from China (Diptera: Sciaridae), pp. 18-26 in Zoological Systematics 43 (1) on page 23, DOI:10.11865/zs.201802, http://zenodo.org/record/5364735