Keilbachia americana Kauschke 2017, sp. n.

• Main Author: Kauschke, Ellen
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Sciaridae; Keilbachia; Keilbachia americana; Canada; Silver Creek; glacier*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6003944; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6003944

Keilbachia americana sp. n. (FIg. 9 A–C) Locus typicus: USA, Oregon, Multnomah County, Multnomah FallS. Holotype: Male, 26.vI.1974, leg. P. H. Arnaud (PWMP). Paratypes: 1 male, 24.vI.1974, USA, Oregon, MarIon County, SIlver FallS State Park, North FallS, SIlver Creek, leg. P. H. Arnaud (PWMP); 1 male, 14.vII.1974, Canada, BrItISh ColombIa, GlacIer NatIonal Park, MountaIn Creek Camp ground, leg. P. H. Arnaud (CAS). Description. Male. Head. Eye brIdge 3 facetS wIde; antennae brown; 4th flagellomere wIth l/w-IndeX of 2.0, wIth haIrS aS long aS the dIameter; neck rather long. PalpuS 3-Segmented, the fIrSt Segment wIth one brIStle and wIthout SenSory pIt. Thorax. BrownISh, coXae and femora paler; Scutum wIth rather long haIrS; poSterIor pronotum bare. WIngS pale; R1 = 2/3 R; c = 2/3 w; y Shorter X; y wIth 1–2 macrotrIchIa; poSterIor wIng veInS weak, wIthout macrotrIchIa. Haltere Short, knobS brownISh. LegS Somewhat paler than thoraX; tIbIal organ of the fore tIbIae wIth a horSeShoe-lIke patch of brIStleS; SpurS of the mIddle and the hInd tIbIae longer than the apeX of the tIbIa wIde. ClawS wIthout teeth. Abdomen. HypopygIum wIthout an IntergonocoXal lobe or patch of brIStleS; the ventral Inner margIn of gonocoXIteS wIth SparSe and Short haIrS; gonoStyluS concaved at the Inner SIde, wIthout an apIcal tooth, but wIth one hyalIne SpIne and two long whIplaSh-lIke brIStleS; In the mIddle of the Inner SIde wIth a rather Short and Strong SpIne on a large baSe, curved upwardS. Tegmen trapezoId, Shouldered wIth fIne teeth and a rather long aedeaguS. Body length: 2.0 mm. Comments. The SpecIeS IS characterIzed by the abSence of an apIcal tooth on the gonoStyluS. InStead It bearS SubapIcally one hyalIne SpIne and two long whIplaSh-haIrS aS well aS a rather Short and Strong SpIne at the Inner SIde wIth a large baSe wIthIn the Inner concavIty. Distribution. USA (Oregon); Canada (BrItISh ColombIa). Published as part of Kauschke, Ellen, 2017, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part IV. Genera Eugnoriste ...