Corynoptera fatigans ( Johannsen, 1912 )

Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo & Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa, 2022, New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 207-218 : 211

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scientific name	Corynoptera fatigans ( Johannsen, 1912 )
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Corynoptera fatigans ( Johannsen, 1912) View in CoL

Original description. Johannsen (1912): 121, 132–133; plate 3, fig. 135; plate 6, fig. 241 [as Sciara ].

Synomym. = perpusilla Winnertz, 1867 (preocc.).

Material examined. IRAN, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Chahbahar county, Zarabad ( 25°39'06.700"N, 59°20'01.396"E), 15. VI.2015, 3♂♂, Malaise trap on agricultural land surrounded by Date Palm ( Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae ) ( Fig. 1C), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. ( EMFUM).

Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with one long seta only, without deep sensory pit; fore tibia with an irregular row of setae, mostly with weakly developed, curved margin; hypopygium light yellow-brown, ventral base of hypopygium without intergonocoxal differentiation; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites longer and more densely setose; gonostylus slender, with a l/w index of 2.5, gonostylus tapered and pointed, with a dark tooth and 3 light hyaline spines which do not reach the end of the tooth; mesial, long whiplash seta missing; tegmen rounded.

Distribution in Iran. ( Fig. 3) Kermanshah province ( Barzegar et al., 2014), Razavi Khorasan province ( Heidari Latibari et al., 2016a), Sistan and Baluchestan province ( new record).

Global distribution. Nearctic ( USA); Palearctic ( Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal [ Azores Islands, Madeira Islands], Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain [mainland, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands], Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom).