Lycoriella sativae ( 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 : 212

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scientific name	Lycoriella sativae ( Johannsen, 1912 )
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Lycoriella sativae ( Johannsen, 1912) View in CoL

Original description. Johannsen (1912): 121, 133; plate 3, fig. 120; plate 6, fig. 240 [as Sciara ].

Synonyms. = agarici Loudon, 1978 ; = auberti (Séguy, 1940); = brevipetiolata (Shaw, 1941) ; = castanescens (Lengersdorf, 1940) ; = difficilis ( Frey, 1948) (preocc.); = fucorum ( Frey, 1948) ; = jeanneli (Séguy, 1940), = kaiseri (Shaw, 1941); = kaiseri (Shaw, 1941); = paucisetulosa ( Frey, 1948) ; = rufotincta Tuomikoski, 1959 ; = similans (Johannsen, 1925) ; = solispina (Hardy, 1956); = trifolii (Pettey, 1918) .

Material examined. IRAN, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Chehel Bazeh National Park ( 36°20'41.53"N, 59°28'04.77"E; Fig. 1F), 1. VI.2020, 1♂, directly collected with aspirator on Pinus mugo Turra ( Pinaceae ), M. Heidari Latibari leg ( EMFUM); Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sarbaz county ( 26°30'27.143"N, 61°02'56.427"E), 16. V.2015, 2♂♂, Malaise trap in an orchard ( Figs 1A, H), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. ( EMFUM).

Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with some setae and a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a depressed area of dense setae, with closed and clear curved margin; hypopygium brown; ventral base of hypopygium with a small group of 4–8 isolated setae on the intergonocoxal membrane; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short and sparsely setose; gonostylus tapered and pointed, with apical tooth; distal half of gonostylus with 4–6 mesial spines above a long whiplash seta; tegmen rounded.

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

Global distribution. Afrotropical ( South Africa, Tristan da Cunha archipelago); Australasia ( Australia [mainland, Tasmania, Norfolk Island], Hawaiian Islands ( USA), New Zealand); Nearctic ( Canada, United States); Palearctic ( Afghanistan, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway,? Pakistan, Poland, Portugal [ Azores Islands], Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain [mainland, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands], Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom); Subantarctic ( French Southern and Antarctic Lands [ Kerguelen Island]).