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

Trude Magnussen; Geir E E Søli; Jostein Kjærandsen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.820.31618

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

Zookeys. 2019 Jan 29:(820):119-138. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.820.31618. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Trude Magnussen¹, Geir E E Søli¹, Jostein Kjærandsen²

Affiliations

¹ Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, PO Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway University of Oslo Oslo Norway.
² Tromsø University Museum, The Arctic University of Norway, PO Box 6050 Langnes, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø Norway.

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 of Allodia Winnertz, 1864 new to science: Allodiacaligata Magnussen, sp. n., A.dibolia Magnussen, sp. n., A.shimai Magnussen, sp. n., A.spathulata Magnussen, sp. n., A.horologia Magnussen, sp. n., A.himalayensis Magnussen, sp. n., A.nepalensis Magnussen, sp. n., A.thudamensis Magnussen, sp. n., and A.scalprata Magnussen, 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 genus Allodia in Nepal and Bhutan. Brevicornunigrofasciatum (Brunetti, 1912) comb. n., originally described from northern India, is transferred from Allodia based on the original description. A key for the identification of the new species is provided.

Keywords: Exechiini; Mycetophilinae; Bhutan; Nepal; fungus gnats; key; mountains.