Scatopsciara Mohrig & Kauschke, 2016, s. str.
Creators: name: Mohrig, Werner
name: Kauschke, Ellen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Scatopsciara

description: Key A (Subgenus Scatopsciara s. str.)
1 Gonostylus with 3–4 spines above and 6–7 below the apical tooth........... Scatopsciara acuta (Johannsen) (Figs. 8 C–E)
- Gonostylus without spines above the apical tooth............................................................2
2 Gonostylus with subapical spines around the base of apical tooth only............................................ 3
- Gonostylus with subapical spines on virtually whole inner side.................................................6
3 Gonostylus long and slender, not curved in the apical third; 4th flagellomere short, l/w index 1.5; c distinctly shorter than ½ w........................................................................ Sc. tricuspidatula sp. n. (Fig. 7 A–B)
- Gonostylus short, curved in the apical third; 4th flagellomere long, l/w index greater than 2.0; c ½ w or longer............4
4 Gonostylus slightly curved in the apical half, with 4 subapical spines; flagellomeres haired weakly, with some stronger bristle- like hairs............................................................. Sc. atomaria (Zetterstedt), (Fig. 7 C–D)
- Gonostylus curved strongly in the apical half, mostly with at most 2–3 subapical spines; flagellomeres haired uniformly, with- out unusual bristle-like hairs............................................................................. 5
5 Gonostylus slender, with 3 subapical spines; 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 2.0; coxae brownish............................................................................ Sc. curviforceps (Bukowski & Lengersdorf), (Fig. 3 A–C)
- Gonostylus strong and broad basely, with 2 subapical spines; 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 2.4; coxae yellowish.................................................................................. Sc. subgrossa sp. n. (Fig. 6 A–C)
6 Apical tooth shorter than subapical spines.................................................................. 7
- Apical tooth as long or longer than subapical spines..........................................................8
7 Gonocoxites haired, rather short and not unusually dense on the ventral inner side; inner side of gonostylus with 6–8 spines............................................................................. Sc. awinitae sp. n. (Fig. 1 A–C)
- Gonocoxites with long and dense bristles on ventral inner side in the apical half; inner side of gonostylus with many spines (12–16) in the apical half................................................ Sc. subciliata Tuomikoski, (Fig. 5 D–F)
8 Gonostylus short and compact, not pointed or tapering to apex.................................................. 9
- Gonostylus pointed or tapering to apex.................................................................... 10
9 Gonostylus small and oval; apical tooth strong and directed forwards, subapical spines (approximately 10) fine..................................................................................... Sc. vitripennis (Meigen), (Fig. 8 B)
- Gonostylus larger and dorsally flattened in the apical half; apical tooth directed downwards; subapical spines (7–8) strong............................................................................... Sc. nana (Winnertz), (Fig. 8 A)
10 Gonostylus with a dense row of spines on rather stout bases in the middle of the inner side..................................................................................................... Sc. dendrotica Steffan (Fig. 5 A–C)
- Gonostylus with spines on small bases in the middle of the inner side........................................... 11
11 Gonostylus with more than 6 spines on the inner side................................. Sc. catoriae sp. n. (Fig. 2 A–B)
- Gonostylus with 4–6 long hyaline spines on the inner side.................................................... 12
12 Gonostylus curved apically and concaved on the dorsal side; with a strong tooth, longer than subapical spines...................................................................................... Sc. geophila Tuomikoski (Fig. 4 A)
- Gonostylus neither distinctly curved nor concaved on the dorsal side; tooth as long as subapical spines................ 13
13 Subapical spines long, hyaline, arranged in an irregular row, with one spine above the apical tooth; tegmen flat................................................................................ Sc. neglecta Menzel & Mohrig (Fig. 4 B)
- Subapical spines shorter, brown, arranged in a regular row of 7 spines below the apical tooth; tegmen not flat...................................................................................... Sc. subdendrotica sp. n. (Fig. 2 C)
description: Published as part of Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927, pp. 401-435 in Zootaxa 4150 (4) on page 403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/267128