Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sciara vicina Johannsen 1912
Identification
Original description:
Male. Length 2.2mm. Head shining black, face dull, palpi and antenna fuscous, the last about as long as the body. Thorax inluding scutellum and metanotum shining black, pleura dull. Abdomen subshining black, sparesly black haired; hypopygium black, clasper (figure). Coxae yellow, legs yellow, tarsi more brownish, trochanters black below; hind tarsus an eighth shorter than the tibia. Wing hyaline, anterior veins darker, longitudinal veins except subcosta and petiole of media sparsely setose. Halteres dark, petiole paler toward base.
Contributed by
John F. Carr on 19 March, 2009 - 5:46pm
Last updated 24 March, 2009 - 5:44pm
