@article {50917, title = {The first Cordyla Meigen species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from continental Australia and Tasmania}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {342}, year = {2013}, month = {10/2013}, chapter = {29-43}, abstract = {

A new species of Mycetophilidae, Cordyla australica sp. n., is described from continental Australia and
Tasmania, representing the first Cordyla record in the region. A detailed description of its morphology
with illustrations of male and female terminalia and a map of the collecting localities are provided. According
to the structure of male terminalia, C. australica sp. n. belongs to the C. murina species-group
that has 13 species worldwide. Within the group C. australica sp. n. resembles C. murina but has a unique
outline of the hypoproct and medial branch of the gonostylus. The observed distributional pattern is
restricted to the rainforest of eastern Australia and Tasmania.

}, keywords = {Australia, Cordyla, Diptera, Mycetophilidae, new species, Tasmania}, issn = {1313-2970}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.342.6045}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/342/}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira} } @article {45911, title = {The identity of Paratrizygia conformis Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with comments on its systematic position }, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2892}, year = {2011}, pages = {47-52}, abstract = {Paratrizygia conformis, the type{\textendash}species of the genus Paratrizygia, from Tasmania, is redescribed from the holotype. The wing venation and male terminalia are illustrated in detail. The question of the monophyly of the genus{\textemdash}which has four additional species in Chile and southern Argentina, and four species in the Atlantic Forest, in Brazil{\textemdash}is addressed. Comments are made on the relationships of the genus in the Azana{\textendash}group of Sciophilinae. The hypothesis of monophyly of Paratrizygia is retained, as indicated by the presence of modified, elongated spines on a distal fold of tergite 9.}, keywords = {Mycetophilidae, Paratrizygia, redescriptio, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and McAlister, Erica} } @article {45011, title = {Four new species of Paratrizygia Tonnoir from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2629}, year = {2010}, pages = {29-46}, abstract = {Paratrizygia Tonnoir was originally described for P. conformis, from Australia, and since then only four species have been added to the genus, from Chile and Southern Argentina. We add four new species to the genus Paratrizygia{\textemdash}P. balbii sp. nov., P. alvesi sp. nov., P. camargoi sp. nov., and P. albidens sp.nov.{\textemdash}from the southern part of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Comments are made about the possible relationships of the Brazilian and other Neotropical species of the genus. An identification key to the Neotropical species of the genus is provided.}, keywords = {Atlantic forest, Mycetophilidae, Neotropics, Paratrizygia, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Olivera_et_Amirim_Paratryzigia_zt02629p046.pdf}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {43929, title = {The genus Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region, with the first records from Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2350}, year = {2010}, month = {03/02/2010}, pages = {22-34}, abstract = {Three Neotropical species of Phthinia Winnertz have been described to date. The genus is known from Chile and southern Argentina. Four new species are herein described for the genus in the region, two from Brazil{\textemdash}Phthinia theresae, sp.n., from the State of Esp{\'\i}rito Santo, and Phithinia urubici, sp.n., from the State of Santa Catarina{\textemdash}and two from Chile{\textemdash}Phthinia freemani, sp.n., and Phthinia parafurcata, sp.n. Comments are made about the relationships between the Neotropical species. Some notes are added about P. furcata Freeman, P. flagellata Freeman, and P. fasciata Freeman, from Chile and southern Argentina. Attention is called for the fact that Phthinia has two species in Brazil disjunct from the other temperate species of the genus in South America, differently from most similar cases, that have a single known representative in Brazil.}, keywords = {Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Neotropics, Phthinia, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Olivera\&Amorim_zt02350p034_Phthinia.pdf}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {26835, title = {Azana atlantica, n.sp., with reduced mouthparts and two ocelli: first record of Azana for the Neotropical region (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1789}, year = {2008}, pages = {57-65}, abstract = {A new Sciophilinae{\textemdash}Azana atlantica, sp.n.{\textemdash}is described from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. The species has a number of distinctive apomorphic features, including loss of the mid ocellus, reduced mouthparts, Sc short and incomplete, first section of Rs missing, r-m elongated, longitudinal in position, aligned with the second section of Rs(R5), unforked medial and cubital veins, R4 missing, M4 entirely absent, gonostyle triangular, with an inner row of elongated spines and a basal, digitiform inner projection. Some of these features are shared with other genera of the Azanagroup of Sciophilinae. The shape of the scutum and the strong spines on the gonostyle make it clear that the species belongs in Azana, despite the features that are distinctive from the remaining species in the genus. There are ten species described in Azana to date, from United States, Europe, Sri Lanka, Canary Islands, tropical Africa and Baltic amber. This is the first Neotropical species belonging to the genus. The complete loss of M4 and the separated gonocoxites suggest that Azana atlantica, sp.n. forms a monophyletic group with the Afrotropical species of the genus. Azana, Morganiella, Neoaphelomera, Neotrizygia, and Trizygia are shown to compose a small clade within the Azana-group of genera. The division of the genus into two subgenera{\textemdash}A. (Azana) and A. (Jugazana){\textemdash}most probably renders A. (Azana) paraphyletic and it is suggested that this should be for the time being abandoned.}, keywords = {Atlantic forest, Azana, biodiversity, Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Neotropical region, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim\%26al2008_Zootaxa_1789.pdf}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.} }