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

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 <i>Allodia</i> Winnertz, 1864 new to science: <i>Allodia caligata</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. dibolia</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. shimai</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. spathulata</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. horologia</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. himalayensis</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. nepalensis</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>A. thudamensis</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b>, and <i>A. scalprata</i> Magnussen, <b>sp. n.</b> All specimens were collected at high altitudes in the central and eastern Himalayas. The species all belong to the subgenus <i>Allodia</i> s. str. and constitute the first records of the genus <i>Allodia</i> in Nepal and Bhutan. <i>Brevicornu nigrofasciatum</i> (Brunetti, 1912) <b>comb. n.</b>, originally described from northern India, is transferred from <i>Allodia</i> based on the original description. A key for the identification of the new species is provided.