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Moubayed & Mary (2023)

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2023-01-01

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Moubayed & Mary (2023)

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Male adult of Smittia maryae sp. n. is described based on material collected by swift net in lower riparian habitats bordering the down basin of River Coulee near the city of Noumea (alt. 40 m). Some unusual morphological characters (antenna with 1 stout apical seta; anal point densely pubescent, proximal half darker; virga mushroom-like with 2 short caudal spines; inferior volsella double, dorsal side triangular, ventral side marsupial pouch shaped; gonostylus massive, crista dorsalis located apically) allowed us to consider the new species as a biogeographic representative element, which deserve greater conservation measures. At present, 2 Smittia species (S. aterrima (Meigen, 1818) and S. retracta Freeman 1961) have been reported from Australia and only 1 (S. zealandiana Moubayed-Breil&Mary, 2021) from New Caledonia. Consequently, the current description increases the total number to 2 known species from New Caledonia and to 4 from the Australasian Region. Comments on its taxonomic position with key for known species from the Australasian Region are given.

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Male adult of Smittia maryae sp. n. is described based on material collected by swift net in lower riparian habitats bordering the down basin of River Coulee near the city of Noumea (alt. 40 m). Some unusual morphological characters (antenna with 1 stout apical seta; anal point densely pubescent, proximal half darker; virga mushroom-like with 2 short caudal spines; inferior volsella double, dorsal side triangular, ventral side marsupial pouch shaped; gonostylus massive, crista dorsalis located apically) allowed us to consider the new species as a biogeographic representative element, which deserve greater conservation measures. At present, 2 Smittia species (S. aterrima (Meigen, 1818) and S. retracta Freeman 1961) have been reported from Australia and only 1 (S. zealandiana Moubayed-Breil&Mary, 2021) from New Caledonia. Consequently, the current description increases the total number to 2 known species from New Caledonia and to 4 from the Australasian Region. Comments on its taxonomic position with key for known species from the Australasian Region are given.

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2023-01-01

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Moubayed, J. &amp; Mary, N. 2023. On the genus <em>Smittia </em>Holmgren, 1869 from New Caledonia. I. Description of <em>S. maryae</em> sp. n. from riparian habitats located in the down basin of the River Coulee (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). <em>Ephemera</em>, 24(1): 23-29.