Description of four new species of Zygomyia Winnertz, from Ethiopia and Uganda (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)

Abstract

Four new Mycetophilidae, representing the first records of the genus Zygomyia Winnertz, 1863 from the Afrotropical Region, are described, photographed and their terminalia illustrated. Zygomyia siminensis sp. n. and Z. yllae sp. n. are described from the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia and Z. mollemani sp. n. and Z. toro sp. n., from Kibale National Park, Uganda. Data on Mycetophilidae in Ethiopia are presented for the first time.