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| Ordo = Diptera
| Familia = Sciaridae
| Genus = Hirtipennia
| Specific name = parcepilosa
| Infraspecific name =
| Taxon rank = species
| Taxon authority = (Strobl, 1900)
| Taxon status =
| Nomenclature citation = {{Nomenclature citation |''Trichosia parcepilosa'' {{aut|Strobl, 1900}}<ref name="SC744">{{aut|Strobl, G.}} 1900: Dipterenfauna von Bosnien, Hercegovina und Dalmatien. ''Wissenschaftliche Mittheilungen aus Bosnien und der Hercegovina'', '''7'''(3), 552–670.</ref>: 650-651}}
{{Nomenclature citation |''Leptosciarella (Hirtipennia) parcepilosa'' ({{aut|Strobl, 1900}})<ref name="SC226">{{aut|Mohrig, W.; Menzel, F.}} 1997: Revision der paläarktischen Arten von ''Trichosia'' Winnertz sensu Tuomikoski, 1960 (Diptera, Sciaridae). – Teil II. Gattungen ''Leptosciarella'' Tuomikoski, 1960 und ''Trichodapus'' gen. nov. ''Studia dipterologica'', '''4'''(1), 41–98.</ref>: 48-49, fig. 4}}
{{Nomenclature citation |''Trichosia quadristrigata'' {{aut|Strobl, 1909}}<ref name="SC745">{{aut|Czerny, L.; Strobl, G.}} 1909: Spanische Dipteren. III. Beitrag. ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'', '''59'''(3-4), 121–301.</ref>: 127}}
| Wikispecies page name = Leptosciarella_parcepilosa
| ZooBank ID = urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:867D99C4-0540-4403-8C1B-8578E4EE7B8A

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==Type material==
Holotype: ♂, May 1890, leg. Strobl, in NMBA

===Type locality===
Croatia, Monte Marian near Spalato

==Material studied==
'''Spain:''' 1 ♂, Retuerta de Pina b. Zaragoza, ''Juniperus thurifera'' forest, Malaise trap, Blasco-Zumeta, 23.11.1990, PKHH 3606.

==Description (male)==
'''Head'''. Eye bridge 3–4 rows of facets. Antennae unicolour. LW-index of 4<sup>th</sup> antennal flagellar segment 2.6–2.9; neck 0.35–0.45 of segment width; Transition of basal part to neck bottle-neck like. Colour of neck unicolour. Antennal hairs shorter than segment width, or as long as segment width; normal; sparse; salient. Palps darkened; normal; palpomeres 3. First palpomere of normal shape; with 4–5 bristles; with only some sparse sensillae. Second palpomere shortly oval. Third palpomere as long as first segment. '''Thorax'''. Colour brown. Notum unicolour. Thoracic setae normal; bright. Mesonotum with some weaker central bristles. Posterior pronotum bare, or setose. Postpronotal setae 0–2; fine. Mesothoracic sclerites bare. ''Legs''. Colour yellow-brown. Hind coxae of same colour as femora. Hairs on fore coxae bright. Front tibia apically with a patch of setae. Front tibial organ bright. Front tibial organ not bordered. Tibial setae on hind legs normal, shorter than tibial width. Tibial spurs of equal length. Claws untoothed. ''Wings''. Wings slightly darkened; of normal shape. Wing membrane partially with macrotrichia. Wing venation weak, with faint m-base. M-fork of normal shape. R<sub>1</sub> inserting at or slightly before base of m-fork; posterior veins with macrotrichia; stM mainly with macrotrichia; cuA<sub>1</sub> and cuA<sub>2</sub> mainly with macrotrichia; bM bare; r-m mostly setose; bM:r-M 1.3–1.6; st-Cu:bM 0.2–0.3; r<sub>1</sub>:r 1.58–1.8; C:w 0.47–0.57. Halteres dark; of normal length. '''Abdomen'''. Abdominal setae strong and dense; dorsally white; ventrally white. Hypopygium concolour with abdomen; 0.55–0.71 × longer than wide. Base of gonocoxites with normal, weak hairs; gonocoxites fused; inner margin of gonocoxites normally U-shaped; inner membrane of hypopygium scarcely setose; elongated setae on valves of hypopygium absent. Gonostylus elongate; 1.8–2 × longer than wide; Inner margin concave; apex equally rounded. Apical tooth present; 3.2–3.62 × longer than broad; normal. Awl-like setae normal; on inner side of gonostyles absent. Megasetae on inner part of gonostylus absent. Whiplash-hair absent. Tegmen 0.8–1.05 × longer than broad; trapezoid; normal; Central process absent. Length of aedeagus/hypopygium 10–18 %; Aeadeagal apical structure present. '''Measurements'''. Body size 2.5–3 mm. Hind tibia 1.3–1.55 mm. Wing length 2.4–2.8 mm.

==Diagnosis==
''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' is a smaller, bright haired species of ''Hirtipennia''. It is characterized by the not complete coverage of the wings with macrotrichia and can thereby be distinguished from other known species of the subgenus. The most similar species appears to be ''[[Hirtipennia tomentosa]]'', which also has bright hairs and slender gonostyli but is larger, has darker legs and a shorter apical tooth at the gonostylus.

===DNA Barcoding===
The COI sequence is assigned to BIN {{BIN|ADJ5975}} (n=1, K2P: 7.72%).

==Etymology==
''lat.'' parcus = spare, pilosus = hairy; making reference sparse trichiation of the wing membrane.

==Ecology==
''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' is mainly a Mediterranean species but occurs also in Central Europe.

==Distribution==
Croatia<ref name="SC744" />,
Germany<ref name="SC226" />,
Great Britain<ref name="SC446">{{aut|Menzel, F.; Smith, J.E.; Chandler, P.}} 2006: The sciarid fauna of the British Isles (Diptera: Sciaridae), including descriptions of six new species. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', '''146''', 1-147. [http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Menzel_et_al_2006_Sciaridae_sp_n_checklist_GB.pdf PDF]</ref>,
Israel<ref name="SC226" />,
Morocco<ref name="SC843">{{aut|El Ouazzani, N.E.H.; Heller, K.; Kettani, K.}} 2019: The first checklist of black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of Morocco. ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)'', '''55'''(3), 274–290. doi: 10.1080/00379271.2019.1570826.</ref>, 
Spain<ref name=""SC223"">{{aut|Mohrig, W.; Blasco-Zumeta, J.}} 1996: The sciarid fauna (Diptera, Sciaridae) of a ''Juniperus thurifera'' L. forest of the Monegros region (Zaragoza, Spain) with description of ten new species. ''Miscellania Zoologica (Barcelona)'', '''18''', 99–116.
</ref>,
Spain Canary Islands<ref name="SC232">{{aut|Menzel, F.; Mohrig, W.; Báez, M.}} 1997: Die Trauermücken-Fauna der Kanarischen Inseln, unter Berücksichtigung der von Richard Frey beschriebenen Arten (Insecta: Diptera, Sciaridae). ''Vieraea'', '''25''', 133–146.</ref>,
Turkey<ref name="SC253">{{aut|Rulik, B.; Röschmann, F.; Mohrig, W.}} 1999: New Species of Sciarid Flies (Diptera, Sciaridae) from Greece and Turkey. ''Journal of the Entomological Research Society'', '''1'''(3), 21–50.</ref>.

==Images==
{{Gallery | lines=3 | width=300
|1= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Habitus KH3606.jpg|2= '''Figure 1.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, habitus, scale 1 mm
|3= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Hypopygium KH3606.jpg|4= '''Figure 2.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, hypopygium, scale 0.1 mm
|5= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Gonostylus KH3606.jpg|6= '''Figure 3.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, gonostylus (ventral view), scale 0.1 mm
|7= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Gonostylus dorsal KH3606.jpg|8= '''Figure 4.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, gonostylus (dorsal view), scale 0.1 mm
|9= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Tegmen KH3606.jpg|10= '''Figure 5.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, aedeagal complex, scale 0.1 mm
|11= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Antenna KH3606.jpg|12= '''Figure 6.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, 4<sup>th</sup> antennal flagellar segment, scale 0.1 mm
|13= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Palpus KH3606.jpg|14= '''Figure 7.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, palpus, scale 0.1 mm
|15= File:Leptosciarella parcepilosa Wing KH3606.jpg|16= '''Figure 8.''' ''Hirtipennia parcepilosa'' male, wing, scale 1 mm
}}

==References==
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