Black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of Queensland, Australia. Part II. Genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998
Author
Mohrig, Werner
Author
Kauschke, Ellen
Author
Broadley, Adam
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-18
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.4
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Pseudolycoriella bisulca
Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012
(
Fig. 2
)
Pseudolycoriella bisulca
Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012
[
Vilkamaa
et al
. (2012)
: 3
–6, fig. 2 A–G].
Material.
3 males
,
8.viii.1997
,
3 males
,
29.vi.1997
,
Australia
,
North East
Queensland
,
Mt Lewis
,
37 km
WSW of Port Douglas
16°35’S
145°16’E
, rain forest,
Malaise trap
, leg.
J. Seymour
, 1 slide dated
8.viii.
1997
in
PABM
, all others in
PWMP
.
Comments
. The species is characterized by the narrow gonostylus, flattened on the inner side, with two long and somewhat curved apical spines, tegmen as long as wide, with a weak semicircular structure, the fore tibia at the inner apex with a distinct irregular row-like patch of bristles and a semicircular border. The specimens from Queensland are identical to
Psl.
bisulca
from
New Caledonia
. It belongs to the
Psl.
bruckii
group sensu
Menzel & Mohrig (2000)
.
Distribution
. Australia (
Queensland
); New Caledonia.
New record for
Australia
.