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 4751 3 487 506 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.4 624bbacd-4686-4a56-96cb-d51a659e5964 1175-5326 3714717 0FCACF65-C125-414C-9848-F96BD0571F73 Pseudolycoriella fuscovenosa sp. n. ( Fig. 5 A–C) Type locality : Australia , Queensland , Palm Cove, near Cairns. Holotype : Male , 3.vii.2000 , mangrove forest along the coastline, caught by sweep net , leg. W. Mohrig , in ANIC . Paratypes : 2 males , 8.viii.1997 , Black Mountain Road near Kuranda , 33 km WNW of Cairns , in PWMP ; 1 male , 29.viii.1997 , same locality, in PWMP ; 2 males , 4.iv.1997 , Mt Lewis , 37 km WSW of Port Douglas , 16°35´S , 145°16´E , rain forest, Malaise trap , leg. J. Seymour , 1 in PABM , 1 in PKHH . Description . Male. Head: Ovoid, mouth parts somewhat elongate; eye bridge 3 facets wide; antennae brown; 4 th flagellomere with a l/w index of 2.2, with short neck, surface somewhat rough, hairs as long as the diameter of the basal node; palpus 3-segmented; basal segment with 6–7 bristles and a patch of short sensilla. Thorax: Dark brown; central parts of scutum darkened, with short dorsocentral and 2–3 stronger lateral hairs; scutellum with 4 longer marginal hairs; postpronotum bare. Wing brownish, all veins darkened; R 1 = 2/3 R; R 5 with dorsal macrotrichia only; C = 3/4 w; y shorter than x, bare; Cu-stem rather short; posterior wing veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, with darkened knob; legs brownish; fore tibiae at the inner apex with a distinct patch of bristles and a semicircular border; spurs of middle and hind tibiae of the same size, brownish and longer than the diameter of the apex; claws strongly toothed. Abdomen: Tergal and sternal hairs moderately short and sparse; hypopygium brown, ventrally and on the inner ventral margin of gonocoxites with short sparse hairs; gonostylus elongate, apically rounded, with two short spines of the same size and a longer whip-lash hair; tegmen as wide as long, apically rounded; aedeagus rather short, with a large basal furca. Body length: 2.5 mm . Comments . The species is characterized by the apically rounded gonostylus with two short spines and a longer whip-lash hair. It belongs to the Psl. bruckii group sensu Menzel & Mohrig (2000) . Distribution . Australia ( Queensland ).