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 snellingi
Mohrig, 2013
(
Fig. 12
A–B)
Pseudolycoriella snellingi
Mohrig 2013
[Mohrig (2013): 156–157, fig. 26 a–f].
Material
.
2 males
,
8.viii.1997
,
Queensland
,
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
PWMP
;
1 male
,
2 females
,
13.vi.1997
, same locality, leg.
Seymour
, in
PWMP
.
Comments
. The species is characterized by having 4–5 spines on the gonostylus (in the original description only 4 spines are mentioned; this was also illustrated in figure 26 a), a very long tegmen, short flagellomeres with a fine net-like surface sculpture, strongly toothed claws, a short whiplash-hair and a yellow body colour. The specimens from Queensland are identical to
Psl.
snellingi
Mohrig
from
Papua New Guinea
in all important characters. It belongs to the
Psl. quadrispinosa
group sensu Mohrig (2013).
Distribution
. Australia (
Queensland
); Papua New Guinea.
New record for
Australia
.