The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species
Author
Vilkamaa, Pekka
Author
Hippa, Heikki
Author
Mohrig, Werner
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Zootaxa
2012
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.280183
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280183
Pseudolycoriella pallidula
sp. n.
Figs 5
A–D
Material studied.
Holotype
male.
NEW
CALEDONIA
, Rivière Bleue N.P., (parc 7), rainforest,
21.vii.1992
, Bonnet de Larbogne, Chazeau & Guilbert (in
MNHN
).
FIGURE 5.
Pseudolycoriella pallidula
sp. n.
(holotype).
A.
Gonostylus, ventral view.
B.
Part of hypopygium, ventral view. Scale 0.10 mm.
Description.
Male.
Head
. Brown, antenna brown except scapus and pedicellus pale brown, flagellomere 1 and 2 yellow, maxillary palpus very pale brown. Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Face with 7 scattered longer and shorter setae. Clypeus with 3 setae. Maxillary palpus with 3 palpomeres; palpomere 3 longer than palpomere 1, palpomere 2 shortest; palpomere 1 with 3 setae, with a dorsal patch of sensilla; surface of antennal flagellomeres rough, flagellomere 4 2.3x as long as wide, the neck shorter than broad, the longest setae shorter than the width of flagellomere.
Thorax
. Brown, setae dark. Anterior pronotum with 5 setae. Episternum 1 with 7 setae. Scutum with short dorsocentrals, with 2–3 stronger laterals, scutellum with 2 longer and some short setae.
Wing.
Hyalinous. Length ca.
1.5 mm
. In poor condition in the specimen studied; veins distinct. c/
w 0.60
. r-m and than bM subequal in length, both r-m and bM non-setose. Halter pale brown.
Legs
. Yellow. Coxal setae pale. Front tibial organ with pale fine vestiture forming a small patch. Front tibial spur slightly longer than the tibial width. Claws with teeth.
Abdomen
. Brown, setae dark.
Hypopygium,
Figs 5
A, B. Brown, concolorous with abdomen, with intercoxal lobe with long setae.
Gonocoxa
longer than gonostylus, mesial margin sparse setosity. basally with a densely setose lobe.
Gonostylus
narrow and curved, with the mesial side impressed; with a dense apical vestiture, with 3-4 slen- der megasetae on apical half, with a long subapical whiplash seta. Tegmen laterally straight, with a long sclerotized apical process.
Discussion.
See under
Pseudolycoriella capillosa
.
Etymology.
The name is Latin,
pallidula
,
somewhat pale, referring to the rather pale colour of the fly.