The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Zealand
Author
Köhler, Arne
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-12
4707
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69
journal article
24541
10.11646/zootaxa.4707.1.1
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Pseudolycoriella
sp. II
Material studied.
1♀
,
New Zealand
:
South Island
,
Canterbury
,
Selwyn
,
Cass
,
Middle Bush
,
17.11.1998
,
Malaise trap
, leg.
P.M. Johns
(
SDEI
, SDEI-Dipt-0000745)
.
Genetic distances.
The nearest neighbour of the COI-sequence of
Psl
. sp. II is
Psl
.
orite
, diverging by a minimum of 10.89%. The one successfully sequenced 28S sequence is identical to those of
Psl
.
zealandica
and
Psl
.
aotearoa
.
Discussion.
The molecular analysis of the female specimen SDEI-Dipt-0000745 revealed an isolated cluster for all three genetic markers, and consequently a well separated cluster in the consensus tree shown in
Figure 61
. Therefore, the presence of a new and undescribed species is very likely, but without conspecific male specimens a reasonable description allowing meaningful comparisons with other
Pseudolycoriella
species is not possible.