Revision of black fungus gnat species (Diptera, Sciaridae) described from the Hawaiian Islands by D. E. Hardy and W. A. Steffan, and a contribution to the knowledge of the sciarid fauna of the Galápagos Islands Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen Author Broadley, Adam text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-30 4590 4 401 439 journal article 26946 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.4.1 64c1a738-381b-4ba2-bc35-317d756e6a29 1175-5326 2656164 CD2A364C-6CF9-4FF5-AD28-7AF388868B15 Pseudolycoriella setigera ( Hardy, 1960 ) ( Fig. 17 A – E ) Spathobdella setigera Hardy, 1960 [ Hardy (1960) : 234 – 235, fig. 80 a – c]. Literature: Steffan (1973a): 356 (as Bradysia setigera ); Menzel & Smith (2009) : 41 – 43, fig. 45 – 47; Menzel et al. (2013) : 292 – 293, fig. 22 – 23; Köhler & Menzel (2013) : 69 . FIGURE 17 A–E. Pseudolycoriella setigera (Hardy, 1960) . Holotype. A. Hypopygium; B. Head; C. Flagellomeres 3–5; D. Apex of fore tibia; E. Wing. Material studied: Holotype , 29.x.1952 , Hawai‘i , Keanakolu , 5200 ft. , leg. C.P. Hoyt (BPBM, No. 2487). Further material: 1 male , 28.iv.1972 , Chain of Craters & Hilina Pali Rd. Junction , 3880 ft. , leg. W. Gagné (BPBM); 1 male , 1 female , 27.x.1970 , Hawai‘i Islands , leg. W.A. Steffan ( 1 male in PWMP). Comments . The species is characterized by a 3-segmented palpus, sometimes with the tendency to reduction to two segments in both sexes (unusual in the genus), forehead with a few short bristles, wings with strong C and R 5 veins, short flagellomeres (l/w index 1.2-1.4), fore tibia with an indistinct tibial organ (3-4 somewhat isolated bristles, not different from the ground hair), gonostylus with short hairs and 2 short subapical spines and a long whiplash hair, gonocoxites with short hairs at the ventral inner margin. Distribution . Hawai’i; New Caledonia ; Seychelles Islands; Tristan da Cunha .