New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part V. Genera Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig and Phytosciara Frey Author Mohrig, Werner Author Kauschke, Ellen text Zootaxa 2019 2019-01-07 4543 2 261 283 journal article 27703 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.5 7db5c952-59b4-4879-a8de-7709dfd725a0 1175-5326 2617811 2ADC51E4-F1C9-4905-98FE-9DAB01593C3D Pseudolycoriella brevialata sp. n. ( Fig. 2 A – E ; Plate IV, Fig. VII) Locus typicus : USA , Texas , Sam Houston National Forest, Willis, 60 km N of Houston. Holotype : Male , 3.–6.xi.1996 , leg. W. Mohrig , yellow pan trap ( PWMP ). Paratypes : 2 males and 1 female , same data as holotype ( PWMP ) ; 1 male , 21.–23.vii.1997 , USA , Virginia , suburban settlement of Williamsburg, mixed forest, yellow trap , leg. W. Mohrig , ( PWMP ) . Description . Male. Head : Round; eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Antenna uniformly brownish, 4 th flagellomere with a l/w index of 1.4, hairs shorter than the flagellomere width, flagellomere with a few deepened sensorial pits. Palpi short, 3-segmented, first segment with 1–2 bristles and a flat patch of sensillae. Mouth parts short. Thorax : Brownish; scutum with rather short and dark hairs, some lateral and prescutellar bristles longer. Scutellum with 4 more robust bristles. Postpronotum bare. Wing pale, short and wide; R 1 = 1/2 R; c = 3/4 w; y shorter than x, bare; M-fork as long as M-stem, narrow; CuA-stem shorter than x; posterior veins distinct, without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brown. Legs yellowish; tibial organ of fore tibia with an irregular row of bristles, not bordered. Claws finely toothed. Abdomen : Ventral base of hypopygium without lobe, inner margin of gonocoxites with short sparse hairs. Gonostylus apically rounded, densely haired at the apex, subapically with 2 fine spines not longer than the apical hair and with 1–2 short whiplash hairs. Tegmen as wide as high, apically rounded with a horseshoe-like structure. Aedeagus short with a large furca. Body length: 2.5 mm . Comments . The species is characterized by a rounded and densely haired apex of the gonostylus with two short subapical spines and 1–2 short whiplash hairs. Distribution . USA ( Texas , Virginia ).