Pseudolycoriella consectaria, Mohrig & Kauschke & Broadley, 2020

Mohrig, Werner, Kauschke, Ellen & Broadley, Adam, 2020, Black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of Queensland, Australia. Part II. Genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998, Zootaxa 4751 (3), pp. 487-506 : 491-492

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FCACF65-C125-414C-9848-F96BD0571F73
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3718267
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC420F-FFAE-C13D-7E84-209E121BF8A2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pseudolycoriella consectaria
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Pseudolycoriella consectaria View in CoL sp. n. ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A–C)

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Mt Lewis , 37 km WSW of Port Douglas, 16°35´S, 145°16´E GoogleMaps .

Holotype: Male, 8.viii.1997, rain forest, Malaise trap, leg. J. Seymour, in ANIC.

Paratypes: 1 male, 13.vi.1997, same locality, leg. J. Seymour, in PABM ; 1 male, 29.vi.1997, same locality, leg. J. Seymour, in PWMP .

Description. Male. Head: Ovoid, mouth parts somewhat elongate; eye bridge 4 facets wide; antennae brown; 4 th flagellomere with a l/w index of 2.0, with rather short neck, surface somewhat rough, hairs as long as half of the diameter of the basal node; palpus 3-segmented; basal segment with 2 bristles and a patch of short sensilla. Thorax: Brown; scutum with three darker stripes, short dorsocentral and a few more robust lateral hairs; scutellum with 4 longer marginal hairs; postpronotum bare. Wing brownish, with distinct veins; R 1 = 3/4 R; R 5 with ventral macrotrichia in the distal third; C = 2/3 w; y = x, with 1–2 macrotrichia; Cu-stem rather short; posterior wing veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, with darkened knob; legs yellowish; fore tibiae at the inner apex with a distinct row-like patch of bristles and a semicircular border; spurs of middle and hind tibiae of same size, brownish and as long as the diameter of the apex; claws dorsally and ventrally toothed. Abdomen: Tergal and sternal hairs moderately long and dense; hypopygium brown, ventrally bare, the inner ventral margin of gonocoxites with rather long hairs; gonostylus elongate, narrow, apically rounded, with three short spines of the same size and a short whip-lash hair; tegmen longer than wide, pyramid-like; aedeagus short and strong. Body length: 2.5 mm.

Comments. The species is characterized by having a narrow gonostylus with 3 short spines and strongly toothed claws. It belongs to the Psl. triacanthula group sensu Mohrig (2013).

Distribution. Australia (Queensland).