Pseudolycoriella chlorothoracica, Mohrig & Kauschke, 2019

Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2019, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part V. Genera Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig and Phytosciara Frey, Zootaxa 4543 (2), pp. 261-283 : 264

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2ADC51E4-F1C9-4905-98FE-9DAB01593C3D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5944836

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F82E87F3-622A-D52E-6EA2-4B00FD8AF86C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pseudolycoriella chlorothoracica
status

sp. nov.

Pseudolycoriella chlorothoracica View in CoL sp. n.

( Fig. 3 E – G View FIGURE 3 )

Locus typicus: USA, Arizona, Pima County, Tucson Mountains, 16 km W Tucson, Sonora desert, 32.24°N, 111.13°W GoogleMaps .

Holotype: Male, 28.ix.–7.x.1995, leg. S. J. Prchal, Malaise trap ( PWMP).

Description. Male. Head: Round; eye bridge 3 facets wide. Antenna brownish, scape and pedicel somewhat paler; 4 th flagellomere with a l/w index of 1.8–2.0, hairs somewhat shorter than the diameter, inserted in rather large pits. Palpi 3-segmented, first segment with 3–4 bristles and a flat patch of sensillae. Mouth parts very short. Thorax: Brown; scutum with dark hairs, some lateral and prescutellar bristles longer. Scutellum with 2 more robust bristles. Postpronotum bare. Wing brownish; R 1 = 1/2 R; c somewhat longer than 1/2 w; y = x, both bare; Mfork shorter than M-stem, rather wide; CuA-stem = x; posterior veins distinct, without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brown. Legs yellowish; tibial organ with a small patch of stronger bristles, distinctly bordered. Claws finely toothed. Abdomen: Inner margin of gonocoxites with a few longer bristles between short hairs. Gonostylus wide and oval in shape, inner side concave, with dense apical hairs, 3 long spines, and 2–3 whiplash hairs that are as long as the spines. Tegmen apically rounded. Aedeagus rather long, with a large furca. Body length: 2.2 mm.

Comments. The species resembles Psl. basisetosa sp. n. but differs from it by having a broader gonostylus with three much longer spines, a few longer bristles on the entire ventral inner margin of the gonocoxites and a distinctly bordered tibial organ apically on the fore tibia.

Distribution. USA (Arizona).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

Genus

Pseudolycoriella

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