Pseudolycoriella flavipila, 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 : 268

Pseudolycoriella flavipila sp. n.

( Fig. 3 A – D ; Plate II, Fig. III)

Locus typicus: USA, Florida, Highlands County, Archibald Biological Station, 13 km SO of Lake Placid.

Holotype: Male, 22.–29.vii.1998, Malaise trap leg. D. Wahl & F. Gonsalves ( PWMP).

Paratypes: 9 males, same data as holotype ( PWMP, 1 male in PKHH) .

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 2.0, brownish, hairs not shorter than the diameter, with a few deepened sensorial pits. Palpi 3-segmented, first segment with 2 bristles and a flat patch of sensillae. Mouth parts very short. Thorax: Brownish, pleural sclerites with yellow spots; scutum rather long and with dark hairs, some lateral and prescutellar bristles longer. Scutellum with 4 stronger bristles, two are long. Posterior pronotum bare. Wing brownish; R 1 = 1/2 R; c = 2/3 w; y = x, bare; M-fork as long as M-stem, narrow; CuA-stem as long as x; posterior veins distinct and without macrotrichia. Haltere short, brownish. Legs yellowish brown; tibial organ with an undifferentiated patch of strong bristles, not bordered. Claws toothless. Abdomen: Ventral base of hypopygium without lobe and bare; inner margin of gonocoxites with short sparse hairs. Gonostylus apically rounded, with dense hairs apically, subapically with 2 short dark spines, not longer than apical hairs and with a long whiplash hair. Tegmen as wide as high, apically rounded. Aedeagus short and thin. Body length: 2.0 mm.

Comments. The species is characterized by having two short dark subapical spines as long as the apical hairs, a long whiplash hair, an undifferentiated tibial organ and claws without teeth.

Distribution. USA (Florida).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A–D. Pseudolycoriella flavipila sp. n. Holotype. A. Hypopygium. B. Antennal flagellomeres 3–4. C. Palpus. D. Apex of fore tibia. E–G. Pseudolycoriella chlorothoracica sp. n. Holotype. E. Gonostylus, ventral view (3 rd spine hidden). F. Scape, pedicel and antennal flagellomeres 1–4. G. Apex of fore tibia.