Pseudolycoriella globostylata, 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 : 494

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3718263
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scientific name	Pseudolycoriella globostylata
status	sp. nov.

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Pseudolycoriella globostylata View in CoL sp. n.

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

Holotype: Male, 13.vi.1997, rain forest, Malaise trap, leg. J. Seymour, in ANIC.

Description. Male. Head: Ovoid, mouth parts somewhat elongate; eye bridge 3 facets wide; antenna brown; 4 th flagellomere with a l/w index of 1.6, with a rather short neck, surface somewhat rough, hairs shorter than the diameter of the basal node; palpus 3-segmented; basal segment with 2–3 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 as long as R; R 5 without ventral macrotrichia; C longer than w; y = x, bare; Cu-stem longer than x; posterior wing veins without macrotrichia. Haltere short, with darkened knob; legs brownish; fore tibiae at the inner apex without a distinct patch of bristles, spurs of middle and hind tibiae of the same size, brownish and as long as the diameter of the apex; claws strongly toothed with a strong tooth at the inner side and a fine one at the dorsal side. Abdomen: Tergal and sternal hairs fine and sparse; hypopygium brown, ventrally bare, the inner ventral margin of gonocoxites with short hairs; gonostylus short and thick, apically rounded, with 4 short spines of the same size; tegmen large, as long as wide; aedeagus rather short and robust. Body length: 2.2 mm.

Comments. The species is characterized by a thick gonostylus with 4 short spines and strongly toothed tarsal claws. It belongs to the Psl. triacanthula group sensu Mohrig (2013).

Distribution. Australia (Queensland).