Pseudolycoriella sabroskyi ( Steffan, 1969 )

Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen & Mohrig, Werner, 2019, Revision of the black fungus gnat species (Diptera: Sciaridae) described by W. A. Steffan from Micronesia, Zootaxa 4683 (2), pp. 215-241 : 233

Pseudolycoriella sabroskyi ( Steffan, 1969)

Corynoptera sabroskyi Steffan, 1969 [ Steffan (1969): 703 –705, fig. 14 a–f].

Literature: Rudzinski (2000): 183.

Material studied: Holotype: Male, 26.v.1957, Caroline Islands, Palau Is., Babelthuap I. Airai, Ngerimal R., leg. C.W. Sabrosky (USNMENT 2083267).

Conservation status: Embedded in Hoyer’s medium, body and head isolated, badly damaged, hypopygium strongly destroyed, and no details are detectable. It does not make sense to show any figures.

Comments. We agree with Rudzinski (2000), that the species belongs to the genus Pseudolycoriella , because, despite the strongly destroyed hypopygium, we were still able to observe the 2 subapical spines and a somewhat longer whiplash hair. This opinion is supported by the toothed claws and a bordered patch of bristles at the apex of the fore tibia. Maybe the species could be identified based only on the figures of Steffan (1969).