Pseudolycoriella sp. II

Material studied. 1♀, New Zealand: South Island, Canterbury, Selwyn, Cass, Middle Bush, 17.11.1998, Malaise trap, leg. P.M. Johns (SDEI, SDEI-Dipt-0000745) .

Genetic distances. The nearest neighbour of the COI-sequence of Psl. sp. II is Psl. orite, diverging by a minimum of 10.89%. The one successfully sequenced 28S sequence is identical to those of Psl. zealandica and Psl. aotearoa .

Discussion. The molecular analysis of the female specimen SDEI-Dipt-0000745 revealed an isolated cluster for all three genetic markers, and consequently a well separated cluster in the consensus tree shown in Figure 61. Therefore, the presence of a new and undescribed species is very likely, but without conspecific male specimens a reasonable description allowing meaningful comparisons with other Pseudolycoriella species is not possible.