Pseudolycoriella snellingi Mohrig, 2013

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 : 502-503

Pseudolycoriella snellingi Mohrig, 2013 ( Fig. 12 A–B)

Pseudolycoriella snellingi Mohrig 2013 [Mohrig (2013): 156–157, fig. 26 a–f].

Material. 2 males, 8.viii.1997, Queensland, Mt Lewis , 37 km WSW of Port Douglas, 16°35´S, 145°16´E, rain forest, Malaise trap, leg. J. Seymour, 1 in PABM , 1 in PWMP; 1 male, 2 females, 13.vi.1997, same locality, leg. Seymour, in PWMP .

Comments. The species is characterized by having 4–5 spines on the gonostylus (in the original description only 4 spines are mentioned; this was also illustrated in figure 26 a), a very long tegmen, short flagellomeres with a fine net-like surface sculpture, strongly toothed claws, a short whiplash-hair and a yellow body colour. The specimens from Queensland are identical to Psl. snellingi Mohrig from Papua New Guinea in all important characters. It belongs to the Psl. quadrispinosa group sensu Mohrig (2013).

Distribution. Australia (Queensland); Papua New Guinea. New record for Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Pseudolycoriella snellingi Mohrig. A. Hypopygium (left side); B. Apex of fore tibia.