Pseudolycoriella bisulca Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012

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 : 490

Pseudolycoriella bisulca Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012

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Pseudolycoriella bisulca Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig, 2012 [ Vilkamaa et al. (2012): 3 –6, fig. 2 A–G].

Material. 3 males, 8.viii.1997, 3 males, 29.vi.1997, Australia, North East Queensland, Mt Lewis , 37 km WSW of Port Douglas 16°35’S 145°16’E, rain forest, Malaise trap, leg. J. Seymour, 1 slide dated 8.viii. 1997 in PABM, all others in PWMP .

Comments. The species is characterized by the narrow gonostylus, flattened on the inner side, with two long and somewhat curved apical spines, tegmen as long as wide, with a weak semicircular structure, the fore tibia at the inner apex with a distinct irregular row-like patch of bristles and a semicircular border. The specimens from Queensland are identical to Psl. bisulca from New Caledonia. It belongs to the Psl. bruckii group sensu Menzel & Mohrig (2000).

Distribution. Australia (Queensland); New Caledonia. New record for Australia.

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FIGURE 2. Pseudolycoriella bisulca Vilkamaa, Hippa & Mohrig. Hypopygium.