Phrudoneura obscura Meuffels & Grootaert

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Phrudoneura obscura Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002: 75 .

Type material. The male holotype and paratype type series of Phrudoneura obscura were collected at Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (MNHN, not seen).

Additional material. NEW CALEDONIA: Ƥ, Col des Rousettes, 300–400 m, 29.I.1969, Krauss (BPBM); 17 3, 5 Ƥ, Pic du Pin, site 1, 22°15'S 166°49'E, 280m, 25. XI.-23.XII.2004, Burwell & Wright, Malaise trap (QMB, 11858, 11779); 8 3, Ƥ, Pic du Pin, site 2, 22°14'S 166°50'E, 280m, 25–26.XI.2004, Burwell & Wright, yellow pans (QMB, 11789, 11864); 3, Pic du Grand Kaori, site 2, 22°17'S 166°53'E, 250m, rainforest, 22–23.XI.2004, yellow pans, Burwell &Wright (QMB, 11862); 4 3, Ƥ, Province Sud, Mt Koghis, 17 km NNE Noumeá, 22.176° S, 166.505° E. 550 m, Malaise, 1–5.XII.2000, Irwin, Schlinger, &Webb (INHS); Prov. Nord, Réserve specialé de faune de l’Aoupinié, 21.174ºS 165.312ºE, 650 m, Malaise trap, 12–30.XI.2000, 9–14.XIII.2000, Irwin & Boutin (INHS); 3, Province Nord, Mt Mandjélia, 5 km WSW Puébo, 20.397º S, 164.528º E, 780 m; Malaise trap; 27.XI.- 8.XII.2000, Schlinger & Irwin (INHS); 33, Pic d’Amoa, 20°.57'23"S, 165º17'26"E, 336 m, yellow pan, 10– 11.XI.2001, T. Moulds (AMS); 6 3, 2 Ƥ, Rivière Bleue (P6), forêt dense, fogging, 20.I.1993, Chazeau et al. (MNHN); 3, Mt Koghis, 350 m, 13–14.VII.1995, yellow pans, B. Sinclair (CNC);

Remarks. Phrudoneura obscura, as the specific epithet implies, is a dark coloured species, with a mostly dark brown thorax, abdomen, and femur III. The antennae, especially in the male are distinctly subrectangular. Most males have a wing length of 2.2–2.4 mm, but males from Réserve de l’Aoupinié are distinctly smaller, with a wing length of 1.9–2.0 mm.