Pseudolycoriella horribilis ( Edwards, 1931 )

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 : 494-496

Pseudolycoriella horribilis ( Edwards, 1931)

( Fig. 7 A–B)

Sciara horribilis Edwards, 1931 [ Edwards (1931): 274 –275, fig. 10]. Literature: Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 479 –480, fig. 440, 441.

Material: 1 male, 2 females, 29.vi.1997; 2 males, 1 female, 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 male dated 8.viii. 1997 in PABM, all others in PWMP .

Comments. This large species is characterized by a tooth-like subapical protuberance on the gonostylus, considered as a unique morphological structure within the genus. It belongs to the Psl. horribilis group sensu Menzel & Mohrig (2000).

Distribution. Australia (Queensland); India; Indonesia (Sumatra); Myanmar; Nepal. New record for Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Pseudolycoriella horribilis (Edwards). A. Hypopygium; B. Flagellomeres 4–5.