Pseudolycoriella, Menzel & Mohrig, 1998

Köhler, Arne, 2019, The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Zealand, Zootaxa 4707 (1), pp. 1-69 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4707.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3C00FB35-708D-4FF0-94C2-B15BD2A1F37A
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D43F59-3662-FFFB-FF32-FDE937EA3F0A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pseudolycoriella
status

Treatment

Pseudolycoriella View in CoL View at ENA sp. I

Literature. Pseudolycoriella indet.: BOLD (2019b).

Barcoded material. 1♀ New Zealand: North Island , Waikato, Hamilton, altitude 39 m, Malaise trap, 05.06.2012, leg. I. Hogg ( CBG, BIOUG14863 View Materials - H041 ) . 1♀ same locality as previous, Malaise trap, 19.11.2012, leg. I. Hogg ( CBG, BIOUG15289 View Materials - H10 ) . 1♀ same locality as previous, Malaise trap, 11.03.2013, leg. I. Hogg ( CBG, BIOUG15552 View Materials - D06 ) . 1♀ same locality as previous, Malaise trap, 08.04.2013, leg. I. Hogg ( CBG, BIOUG15560 View Materials - H06 ) .

Genetic distances. The maximum p-distance between all four available COI sequences is 0.17%. The nearest neighbour is Psl. kaikoura , diverging by a minimum of 4.86%. No 28S sequence data are available.

Discussion. The COI barcodes of Psl. sp. I are registered on the Barcode of Life Data System under the BIN: BOLD:ACP1302 ( BOLD 2019b). The p-distance of 4.86% towards the nearest neighbour suggests the existence of a further unknown species. Nevertheless, it was judged premature to prepare a formal description because no males are available and the lack of knowledge about the taxonomy of the females of Pseudolycoriella does not allow solid conclusions to be made on species delimitation.