Pseudolycoriella
Creators: name: Vilkamaa, Pekka
name: Hippa, Heikki
name: Mohrig, Werner
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Pseudolycoriella

description: Key to New Caledonian species of Pseudolycoriella
1. Basal part of gonocoxa ventrally with dense setosity, much more dense than overall setosity.......................... 2
- Basal part of gonocoxa ventrally with normal setosity......................................................... 4
2. Setose intercoxal lobe present............................................................... P. pallidula sp. n.
- Setose intercoxal lobe absent........................................................................... 3
3. Gonostylus straight, gonostylar megasetae present, vestiture of front tibial organ in patch................. P. s p i c a t a sp. n.
- Gonostylus curved, gonostylar megasetae absent, vestiture of front tibial organ in curved row............ P. capillosa sp. n.
4. Sternite 8 with dense group of unusually long setae, in some preparations may appear to be at intercoxal area of hypopygium......................................................................................... P. villosa sp. n.
- Sternite 8 with normal, sparse setosity..................................................................... 5
5. Gonostylar megasetae very narrow, discernible from ordinary setae mainly by their blunt apices....................... 6
- Gonostylar megasetae thicker than normal setae............................................................. 7
6. Gonostylar megasetae curved, four in number, antennal flagellomeres long, flagellomere 4 1.8–3.5x as long as wide............................................................................................... P. tribulosa sp. n.
- Gonostylar megasetae straight, three in number, antennal flagellomeres short, flagellomere 4 1.7x as long as wide................................................................................................ P. senticosa sp. n.
7. Gonostylar megasetae three in number.................................................................... 8
- Gonostylar megasetae two in number...................................................................... 9
8. Gonocoxa and gonostylus very narrow, whiplash seta of gonostylus long, about twice as long as megasetae, apical process of tegmen visible as a faint transverse line...................................................... P. trispicata sp. n.
- Gonocoxa and gonostylus tumid, whiplash seta of gonostylus short, at most 1.5x as long as megasetae, apical process of teg- men visible as a fingerlike process............................................................. P. tenuis sp. n.
9. Tegmen as long as broad, necks of antennal flagellomeres longer than broad.......................... P. acicula sp. n.
- Tegmen broader than long, necks of antennal flagellomeres as long as broad or shorter.............................. 10
10. Gonostylus strongly impressed mesially, distinctly narrowed at apex, with long and blunt megasetae........ P. bisulca sp. n.
- Gonostylus slightly impressed mesially, apically broader than basally or only slightly narrower, with short and sharp megasetae ................................................................................................ 11 11. Gonostylus slightly narrowed apically, tegmen with distinct apical process, antennal flagellomeres short, at most 1.1–1.5x as long as broad......................................................................... P. latiflagellata sp. n. - Gonostylus slightly broadened apically, tegmen without apical process, antennal flagellomeres long, 2.3–2.5x as long as broad P. simp le x sp. n.
description: Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Hippa, Heikki & Mohrig, Werner, 2012, The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species, pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 3207 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280183