Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig 1998
Creators: name: Mohrig, Werner
name: Kauschke, Ellen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Pseudolycoriella

description: Key to species of Pseudolycoriella
1 Gonostylus wide and spoon shaped with many fine spines in between short spine-like bristles on the inner side; without whiplash hairs. Mouth parts in both sexes slightly elongated............................. Psl. planiforceps (Steffan) (Fig. 8)
- Gonostylus not spoon shaped, with one or more apical/subapical spines and one or more distinct whiplash hairs; mouth parts not significantly elongated.............................................................................. 2
2 Ventral base of hypopygium with a basal lobe............................................................... 3
- Ventral base of hypopygium without a basal lobe, sometimes with strong hairs..................................... 5
3 Intergonocoxal lobe without bristles, covered with macrotrichia only........................ Psl. lobosa (Pettey) (Fig. 5)
- Intergonocoxal lobe with long bristles..................................................................... 4
4 Intergonocoxal lobe with long fine bristles; gonostylus with two short and dark spines........ Psl. subjucunda sp. n. (Fig. 9)
- Intergonocoxal lobe with broad hyaline bristles; gonostylus with more than two spines; spines long and hyaline...................................................................................... Psl. jucunda (Johannsen) (Fig. 4)
5 Gonocoxites densely covered with long and robust bristles on the ventral inner side, basally or apically................. 6
- Gonocoxites with short hairs on ventral inner side............................................................ 7
6 Long, robust bristles inserted basally at the inner margin of the gonocoxites; gonostylus elongated with two subapical spines............................................................................. Psl. basisetosa sp. n. (Fig. 1A)
- Long bristles inserted at the apical half of the inner margin only; gonostylus ovoid with three hyaline spines......................................................................................... Psl. longisetosa sp. n. (Fig. 1D)
7 Ventral base of hypopygium u-shaped; gonostylus bulbous, with two long spines of different lengths and a dense patch of short bristles in the middle of the medial margin....................................... Psl. trivialis (Johannsen) (Fig. 6C)
- Ventral base of hypopygium more or less v-shaped; gonostylus shaped differently.................................. 8
8 Inner ventral base of gonocoxites densely covered with short fine bristles.................. Psl. pollicis (Pettey) (Fig. 7A)
- Inner ventral base of gonocoxites uniformly haired........................................................... 9
9 Gonostylus pointed, with two long apical spines................................... Psl. parilis (Johannsen) (Fig. 7B)
- Gonostylus rounded at apex............................................................................ 10
10 Gonostylus with two short spines, not longer than apical bristles............................................... 11
- Gonostylus with two distinct spines, longer than apical bristles................................................. 12
11 Gonostylus with whiplash hair, much longer than both spines; tegmen with a thin thumb-like structure................................................................................................. Psl. flavipila sp. n. (Fig. 3A)
- Gonostylus with whiplash hair, just slightly longer than both spines; tegmen with a broad horseshoe-like inner structure.............................................................................. Psl. brevialata sp. n. (Figs. 2A, B)
12 Gonostylus broad-oval with three long hyaline spines and two equally long whiplash hairs; pleural sclerites and legs yellowish........................................................................ Psl. chlorothoracica sp. n. (Fig. 3E)
- Gonostylus elongated, not broad-oval, whiplash hair longer than three hyaline spines; pleural sclerites and legs dark brown............................................................................... Psl. nocturna sp. n. (Fig. 6A)
description: Published as part of Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2019, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part V. Genera Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig and Phytosciara Frey, pp. 261-283 in Zootaxa 4543 (2) on page 263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2617811