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Issue: Vol. 3207 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3207.1.1
Page range: 1–21
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The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species

Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Puddemin 6, D-18574 Poseritz, Germany
Diptera Sciaridae Pseudolycoriella new species New Caledonia

Abstract

The following species of the genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 are recognized from New Caledonia, allnewly described: Pseudolycoriella acicula sp. n., P. bisulca sp. n., P. capillosa sp. n., P. latiflagellata sp. n., P. pallidulasp. n., P. senticosa sp. n., P. simplex sp. n., P. spicata sp. n., P. tenuis sp. n., P. tribulosa sp. n., P. trispicata sp. n., P. tumidior sp. n. and P. villosa sp. n. A key to the species is given.

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