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Issue: Vol. 4097 No. 1: 30 Mar. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.11
Page range: 139–142
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 43

Pseudolycoriella skusei sp. nov. (Diptera: Sciaridae), a new dark-winged fungus gnat from Norfolk Island and Australia

Puddemin 6, 18754 Poseritz/Rügen, Germany.
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute of Zoology, Stephanstrasse 24, 35390 Gießen, Germany.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, PO Box 1006, Tullamarine, VIC 3043, Australia.
Diptera Sciaridae

Abstract

The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 is distributed worldwide and especially species rich within the southern hemisphere. Within the Australasian region it is known from New Zealand (Mohrig & Jaschhof 1999; 5 species), New Caledonia (Köhler & Menzel 2013; 14 species) and Papua-New Guinea (Mohrig 2013; 22 species). Here we report the first records of the genus from Norfolk Island and Australia.

 

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