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Review of Pseudoaerumnosa Rudzinski (Diptera, Sciaridae), with the description of twenty-four new species

Pekka Vilkamaa, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Pentti Halenius, Hiihtomäentie 40 A 9, FI-00800 Helsinki, Finland.
Jan Ševčík, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Diptera barcodes Madagascar new taxa Oriental region Papua New Guinea Sciaridae systematics

Abstract

The genus Pseudoaerumnosa Rudzinski, 2006 is redefined. The genus includes the following species which are described, illustrated and keyed: Pseudoaerumnosa acinacea sp. n., P. ampliata sp. n., P. annae sp. n., P. awanensis sp. n., P. banari sp. n., P. clavidactyla sp. n., P. clivicola sp. n., P. collicola sp. n., P. consuota sp. n., P. cryptoloba sp. n., P. curvifalx sp. n., P. eminula sp. n., P. exacuta sp. n., P. filispicata sp. n., P. formosa sp. n., P. fragilis sp. n., P. impensa sp. n., P. inviolata Rudzinski, 2006, P. junciseta sp. n., P. obovata sp. n., P. pilicaudata sp. n., P. quadriquetra sp. n., P. saginata sp. n., P. tenuidens sp. n. and P. tkoci sp. n. Morphological characters and the phylogenetic position of Pseudoaerumnosa are discussed. For some species, the barcode (COI) sequence data were obtained. The genus is currently known from the Oriental (22 species), Malagasy (3 species) and Australasian regions (1 species).

 

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