Primeiro registro de Lepidiella Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) no Brasil e descrição de uma espécie nova

Abstract

Neste trabalho descreve-se Lepidiella spinosa sp. nov., uma nova espécie de Psychodidae proveniente São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil é descrita e ilustrada. Este é o primeiro registro de Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 no Brasil.

First record of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 from the Oriental Region (Diptera, Psychodidae)

“…Quate (1996) recognized three diagnostic characters for the genus (as Syntomoza): corniculi present in males; males and females with vertex expanded dorsally; males and females with the apex of vein R 4 ending at the wing apex. Bravo (2005) later described a new species and transferred Pericoma hansoni (now Lepidiella hansoni) without corniculi. Bravo and Santos (2011) updated the diagnosis of the genus.…”

Two new species of Lepidiella (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil

“…cervi (Satchell, 1955), Saint Lucia in the eastern Caribbean Sea; L. lanuginosa Enderlein, 1937, Bolivia;L. matagalpensis (Colantes & Martinez-Ortega, 1998), Nicaragua; L. monteverdica (Quate, 1996), Costa Rica; L. niveitarsis (Enderlein, 1937), Peru; L. pickring (Quate, 1999), Panama; L. spinosa Bravo, 2005, state of São Paulo, Brazil; L. zumbadoi (Quate, 1996)…”