Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus

Abstract

Two new species of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille are described, and Psychoda alternata Say and P. zetoscota Quate are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Psychoda divaricata Duckhouse, already described from southern Brazil, was recorded in the northeastern part of that country, as well as in the eastern Amazon region. The supraspecific classification proposed for the species of Psychoda according to Quate (= Psychodini of Jeñek) are discussed. A new classification is suggested that considers only one genus, Psychoda, divided into 12 subgenera: subgenus Psychoda Latreille, subgenus Copropsychoda Vaillant, subgenus Falsologima Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Psychodula Jeñek, subgenus Psychomora Jeñek, subgenus Psychana Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Logima Eaton, subgenus Tinearia Schellenberg, subgenus Chodopsycha Jeñek, subgenus Ypsydocha Jeñek, subgenus Psychodocha Jeñek, and subgenus Psycha Jeñek. A list of the Psychoda species from Latin America and the Caribbean region is presented.

First record to Brazil of one genera and seven species of Psychodidae (Diptera) with further new records for 10 countries on the Neotropics

“…Psychoda buxoides Quate, 1996: 71, figs. 28a-e;Quate, 1999: 439;Cordeiro et al, 2011: 8, Previous records Bravo et al, 2006;: PANAMA, Zona do Canal (type locality). TRINIDAD, Tucker valley, US Naval Station.…”

Drain Fly Psychoda spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae)

“…It is difficult to describe the range of the entire genus Psychoda for that reason we have included the known distribution for one species originally from North America, the drain fly Psychoda alternata. This drain fly has spread to western Asia, Europe, and South America with reports of its establishment in Iraq (Ali et al 2013), Croatia (Kvifte et al 2013), Britain (Learner 2000), Norway (Kvifte et al 2011), Spain (Kvifte et al 2016), and Brazil (Bravo et al 2006).…”

Nuevos registros de Psychodidae (Diptera), con una lista de especies citadas para Chile

“…Nota: Bravo et al (2006) citan a esta especie como encontrada anteriormente en "P. de los libres" y señalan como referencia a lo cual es un error, ya que este último autor sólo la señala de Bariloche, en la provincia de Río Negro.…”