Psychodopygus Mangabeira, 1941

Phlebotomus (Shannonomyia) Dyar, 1929: 117 . Type species: Phlebotomus panamensis Shannon, by original designation), not Shannonomyia Alexander, 1929 ( Diptera: Limoniidae).

Flebotomus (Psychodopygus) Mangabeira, 1941c: 237 . Type species: Flebotomus unisetosus Mangabeira, by original designation).

Phlebotomus (Shannonomyina) Pratt, 1947: 86 (new name for Shannonomyia Dyar, not Shannonomyia Alexander). Additional references: Fairchild & Hertig, 1951a: 399 (review); Fairchild, 1955: 188 (defined).

Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) Mangabeira: Barretto, 1962: 93 (defined); Theodor, 1965: 188 (defined); Barretto, 1966: 133 (key); Lewis et al., 1977: 328; Martins et al., 1978: 34 (defined).

Psychodopygus Mangabeira (as genus): Forattini, 1971: 104; Forattini, 1973: 392 (defined); Ready et al., 1980: 75 (taxonomy); Artemiev, 1991: 73; Galati, 1995: 137 (list); Galati, 2003: 44, 119 (list, key).

Phlebotomus (Psychodopygus) Mangabeira: Ortiz, 1972b: 221 (key).

Psychodopygus (Eupsychodopygus) Artemiev, 1991: 73 . Type species: Flebotomus arthuri Fonseca, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Ascoids simple; flagellomere 1 with two or more sensory papillae; katepisternum without setae on anterior margin. Male: palpus segments 4+5 as long as or shorter than palpus segment 3; abdominal terga without papillae; gonocoxite lacking basal setae tuft. Female: clypeus usually shorter than eyes; lacinia usually with two external rows of teeth; cibarium with 4 to 8 horizontal teeth; spermathecae imbricated; individual spermathecal ducts and at least part of common spermathecal duct rugose or striated (Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).