Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards

Cordeiro, Danilo, Bravo, Freddy & De, Claudio J. B., 2011, Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species, Zootaxa 3101, pp. 1-37 : 14-15

Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards

Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards, 1928: 74 . Type locality: Samoa (Savaii, Salailua). Psychoda rarotongensis Satchell, 1953: 183

Psychoda lucia Quate, 1954: 349

Diagnosis. Antenna with 13 flagellomeres, 12th vestigial; male ascoids with 1 lower and 3 upper arms; female ascoids in Y; paramere short and acute; male cerci long, slender and curved; subgenital plate wider than long, pilose only on distal half, and with apical concavity inconspicuous; subgenital plate internally with a pair of rosette like structures.

Additional characters. Eyes separated by 1.5–2.1 facet diameters (females) and 0.5–1.3 (males); 6–7 (rarely 5) supra-ocular setae (females) and 7–8 (males); interocular suture absent; clypeus with 2 or 3 stronger lateral alveoli; frontoclypeal suture absent; wing with Sc vein ending at the level of the base of vein Rs; distitarsus without apical projection; male gonocoxal bridge projecting anteriorly in U and with a pair of triangular processes posteriorly.

Material examined. Determined by Duckhouse: 1 3 and 1 Ƥ Chagos Arch., Diego Garcia, Balisage, 14.v.1971, A. M. Hutson/ B. M. 1971-346 ( BMNH); 1 Ƥ Chagos Arch., Diego Garcia, Trois Picquet, 5.iv.1971, inland marsh, A. M. Hutson/ B. M. 1971-346 ( BMNH). Other specimens: 2 3 and 15 Ƥ BRAZIL, Amazonas, Pitinga, Lixeira, 08–12. xii.1997, 2 cdc - m, col. RQ/RN/PE (1 3 and 10 Ƥ INPA, 1 3 and 5 Ƥ MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, km 55, mata virgem, 29.v.1997, 7 cdc - 1m, col. TVB/FLS (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 30.vi.1997, 6 cdc – 1m, no collector name (MZUEFS); 16 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 11.xii.1997, 6 cdc - m, col. RF /FLS/LMC (8 INPA, 8 MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, área alterada, 13.xii.1997, 6 cdc - 1m col. RF /FLS/LMC (MZUEFS); 62 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, area alterada, 17.xii.1997, 6 cdc – m, col. RF / FLS/LMC (31 INPA, 31 MZUEFS); 37 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 18.xii.1997, 6 cdc - 1m, col. RF /FLS/LMC (19 INPA, 18 MZUEFS); 22 Ƥ Amazonas, Silves, Saracá, 17.xii.1999, 6cdc - m, col. FLS/ RF /LMC (11 INPA, 11 MZUEFS); 3 Ƥ Amazonas, Manacapuru, Cajatuba, km 69/3, copa, 10.x.1998, 3 cdc, no collector name (2 INPA, 1 MZUEFS); 4 Ƥ BRAZIL, Pará, Santarém, Ch. N. S. Nazaré, km 13, mata, 27.xi.1998, 8 cdc, col. RF /RAN/FLS (2 INPA, 2 MZUEFS); 2 3 and 3 Ƥ BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Barão de Melgaço, baia de Brocoruré, 07.iv.1998, 20 cdc – m, col. RF /FLS/RDN (1 3 and 2 Ƥ INPA, 1 3 and 1 Ƥ MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ BRAZIL, Bahia, Sauípe, 14.xi.2004, col. F. Bravo (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Bahia, Cachoeira, Villa Rial, 24.v.2004, col. F. Bravo (MZUEFS); 2 Ƥ Bahia, Ituberá, 21.vi.2002, col. F. Bravo (MZUEFS); 1 3 and 4 Ƥ Bahia, Ituberá, 01.vii.2003, col. Eq. Lasis (MZUEFS); 3 Ƥ Bahia, Ituberá, Pancagê, 08–09.vi.2007, luminosa, col. E. Alvim & eq. Ecopolinização (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Bahia, Ituberá, Res. Michelin, Corte Alto, 09–10.vi.2007, luminosa, col. E. Alvim & eq. Ecopolinização (MZUEFS); 2 Ƥ BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, Pancas, Faz. Juliberto Stur, área 1 B1–B4, 19º13’10.5’’S 40º46’23.8’’W, 24–31.i.2003, col. M. Tavares, C. Azevedo & eq. (MZUEFS); 4 Ƥ Espírito Santo, Pancas, Faz. Juliberto Stur, área 1, 19º13’10.5’’S 40º46’23.8’’W, 31.i–08.ii.2003, col. M. Tavares, C. Azevedo & eq. (MZUEFS); 1 3 and 3 Ƥ Espírito Santo, Pancas, Faz. Juliberto Stur, área 2 T7, 13º12’54.8’’S 40º47’52.5’‘W, 24–31.i.2003, col. M. Tavares, C. Azevedo & eq. (MZUEFS); 3 Ƥ Espírito Santo, Pancas, Faz. Juliberto Stur, área 2, T5–T8, 19º12’54.5’’S 40º47’52.5’’W, 31.i–07.ii.2003, col. M. Tavares, C. Azevedo & eq. (MZUEFS); 1 Ƥ Espírito Santo, Santa Maria de Jetibá, Faz. Clarindo Kruger, 20º04’22.5’’S 40º44’5.5’’W, 29.xi–06.xii.2002, Malaise trap, col. M. Tavares & eq. (MZUEFS); 2 Ƥ BRAZIL, Paraná, Jundiaí do Sul, Faz. Monteverde, 13.iv.1987, Malaise trap, Profaupar 1.2 ( DZUP).

Distribution. Pantropical. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Bahia, Espírito Santo and Paraná).

Comments. According to Ježek & Van Harten (1996), the antenna of this species presents a hard, bulbous portion between the last two segments which should not be regarded as a segment. We disagree with this view and propose that this structure should be regarded as a separate vestigial segment, as indicated by the presence of a spine. This is the type species of the subgenus Falsologima .

This is the first record to this species to Paraná.