Psychoda (Falsologima) savaiiensis Edwards, 1928

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Durán-Luz, Juana, 2022, An actualized catalogue of the Psychodidae (Diptera) of Mexico and their known distribution by state, Zootaxa 5104 (3), pp. 347-408 : 381

Psychoda (Falsologima) savaiiensis Edwards, 1928

savaiiensis Edwards, 1928: 74 (as Psychoda ). Type locality: Samoa Islands, Savaii, Salailua. Additional references: Quate (1955, taxonomy, USA records), Quate (1965, Nearctic catalogue), Duckhouse (1973a, Neotropical catalogue), Duckhouse (1973b, Oriental catalogue), Quate (1996, Costa Rica records), Collantes & Martínez-Ortega (1999b, Nicaragua records), Quate (1999, Panama records), Huang & Chen (2001, Taiwan records).

Syn. rarotongensis Satchell, 1953: 183 (as Psychoda ). Type locality: Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Wigmore’s Waterfall. Additional references: Quate (1959b, Central America, West Indies records), Quate (1960b, Georgia records), Wagner & Hribar (2004, Florida record).

Syn. lucia Quate, 1954: 349 (as Psychoda ). Type locality: West Indies , Sy Lucia, Castries .

Falsologima savaiiensis (Edwards) : Ježek & Van Harten (1996).

Psychoda (Falsologima) savaiiensis Edwards : Bravo et al. (2006b, listed), Cazorla-Perfetti & Morales Moreno (2017), Canneva (2019, Uruguay record).

General distribution. Afrotropical, Australian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental, Palearctic ( Kvifte 2012; Wagner 1991), United States of America, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies ( Duckhouse 1973b), Colombia ( Bravo et al. 2006b), Brazil records ( Cordeiro et al. 2011), Venezuela ( Cazorla-Perfetti & Morales Moreno 2017), Uruguay ( Canneva 2019).

Distribution in Mexico. Guerrero, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Yucatán ( Ibáñez-Bernal 2008).