Psychoda zetoscota Quate, 1959

Canneva, Bruno, 2019, A new species of Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg, with a key to species and new records for Psychodidae (Diptera) from Uruguay, Zootaxa 4544 (3), pp. 407-418 : 413

Psychoda zetoscota Quate

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Psychoda zetoscota Quate, 1959: 214 . Type locality Panama (Canal Zone, Fort Claiton).

First record from Uruguay. 1♀ Bella Unión , 30°15'22"S; 57°36'15"W, 8 December 2013.

Remarks. It can be identified based on the incomplete radial fork of the wing, and the subgenital plate being longer than wide with its internal ornamentation with a semicircular structure at the base of the genital digit ( Figure 2H ). This species is recorded in Trinidad, Panamá, and the Brazilian states of Pará, Bahia and Paraná ( Bravo et al. 2006).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Photomicrographies of morphological characters. A) Brumptomyia guimaraesi ♀ head. B) B. guimaraesi ♀ thorax, circles show absence of inferior anepisternal setae and presence of anepimeral setae. C) Nyssomyia neivai ♀ tip of lacinia. D) Ny. neivai ♀ palps. E) Ny. neivai ♀ cibarium. F) Paramormia furcata ♀ subgenital plate. G) Psychoda savaiiensis ♀ subgenital plate. H) Psychoda zetoscota ♀ subgenital plate.