Philosepedon pyrenaicus Vaillant, 1974

Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen, Stokkan, Morten & Wagner, Ruediger, 2016, Review of the Psychodinae from Mallorca, Spain, with description of Pericomaunipennata, sp. n. (Diptera, Psychodidae), ZooKeys 577, pp. 149-160 : 154

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Psychodidae

* Philosepedon pyrenaicus Vaillant, 1974

First records from Mallorca.

Deiá, town fountain, 39.748072°N, 2.643385°E, 8.ii.2015, G.Kvifte leg. 1♂ (ZMFK);

Esporles, town fountain, 39.669519°N, 2.576953°E, 10.ii.2015, G.Kvifte leg. 1♂ (ZMFK);

Palma de Mallorca, 39.570725°N, 2.641432°E, 7.ii.2015, G.Kvifte leg. 3♂ 1♀ (2♂ ZMFK, 1♂ 1♀ZMUB).

Remarks.

The males recorded here were identified as Philosepedon pyrenaicus according to the key in Vaillant (1974) because of the eyes separated by three facet diameters, the wing “mittwinkel” 105° and the left phallomere of the aedeagus being longer than the right. However, the specimens differ in that the 1st flagellomere is longer than the combined length of the scape and pedicel, and the eyebridge is two facet rows wide at several points. We deem these differences not to be taxonomically meaningful, as the differences in proportions and eyebridge composition could be interpreted as interspecific variation.