Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards

Vieira, Gabriel Santos, Bravo, Freddy, Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco & Rafael, José Albertino, 2024, The Psychodidae (Diptera) of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, with a records overview of volcanic islands fauna, Zootaxa 5538 (4), pp. 322-338 : 324

Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards

Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards, 1928: 74 —Original description.

Psychoda rarotongensis Satchell, 1953: 183 .

Psychoda lucia Quate, 1954: 349 .

Falsologima savaiiensis (Edwards) : Ježek & Van Harten, 1996: 73.

Psychoda (Falsologima) savaiiensis Edwards : Bravo et al. 2006 —Geographic distribution; Cordeiro et al. 2011 —Diagnosis and new records.

Type locality. Samoa Islands , Savaii, Salailua. Distribution. Tropicopolitan .

Remarks. Easily recognized by the antenna with 13 flagellomeres and a pair of trident-shaped ascoids, the 12th flagellomere is reduced to a vestigial segment, distitarsus without apical projection. Males of this species have long, slender, and curved epandrial appendages, and the females display a distinctive rosette-shaped ornamentation on the subgenital plate.

Material examined. Slide-mounted. (41 specimens) Brasil, PE, Fernando de Noronha, 3º51’17"S 32º26’26"W, Capim-Açu , 1-9.vi.2019, Malaise G, J.A. Rafael, F.Limeira-de-Oliveira, L. C. Castro; Same locality, 9-24.vi.2019; 8- 23.vii.2019 . Alcohol. (13 specimens) Same locality, 24.vi-8.vii.2019; 7-21.viii.2019; 25.ix-8.x2019; 11-27.xi.2019; 9-27.xii.2019; 10-23.i.2020; 23.i-12.ii.2020; 1-15.iii.2020 ( MZFS) .