Clogmia albipunctata (Williston)

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 : 323-324

Clogmia albipunctata (Williston)

Psychoda albipunctata Williston, 1893: 113 —Original description.

Pericoma meridionalis Eaton, 1894: 194 .

Psychoda snowii Haseman, 1907: 311 .

Psychoda legnothisa Speiser, 1909: 44 .

Psychoda erecta Curran, 1926: 102 .

Psychoda nocturna Abreu, 1930: 115 .

Psychoda nigrithorax Abreu, 1930: 115 .

Telmatoscopus haranti Mirouse, 1958: 83 .

Telmatoscopus albipunctatus (Williston) : Quate, 1955—Redescription and taxonomic history; Pellerano, 1967: 20 — Redescription; Vaillant, 1972: 52 —Redescription and taxonomic history.

Clogmia albipunctata (Williston) : Enderlein, 1937: 87 —Synonyms; Duckhouse, 1978: 351 —Synopsis.

Type locality. Havana, Cuba. Distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Remarks. The well-known “bathroom fly” is the most common synanthropic species of Psychodidae , found almost everywhere in the world. With tropical origin, this species has spread far into northern and Central Europe in recent decades and is currently widely distributed in anthropogenic habitats in tropical and temperate regions around the world ( Zittra et al. 2020). Ibáñez-Bernal (2008) attributes the worldwide synanthropic distribution to the ability of this species to breed in a diversity of artificial environments, contributed by human’s intercontinental transport over significant distances through garbage, organic materials, or even water containers ( Wagner et al. 2008a; Boumans et al. 2009).

Material examined. Slide-mounted. (19 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 ( MZFS). Alcohol. (88 specimens) Same locality, 24.vi-8.vii.2019; 23.vii-7.vii.2019; 7-21.viii.2019; 21.viii-8.ix.2019; 25.ix-8.x2019; 8-27.x.2019; 11-27.xi.2019; 9-27.xii.2019; 1-15.iii.2020 ( MZFS) .