Brunettia Annandale, 1910

Bravo, Freddy, 2006, The taxonomy of Neotropical Brunettiina (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae, Mormiini), with descriptions of ten new species from Brazil and comments on the generic classification of the subtribe, Zootaxa 1134, pp. 1-28 : 8

Genus Brunettia Annandale, 1910

Brunettia Annandale, 1910: 141 . Type species: Diplonema superestes Annandale, 1908 by subsequent designation

Brunettia ; Quate 1955: 188; 1996: 43; Duckhouse 1966: 187; 1978: 337; 1991:997; Quate & Quate 1967: 108.

Diagnosis. Species with 13 flagellomeres; wings with well developed costal and anal

areas; Rs pectinate with radial fork (R2+3) basal to medial fork (M1+2); R5 ending at tip;

wing membrane with bristles; tergite 9 and gonocoxite without bristles; gonostyle with

pair of long bristles at apex; aedeagus symmetrical.