Mormia tenebricosa (Vaillant, 1954)

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 : 150

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Psychodidae

* Mormia tenebricosa (Vaillant, 1954)

First records from Mallorca.

Calobra, 39.85°N, 2.8°E, 9.v.1978, 90 m a.s.l., H. Malicky leg. 1♂ (RW);

Deiá, town fountain, 39.748072°N, 2.643385°E, 8.ii.2015, G.Kvifte, M. Stokkan & C. Garcia leg. 1♂ (ZFMK);

Puigpunyent, 39.62°N, 2.85°E, 12.v.1978, 200m a.s.l., H. Malicky leg., 1♂; same but 1.X.1979, 6 ♂♂; same but 6.x.1979, 6♂♂ (all RW);

South slope of Piug Major, north of Soller, 39.783°N, 2.767°E, 7.-9.v.1978, 700 m a.s.l., H. Malicky leg. 2♂♂ (RW).

Remarks.

Previously known from France, mainland Spain, Italy, Morocco and Algeria ( Vaillant 1974). The generic and subgeneric classification of Mormiina is unstable and requires revision; therefore the placement in Mormia may change.