Review of the genus Psychomasina (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae), with descriptions of two new species
Kvifte Gunnar M.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(2): 495-503, 2015
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Abstract: The genus Psychomasina Ježek, 2004 is redefined and two new species are
described: Psychomasina paedagogica sp. nov. based on a male from Kenya and
Psychomasina violina sp. nov. based on a male from Madagascar. The chief
character uniting the three included species is the basiphallus narrow, the
distiphallus joints with lateral and/or medial spines and the parameres fusing
medially to form a functionally single, elongate appendage. A median parameral
appendage also occurs in Pericomaini, and to a lesser extent the paramormiine
genus Seoda Enderlein, 1935. Other characters are consistent with placement in
Paramormiini.
Key words: Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae, Paramormiini, Psychomasina, taxonomy, new species, Kenya, Madagascar, Afrotropical Region
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