FAMILY EPHYDRIDAE Author Mathis, Wayne Neilsen Author Júnior, Francisco De Assis Rodrigues Author Couri, Márcia Souto text Zootaxa 2016 4122 1 752 770 journal article 38817 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.64 0a7a9f45-d197-47d0-9417-a99e10bc7b44 1175-5326 267319 904AB86A-CCF0-45BC-A4D0-558086C14503 obscurella Fallén, 1813 : 251 , ( Notiphila ). Type locality, Sweden ; ST F ( ZIL ). Distr.: Afrotropical: Cape Verde Islands, Kenya , Rodriguez Islands, Zaire . Nearctic: Canada (New Foundland, Ontario, Quebec), United States (Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia , Florida, Georgia , Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey , New Mexico , Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington). Neotropical: Argentina , Bahamas , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico (Veracruz), Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Venezuela , West Indies ( Cuba , Dominica , Jamaica , Puerto Rico , St. Thomas). Palearctic: Austria , Algeria , Azores, Belgium , Bulgaria , Canary Islands, Croatia , Czech Republic , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Great Britain , Hungary , Iran , Italy , Jordan , Macedonia , Madeira Islands, Morocco , Netherlands , Poland , Romania , Russia (European Territory, Far East), Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Yugoslavia . Refs.: Haliday, 1839 : 224 (generic combination); Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1995 : 166 –168 (world catalog); 2010 : 107–110 (revision); Zatwarnicki & Mathis, 2001 : 22 ( obscurella group).