Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species Author Cordeiro, Danilo Author Bravo, Freddy Author De, Claudio J. B. text Zootaxa 2011 3101 1 37 journal article 45976 10.5281/zenodo.205242 abff3177-6762-47ae-bc19-4503f7d41774 1175-5326 205242 Psychoda alternata Say Psychoda alternata Say, 1825 : 358 . Type locality: unknown ( holotype probably destroyed according to Quate (1955)) . Psychoda tripunctata Macquart, 1838 : 81 . Psychoda sexpunctata Phillipi, 1865 : 631 . Psychoda septempunctata Phillipi, 1865 : 631 Psychoda conspicillata Hutton, 1881 : 13 . Paychoda schizura Kincaid, 1899 : 32 . Psychoda floridica Haseman, 1907 : 316 . Psychoda nocturnala Haseman, 1907 : 319 . Psychoda bengalensis Brunetti, 1908 : 371 . Psychoda albimaculata Welch, 1912 : 411 . Psychoda dakotensis Dyar, 1926 : 108 . Psychoda alternata var. marmosa Abreau, 1930 : 123 . Psychoda alternata var. floridica Johannsen, 1934 : 25 . Diagnosis. antenna with 13 flagellomeres, 11th fused to 12th, 13th smaller than the others; ascoids in Y with short arms; wing with infuscation at the apices of the veins; male surstylus 1.5 times longer than the length of epandrium; gonostylus as long as gonocoxite, with short setae homogeneously distributed; paramere as wide as and ending at the same level of distiphallus; female subgenital plate in V. Additional characters. 8 supra-ocular setae; clypeus with no conspicuous alveoli; frontoclypeal suture absent; distitarsus with apical projection; female subgenital plate with only a few setae in the internal margin of the lobes; genital chamber rounded, a little wider than long, with a posterior apodeme almost reaching the apex of the apical lobes; male gonostylus as long as gonocoxite, with an acute apex and short setae homogeneously distributed; basiphallus thin in dorsal view (slightly flattened laterally) and as long as the distiphallus. Material examined. 1 Ƥ BRAZIL , Pará, Santarém, Chac. N. S. Nazaré, km 13, mata, 27.xi.1998 , 8cdc, no collector name ( INPA ); 4 Ƥ BRAZIL , Bahia, Salvador , 18.xii.2005 , col. F. Bravo (MZUEFS); 2 3 and 2 Ƥ same locality and collector, 15.iv.2006 (MZUEFS). Distribution. cosmopolitan. Comments. see comments below, under P. alternicula .