Pericoma nielseni Kvifte, 2010

Pericoma nielseni Kvifte, 2010

Pericoma formosa Nielsen, 1964, nec. Meunier 1905

Pericoma (Pachypericoma) formosa Nielsen, 1964 - Vaillant, 1978

Pericoma nielseni Kvifte, 2010 from Norway. Photo: Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte

Description (based on Vaillant 1978; diagnostic characters in italics):

Interocular distance 2 facet diameters.

Subgenital plate with two distal lobes.

Gonocoxites meeting medially. Distal part of gonostylus much shorter than basal part. Aedeagal lamellae of even width throughout their length

4 retinacula

Distribution:

Czech Republic (Ježek et al. 2005)

Denmark (Nielsen 1964)

France (Vaillant 1978)

Finland (Salmela 2003)

Norway (Andersen & Håland 1995)

Romania (Vaillant 1978)

Slovakia (Ježek 2006)

Natural History:

Unknown.

Bibliography:

Andersen, T. & Håland, Ø. 1995. Norwegian moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae). Fauna Norvegica Serie B, 42: 125-130

Ježek, J. 2006. New faunistic records of moth flies (Insecta, Diptera, Psychodidae) from Slovakia. Entomofauna Carpathica, 18: 34-36

Ježek, J., Kubík, Š. & Barták, M. 2005. Psychodidae. Pp. 78-85 in: Barták, M. & Kubík, Š. (ed.) Diptera of Podyjí National Park and its Environs. Prague: Národni Muzeum

Kvifte, G. M. 2010. Pericoma nielseni nom.nov., a replacement name for Pericoma formosa Nielsen, 1964, preoccupied by Pericoma formosa Meunier, 1905 (Diptera: Psychodidae). Zootaxa 2726: 68

Meunier, F. 1905. Monographie des Psychodidae de l'ámber de la baltique. Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 3: 235-255

Nielsen, B. O. 1964. Studies on Danish Psychodidae (Diptera: Nematocera) II. Natura Jutlandica 12: 149-161

Salmela, J. 2003. New records of the families Psychodidae, Dixidae and Thaumaleidae (Diptera, Nematocera) from Finland. Studia dipterologica, 10: 143-152. 

Vaillant, F. 1978. Psychodidae - Psychodinae. In: E. Lindner (ed.), Die Fliegen Der Palearktischen Region Lief. 317, pp. 207-238. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.