Psychodidae Newman, 1834

Psychodidae Newman, 1834
Psychodites Newman, 1834


Description (based on Hennig 1972, Quate & Vockeroth 1981)
Flagellomeres with hyaline sensory appendages (ascoids). Wing with 10 (occasionally 9) longitudinal veins reaching margin; without crossveins except sometimes those closing basal cells. Costa surrounding the wing. A2 absent. Terminalia usually inverted 180 degrees.

Key to subfamilies
1. R with 4 branches

2

-. R with 5 branches

4

2 (1). R2+3 fused, R4+5 present as fork.

Horaiellinae Enderlein, 1936

-. R2+3 present as fork, R4+5 fused.

3

3 (2). CuA2 elongate. Palp with three or four segments. Male gonopods dorsally on the animal.

Trichomyiinae Tonnoir, 1922

-. CuA2 short. Palp with  four segments. Male gonopods usually ventrally on the animal.

Sycoracinae Jung, 1954

4 (1). Eyes usually meeting above bases of antennae. Mouthparts non-functional. Palp with four segments. Basal cells shortened. Wing base with a triangular jugum. Male surstyli with retinaculae. Usually compact, stout insects.

Psychodinae Newman, 1834  

-. Eyes widely separated. Mouthparts non-functional or functional. Palp with five segments. Basal cells elongate. Wing base without a triangular jugum. Male surstyli usually without retinaculae. Slender, culiciform insects.

5

5 (4). Mouthparts non-functional. CuA3 present, elongate. Gonostylus of male without thorns.

Bruchomyiinae Alexander, 1920 

  

-. Mouthparts functional. CuA3 absent. Gonostylus of male with thorns.

Phlebotominae Rondani, 1840

Bibliography:

Hennig, W. (1972) Insektenfossilien aus der unteren Kreide IV. Psychodidae (Phlebotominae),
mit einer kritischen Übersicht über das phylogenetische System der Familie und die bisher
beschriebenen Fossilien (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 241, 1-69

Newman, E. (1834) Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. Entomological Magazine, 2,
379-431.

Quate, L. W. & Vockeroth, J. R. (1981) Psychodidae. In: J. F. McAlpine, B. V. Peterson, G. E.
Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. M. Wood (Eds), Manual of Nearctic Diptera 
Vol.1. Biosystematics Research institute, Ottawa, pp. 293-300.