Psychoda (Tinearia) alternata Say, 1824

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Durán-Luz, Juana, 2022, An actualized catalogue of the Psychodidae (Diptera) of Mexico and their known distribution by state, Zootaxa 5104 (3), pp. 347-408 : 382

Psychoda (Tinearia) alternata Say, 1824

alternata Say, 1824: 358 (as Psychoda ). Type-locality: United States of America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Additional references: Quate, 1955: 218 (complete taxonomic history to that date); Quate (1959b, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Jamaica records), Quate (1965, Nearctic catalogue), Duckhouse (1966, taxonomy, Australia records), Pellerano (1967, redescription, Argentina records), Duckhouse (1973a, Oriental catalogue), Duckhouse (1973b, Neotropical catalogue), Quate (1996, Costa Rica records), Collantes & Martínez-Ortega (1999b, Nicaragua records), Bejarano (2006a, Colombia records), Bravo et al. (2006b, listed), Ibáñez-Bernal (2008, Mexican records), Godínez-Álvarez & Ibáñez-Bernal (2010, Mexican collection), Kvifte (2012, Afrotropical catalogue).

Syn. Psychoda tripunctata Macquart, 1838: 85 . Type locality: not given ( France) .

Syn. Psychoda marginepunctata Roser, 1840: 50 . Type locality: not given (Württemberg).

Syn. Psychoda sexpunctata Philippi, 1865: 631 . Type locality: not given ( Great Britain) .

Syn. Psychoda schizura Kincaid, 1899: 32 . Type locality: United States of America, Washington, Seattle .

Syn. Psychoda nocturnala Haseman, 1907: 319 . Type locality: United States of America, Missouri, Columbia .

Syn. Psychoda floridica Haseman, 1907: 324 . Type locality: United States of America, Florida .

Syn. Psychoda bengalensis Brunetti, 1908: 371 . Type locality: India, Calcutta (W Bengal), and Simla .

Syn. Psychoda albimaculata Welch, 1912: 411 . Type locality: United States of America, Illinois .

Syn. Psychoda dakotensis Dyar, 1926: 108 . Type locality: United States of America, South Dakota .

Syn. Psychoda alternata var. marmosa Abreu, 1930: 123 . Type locality: not given (Canary Islands) .

Syn. Psychoda alternata var. floridica Haseman, In : Johannsen, 1934: 25.

Tinearia alternata (Say) : Ježek, 1984: 142 (as type species, list). Additional references: Ježek & Goutner (1995, Greece records), Duckhouse & Lewis (1989, e-version, Australian and Oriental catalogue), Wagner (1991, Palaearctic catalogue), Wagner & Joost (1994, Colombia records), Ježek (2000, Czech records), Wagner (2001, Spain records), Ježek (2002, Slovenia records), Ježek &Yaðci (2005, Turkey records).

Psychoda (Tinearia) alternata Say : Bravo et al. (2006b, diagnosis, Brazil records, list).

General distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Wagner 1991) Venezuela ( Cazorla-Perfetti & Morales Moreno 2017).

Distribution in Mexico. Ciudad de México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán ( Ibáñez-Bernal 2008), Ciudad de México ( Godínez-Álvarez & Ibáñez-Bernal 2010).