Psychoda alternata Say, 1824

Canneva, Bruno, 2019, A new species of Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg, with a key to species and new records for Psychodidae (Diptera) from Uruguay, Zootaxa 4544 (3), pp. 407-418 : 412-413

Psychoda alternata Say

Psychoda alternata Say, 1825: 358 . Type locality unknown.

Tinearia alternata: Wagner & Joost 1994 .

Psychoda (Tinearia) alternata: Bravo et al. 2006: 5 .

Literature record in Uruguay. Martínez et al (2016). Widely distributed in the country. Remarks. Discussion on generic placement of the species is presented in Bravo et al. (2006). This species

together with Psychoda alternicula Quate , and P. lativentris Berdén , compose the species complex known as the “alternata complex” ( Quate 1955). This species group is characterized by the presence of infuscation spots on the wing apex, antenna with 13 flagellomeres, 11th-13th reduced upwardly and the short arms of the ascoids. P. alternata differs from the other species in the complex by having a V-shaped subgenital plate ( Quate 1955; Cordeiro et al. 2011). This species presents a cosmopolitan distribution ( Bravo et al. 2006; Ibañez-Bernal 2008).