Species Psychoda alternata Say, 1824
- Psychoda alternata Say, T. 1824. Appendix. Part I.— Natural History. I. Zoology. E. Class Insecta. pp. 268-378 in Keating, W.H. (ed.). Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by the order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major, U.S.T.E. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, and Calhoun. Philadelphia : Carey & Lea Vol. 2 vi 459 pp. [358].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown adults (the author states that this species was very common), Pennsylvania, USA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Tasmania
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva common in sewerage works.
General References
Del Rosario, F. 1936. The American species of Psychoda (Diptera: Psychodidae). Philippine Journal of Science 59: 85-148 [93] (taxonomy)
Duckhouse, D.A. 1966. Psychodidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of southern Australia: subfamily Psychodinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 118: 153-220 (distribution)
Duckhouse, D.A. & Lewis, D.J. 1989. Superfamily Psychodoidea. 15. Family Psychodidae. pp. 166-179 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [175] (extralimital synonym)
Jezek, J. 2000. New and interesting moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Australian museums of Perth and Sydney. Casopis Národního Musea. Praha 169(4): 23-33 (recorded as Tinearia alternata by this author)
Satchell, G.H. 1947. The ecology of the British species of Psychoda (Diptera: Psychodidae). Annals of Applied Biology 34: 611-621 [611] (biology)
Satchell, G.H. 1947. The larvae of the British species of Psychoda (Diptera: Psychodidae). Parasitology 38: 51-69 [60] (larval morphology and biology)
Satchell, G.H. 1953. The Australian Psychodidae (Diptera), part 1. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 357-418 [359] (cited as present in Australia)
Tonnoir, A.L. 1922. Synopsis des espèces européennes du genre Psychoda (Diptères). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 62: 49-88 [72] (extralimital synonyms)
Tonnoir, A.L. 1934. Notes synonymiques sur quelques Psychodidae (Diptera). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 74: 69-82 [79] (further extralimital synonyms)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 02-May-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |