- Psychoda pseudalternata Bryan, E.H., Jr 1940. Notes and exhibitions. [Psychoda pseudalternata]. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 10: 370 [370] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Psychoda pseudalternata Swezey, O.H. 1940. Records of immigrant insects for the year 1939. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 10: 374 [374] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Psychoda pseudalternata Williams, F.X. 1943. Biological studies in Hawaiian water-loving insects—part III. Diptera or flies—C, Tipulidae and Psychodidae. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 11: 313-338 [326] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Psychoda pseudalternata Williams, F.X. 1946. Psychoda pseudalternata n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 12: 637 [637].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM ♂ adult, Canberra, ACT.
Paratype(s) BPBM 3♀ adults; BPBM 1 adult (partly dissected).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [177]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread Australia, presumed introduced.
Introduced.
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Duckhouse, D.A. 1966. Psychodidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of southern Australia: subfamily Psychodinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 118: 153-220 [194] (distribution, biology, as P. pseudoalternata)
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. [177] (listed as distribution widespread in Australia, common incorrect subsequent spelling as Psychoda pseudoalternata)
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 [27] (as Tinearia pseudalternata)
Satchell, G.H. 1953. The Australian Psychodidae (Diptera), part 1. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 357-418 [372] (redescription, as P. pseudoalternata)
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) |