Species Psychodocha penicillata (Satchell, 1950)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psychoda penicillata Satchell, G.H. 1950. The New Zealand Psychodidae: a study based upon the collection and manuscript notes of the late Dr. A.L. Tonnoir. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 101: 147-178 [176].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ ♂ adult, Wellington, New Zealand.
  Paratype(s) MONZ 3♂ 5♀ adults.

 

Generic Combinations

• Psychodocha penicillata (Satchell, 1950). —
  Jezek 1984. Six new genera of the tribe Psychodini End. (Diptera, Psychodidae). Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 17(198): 133-154

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also St Helena.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Adult reared from a fungus, Boletus granulatus, found in tree holes, litter or the edges of steams in wet forest.

 

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 [197] (taxonomy, ecology)

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. [176] (Australian distribution as widespread southern Australia)

Satchell, G.H. 1953. The Australian Psychodidae (Diptera), part 1. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 357-418 (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2011		29-Mar-2011	MOVED
02-May-2011		29-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)