Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards

Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards Psychoda savaiiensis Edwards, 1928: 74 —Original description. Psychoda rarotongensis Satchell, 1953: 183. Psychoda lucia Quate, 1954: 349. Falsologima savaiiensis (Edwards): Ježek & Van Harten, 1996: 73. Psychoda (Falsologima) savaiiensis Edwards: Bravo et al. 2006 —Geographic distribution; Cordeiro et al. 2011 —Diagnosis and new records. Type locality. Samoa Islands, Savaii, Salailua. Distribution. Tropicopolitan. Remarks. Easily recognized by the antenna with 13 flagellomeres and a pair of trident-shaped ascoids, the 12th flagellomere is reduced to a vestigial segment, distitarsus without apical projection. Males of this species have long, slender, and curved epandrial appendages, and the females display a distinctive rosette-shaped ornamentation on the subgenital plate. Material examined. Slide-mounted. (41 specimens) Brasil, PE, Fernando de Noronha, 3º51’17"S 32º26’26"W, Capim-Açu, 1-9.vi.2019, Malaise G, J.A. Rafael, F.Limeira-de-Oliveira, L. C. Castro; Same locality, 9-24.vi.2019; 8- 23.vii.2019. Alcohol. (13 specimens) Same locality, 24.vi-8.vii.2019; 7-21.viii.2019; 25.ix-8.x2019; 11-27.xi.2019; 9-27.xii.2019; 10-23.i.2020; 23.i-12.ii.2020; 1-15.iii.2020 (MZFS).