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Issue: Vol. 2524 No. 1: 1 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2524.1.4
Page range: 51–62
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Descriptions of three new species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from the southeastern United States

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4560, USA
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4560, USA
Diptera Psychodidae new species Nearctic United States

Abstract

Adult males and females of Trichomyia styloryncha sp. nov. and Australopericoma delta sp. nov., and all life stages of Threticus thelyceratus sp. nov. were collected during various biodiversity surveys in the southeastern United States. Descriptions of these three new species are given.

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