Genus Balbagathis Quate

Balbagathis Quate, 1996: 31 . Type species, Balbagathis sylvatica Quate, 1996 (orig. des.).

Comm.: This Neotropical genus comprises 11 described species, which are distributed from Mexico to Brazil (Bravo 2004a, Ibáñez-Bernal 2008). Originally proposed by Quate (1996), the genus was redefined by Quate & Brown (2004), who included a key for the identification of species. The taxon was recorded in Colombia by Collantes et al. (2000) without specifying the species or locality.

Undetermined sp. Distr.: Colombia (Collantes et al. 2000). Refs.: Bejarano 2006a: 48 (Colombian Psychodidae checklist).