Subgenus Philosepedon Eaton, 1904 (sensu stricto)

Type-species Psychoda humeralis Meigen, 1818

Diagnosis. Eyes not contiguous (Figs. 1, 22), terminal four flagellomeres separated (Figs. 11, 35), ascoids Yshaped (Figs. 3, 23), wing membrane bare (Figs. 17, 37), aedeagal complex inconspicuous, very short (Figs. 9, 20–21, 42–44), symmetrical, gonapophyses paired (only exceptionally one or both missing), often hooked irregularly, of variable length, parameres (Figs. 9, 20–21, 42–44) dagger-shaped without a basal ovoid disc.