Trichomyia pedicillata, SATCHELL, 1956

Araújo, Maíra Xavier, Bravo, Freddy & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2023, First phylogeny of Trichomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae) based on morphological data of adults, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (3), pp. 871-900 : 895

TRICHOMYIA PEDICILLATA SATCHELL, 1956

Trichomyia pedicillata Satchell, 1956: 153–154 , fig. 6A–G.

Material examined: Two male ( BMNH) Panama, Canal Zone , Barro Colorado Island, 9°9ʹN, 79°51ʹW, 7 – 14 April 1993, J. Pickering leg.

Comments: The description of the species does not mention the presence of the key diagnostic characteristic of the subgenus: bristles on tergite VII. However, Alexander et al. (2001) associated this characteristic with the species, albeit without a formal description of the structure or material analysed. Therefore, Araújo & Bravo (2012) did not include it in Septemtrichomyia until further observations were made. In material found at the Natural History Museum, London, and identified by Quate in 1998, tergite VII had highly sclerotized lateral lobes and a scar indicating the presence of elongated bristles. According to these observations, T. pedicillata must be included in Septemtrichomyia .

TRICHOMYIA (SYNTRICHOMYIA) ARAÚJO E BRAVO, 2013