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Didicrum

Didicrum is a genus of the family Psychodidae and has a handful of species studied so far. The discovery of this genus in Colombia represents a significant range extension for Didicrum as all previously described species of this genus are distributed in the Australasian region and the southernmost portion of South America.

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Didicrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Psychodinae
Tribe: Maruinini
Genus: Didicrum
Enderlein, 19371
Type species
Pericoma griseata
Tonnoir, 19292

Didicrum is a genus of the family Psychodidae and has a handful of species studied so far. The discovery of this genus in Colombia represents a significant range extension for Didicrum as all previously described species of this genus are distributed in the Australasian region and the southernmost portion of South America.34

Species

  • Didicrum agreste (Quate & Quate, 1967)5
  • Didicrum clarkei (Satchell, 1954)6
  • Didicrum claviatum (Satchell, 1950)7
  • Didicrum colombensis Moya-Arévalo, Ibnáñez-Bernal & Suárez-Landa, 20128
  • Didicrum contigua (Tonnoir, 1929)2
  • Didicrum deceptrix Quate & Brown, 20049
  • Didicrum drepanatum (Satchell, 1950)7
  • Didicrum fenestrata (Tonnoir, 1929)2
  • Didicrum griseatum (Tonnoir, 1929)2
  • Didicrum inornata (Tonnoir, 1929)2
  • Didicrum letitiae Omad, 201410
  • Didicrum maurum (Satchell, 1950)7
  • Didicrum naimae Omad, 201410
  • Didicrum peregrinum (Quate & Quate, 1967)5
  • Didicrum punctulatum (Tonnoir, 1953)11
  • Didicrum pyramidon Quate & Brown, 20049
  • Didicrum remulum Quate & Brown, 20049
  • Didicrum simplex (Tonnoir, 1929)2
  • Didicrum solitarium (Satchell, 1954)6
  • Didicrum steffani (Quate & Quate, 1967)5
  • Didicrum triuncinatum (Satchell, 1950)7
  • Didicrum uniformatum (Tonnoir, 1953)11
  • Didicrum viduata (Tonnoir, 1929)2


References

References

  1. Enderlein, Günther (1937). "Klassifikation der Psychodiden (Dipt.)" (PDF). Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1936 (3–4): 81–112. doi:10.1002/mmnd.193619360301. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. Tonnoir, A.L. (1929). "Psychodidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 2: 1–32.
  3. Moya-Arévalo, Rosa Helena; Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio; Suárez-Landa, María Teresa (2012-12-10). "First record of Didicrum Enderlein (Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Northern Andes bioregion, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3577 (1): 80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3577.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. "ADW: Didicrum: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  5. Quate, L.W.; Quate, S.H. (1967). "A monograph of Papuan Psychodidae, including Phlebotomus (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph. 15: 1–216.
  6. Satchell, G.H. (1954). "Keys to the described species of New Zealand Psychodidae with descriptions of eight new species". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 105 (20): 475–491. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1954.tb00774.x.
  7. Satchell, G.H. (1950). "The New Zealand Psychodidae: a study based upon the collection and manuscript notes of the late Dr. A. L. Tonnoir". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 101 (5): 147–178. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1950.tb00378.x.
  8. Moya-Arévalo, R.H.; Ibáñez-Bernal, S.; Suárez-Landa, M.T. (2012). "First record of Didicrum Enderlein (Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Northern Andes bioregion, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3577: 80–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3577.1.5.
  9. Quate, Laurence W.; Brown, Brian Victor (2004). "Revision of Neotropical Setomimini (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae)". Contributions in Science. 500: 1–117. doi:10.5962/p.210558. S2CID 198237099. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  10. Omad, G. (2014). "Two new species of Didicrum Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from Argentinean Patagonia". Zootaxa. 3794 (4): 565–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.7. hdl:11336/3521. PMID 24870344.
  11. Tonnoir, A.L. (1953). "The Australian Psychodidae (Diptera), part II". Australian Journal of Zoology. 1 (3): 419–448. doi:10.1071/ZO9530419.