Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus Chodopsycha Ježek 1983
genus Copropsychoda Vaillant 1971
genus Falsologima Ježek and Van Harten 1996
genus Logima Eaton 1904
genus Psycha Ježek 1984
genus Psychana Ježek & van Harten
genus Psychodocha Ježek 1983
genus Psychodula Ježek 1983
genus Psychomora Ježek 1983
genus Tinearia Schellenberg, 1803
genus Ypsydocha Ježek 1983
subgenus Chodopsycha (Ježek) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Copropsychoda (Vaillant) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Falsologima (Ježek and Van harten) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Logima (Eaton) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Psychodula (Ježek) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Psychomora (Ježek) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Psycha (Ježek) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Psychana (Ježek & Harten) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Psychodocha (Ježek) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Tinearia (Schellenberg) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
subgenus Ypsydocha (Ježek) F. Bravo, D. Cordeiro, C. Chagas 2006
These several "genera" together equate to the restricted "tribe Psychodini" of Ježek, and the genus Psychoda of Quate and of Bravo et al. They have been segregated from Psychoda (mostly by Ježek), and variously treated as genera, subgenera, or ignored, depending upon which author one chooses follow. In the Americas they have largely been listed as synonyms of Psychoda, but as something of a tentative compromise were treated as subgenera by Bravo et al [2006] and others since. Problems cited regarding recognition of subgenera include them being based on female and antennal traits only (or primarily); uncertainty as to significance of traits cited; and/or the several species that do not fit comfortably into any one of the several segregates.
Just how to treat them here is problematic, since they are treated differently in different databases that might be referenced.
Authorship for subgenera should be double-checked
Explanation of Names
Psychoda Latreille 1796 • type species: Tipula phalaenoides Linnaeus 1758
Numbers
worldwide, 55
(1) to 400 spp.
(2), depending on genus concept
Identification
Unlike most or all other members of subfamily Psychodinae which perch with wings flat, species in genus Psychoda perch with wings tented over the abdomen.
