Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards.
- Edwards, F. W. (Frederick Wallace), 1888-1940.
- Date:
- [1928?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![lour-liranched sensory organs of the antennae, and from P. jmsilla in the other antennal and genital characters. It may be identical with some Oriental or Australasian species, but none ol these have been pro})erly describetl as yet. C)5. Psychoda savaiiensis, sp. n. Toxt-lig. 12. (^. Antennae with 4-branched sensory organs as in P. (p(adrifilis, but the branches stouter and more wavy. tSegment l‘> of antennae with a short but distinct neck ; only one small terminal segment, which is much less pointed than Text-i’Ic. 12.—Psffchndn f^avaiipnsis, s]). n. (a) Tip of antenna ; [b) forceps and (c) ventral a])pendage of in P. quadrijilis. Hypopygium similar to that of P. quadrifilis. but ventral appendages more slender, less bulbous at base, with shorter and more spatulate terminal spine ; terminal segment of forceps more bristly and not enlarged beneath. Savaii: Salailua, 2 21.v. 1924 (Bryan). OG. Psychoda nignpennls Brunetti ? Rpc. Ind. ii, ]). 37(3, l'J(j8 ; Fauna Bril. lad. Dipt. Nraiat., p. 232, 1913. ? Ffajchoda obacura Tonnoir, Ann. Foe. Eat. Belfj.. lix. ]>. 14, 1919, and Ixii, ]). 70, 1922. Savaii: Safune, rain forest 2,000-4,000 ft., 10 8.V.1924 (Bryan). I atn unable to discover any obvious distinction from the Indian P. nigri- 'pennis, as described by Brunetti, or the Belgian P. obscum, as described and tigured by Tonnoir. It is ])ossible that these two names are synonymous, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
