Bruchomyiinae Explained

The subfamily Bruchomyiinae contains genera of moth flies in the order Diptera, was originally described by the American entomologist Charles Paul Alexander.

Circumscription

For many years the Bruchomyiinae consisted of just three genera, distinguished by the number of segments in the antennae: Bruchomyia (24-29 segments), Eutonnoiria (111 segments) and Nemopalpus (14 segments). A number of species of the cosmopolitan genus Nemopalpus were transferred in 2016, to the genera: Boreofairchildia, Laurenceomyia and Notofairchildia,^[1] with oriental species subsequently (2018) placed in Alexanderia.^[2]

Genera

Systema Dipterorum currently includes:^[3]

• Alexanderia Wagner & Kvifte, 2018^[4] (Oriental)
• Boreofairchildia Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016^[1] (Americas)
• Bruchomyia Alexander, 1921 (South America):
• Eutonnoiria Alexander, 1940^[5] (Central Africa)
• Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016^[1] (South America)
• Nemopalpus Macquart, 1838
• Notofairchildia Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016^[1]
• †Hoffeinsodes Wagner, 2017 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Palaeoglaesum Wagner, 2017

Notes and References

1. Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) . 2016-03-16 . Wagner . Rüdiger . Stuckenberg . Brian . Zootaxa . 4092 . 2 . 151–174 . 27394447 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.1.
2. Polseela R, Wagner R, Kvifte GM, Rulik B, Apiwathnasorn C (2018) Revision of Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the Oriental Region, with description of a new genus and species and discussion of putative male/female antagonistic coevolution. Insect Systematics & Evolution 50 (1): 67–82.
3. http://diptera.org/Nomenclator Systema Dipterorum search
4. Polseela . Raxsina . Wagner . Rüdiger . Kvifte . Gunnar Mikalsen . Rulik . Björn . Apiwathnasorn . Chamnarn . Revision of Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the Oriental Region, with description of a new genus and species and discussion of putative male/female antagonistic coevolution . Insect Systematics & Evolution . 2018 . 50 . 1 . 67–82. 10.1163/1876312X-00002183 .
5. Alexander . C.P. . Further observations on the Psychodid subfamily Bruchomyinae (Diptera) . Revista de Entomologia . 1940 . 11 . 793–799.