Paramormia furcata

Overview & Synopsis

Paramormia furcata (Kincaid)Fig. 2FPericoma furcatus Kincaid, 1899: 34. Type locality USA (Washington, Pullman).Pericoma trialbawhoria Haseman, 1907: 306. Type locality USA (Missouri, Columbia).Psychoda annulipes Johnson, 1913: 43. Type locality USA (Florida).Psychoda autumnalis Banks, 1914: 127. Type locality USA (Washington, D. C.)Pericoma littoralis Dyar, 1926: 107. Type locality USA (California).Telmatoscopus furcatus: Quate 1955: 169 (redescription, taxonomic history).Duckhousiella furcata: Vaillant 1973: 349; Quate 1996: 36.Paramormia furcata: Ibañez-Bernal 2008: 96.First record from Uruguay. 2♀ Bella Unión, 30°15'22"S; 57°36'15"W, 8 December 2013. 1♂ Paysandú, 32°17'49"S; 58° 3'54"W, 15 April 2015. 1♀ Isla Rica, 30°31'60"S; 57°52'60"W, 13 November 1978. 1♀ Villa Constitución, 31°04’02"S; 57°51’04"W, 17 May 1980.Remarks. The species can be identified by the spot pattern on the wing, and the shape of the female subgenital plate (Figure 2F). Male and female characteristics are presented in detail in Ibañez-Bernal (2008). A discussion on the generic status of the species in the neotropical region is presented in Bravo & Souza (2008). P. furcata is distributed in Canada (British Columbia), USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil, being the only known Paramormia species occuring in the neotropics (Ibañez-Bernal 2008).