1298 Accepted by P. Adler: 28 Jul 2006; published: 17 Aug. 2006 1 ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press Zootaxa 1298: 1–15 (2006) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus FREDDY BRAVO, DANILO CORDEIRO & CINTHIA CHAGAS Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s/n, 44031-460, Feira de Santana-BA, Brazil. E-mail: fbravo@uefs.br Abstract Two new species of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille are described, and Psychoda alternata Say and P. zetoscota Quate are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Psychoda divaricata Duckhouse, already described from southern Brazil, was recorded in the northeastern part of that country, as well as in the eastern Amazon region. The supraspecific classification proposed for the species of Psychoda according to Quate (= Psychodini of Je ek) are discussed. A new classification is suggested that considers only one genus, Psychoda, divided into 12 subgenera: subgenus Psychoda Latreille, subgenus Copropsychoda Vaillant, subgenus Falsologima Je ek & Harten, subgenus Psychodula Je ek, subgenus Psychomora Je ek, subgenus Psychana Je ek & Harten, subgenus Logima Eaton, subgenus Tinearia Schellenberg, subgenus Chodopsycha Je ek, subgenus Ypsydocha Je ek, subgenus Psychodocha Je ek, and subgenus Psycha Je ek. A list of the Psychoda species from Latin America and the Caribbean region is presented. Key words: Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychoda, classification, new species, Brazil Introduction The genus Psychoda was created by Latreille (1796) and received many different species of Psychodidae, although some of these species later were transferred to other genera. Quate (1959a) was the first author to delimit the genus Psychoda and to provide a diagnosis for it: labellum flattened with apical rod bristles (“teeth” of del Rosario 1936; Quate 1959a, 1996; “sensory rods” of Duckhouse 1966, 1985; in this paper “teeth” will be used to refer to this structure), antenna with 12–14 flagellomeres, apical flagellomeres reduced, ascoids Y-shaped, R 5 ending at wing tip, wing membrane naked, males with cercus (= surstylus of some authors, e.g., Quate & Vockeroth 1981) bearing 1 tenaculum,