Description of Jezekiella patera gen. et sp nov from Europe (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Jezekiella patera, gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a single male from Italy. Based on some character states found in this new genus (e.g. spiniform sensilla on basal flagellomeres) it is most similar morphologically to Paramormiini, a tribe that is likely paraphyletic. Other characters (e.g. allurement organs on the prothorax) are more similar to Pericomaini, or with uncertain phylogenetic affinities (e.g. dimorphic tenacula). The parameres of the new species form a flat bowl with a pair of mesally directed, digitate appendages basally and with distal bifurcate, back-folded processes.