Pericoma

{{Short description|Genus of flies}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Pericoma | authority = Haliday in Walker, 1856 | diversity_link = List of Pericoma species | diversity = About 159 species }} '''''Pericoma''''' is a genus of moth flies, family Psychodidae.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/> There are about 159 recognized species in ''Pericoma''<ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/> in four subgenera:<ref name=catlife/> {{genus list | Pericoma (Pericoma) | Haliday, 1856 | Pericoma (Botosaneanuiella) | Vaillant, 1978 | Pericoma (Pachypericoma) | Vaillant, 1978 | Pericoma (Vaillantiella) | Krek, 1983 }}

''Pericoma'' has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/>

==See also== * List of ''Pericoma'' species

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis>{{ITIS | title=''Pericoma'' | id=125514 | access-date=13 January 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name=catlife>{{Catalogue of Life |id=BY3PG |title=''Pericoma'' Haliday, 1856 |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref>

<ref name=gbif>{{GBIF | title=''Pericoma'' Walker, 1856 | id=1641770 | access-date=13 January 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Pericoma'' Genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1118551 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=13 January 2026 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I | date = 1981 | editor-last1 = McAlpine | editor-first1 = J. F. | editor-last2 = Petersen | editor-first2 = B. V. | editor-last3 = Shewell | editor-first3 = G. E. | editor-last4 = Teskey | editor-first4 = H. J. | editor-last5 = Vockeroth | editor-first5 = J. R. | editor-last6 = Wood | editor-first6 = D. M. | publisher = Agriculture Canada, Research Branch | isbn = 978-0-660-10731-8 | url = http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html }} {{refend}}

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