Psychodinae

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Psychodinae
Psychoda.grisescens.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Psychodinae
Newman, 1834
Psychoda cf. surcoufi on oak leaves

The Psychodinae are the nominate subfamily of moth flies (Psychodidae), also known as drain flies. Like most of their relatives, they are usually found in damp habitats; some occur in caves. The small larvae are aquatic or semiterrestrial; the imagines feed on plant sap and nectar or not at all. Psychodinae are found in almost every country on Earth, including some subantarctic islands.[1]

Tribes and genera[]

Maruinini Enderlein, 1937[2]
Setomimini Vaillant, 1982
  • Satchell, 1955
  • Vaillant, 1975
  • Quate, 1996
  • Szabo, 1960
  • Botosaneanu & Vaillant, 1970
  • Duckhouse, 1968
  • Duckhouse, 1968 [5]
  • Enderlein, 1937[2]
  • Vaillant, 1982
Mormiini Enderlein, 1937[2]
Paramormiini Enderlein, 1937[2]
Pericomaini Enderlein, 1935[6]
Psychodini Quate, 1959

References[]

  1. ^ Bugguide.net. Subfamily Psychodinae - Moth Flies
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Enderlein, Günther (1937). "Klassifikation der Psychodiden (Dipt.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Neue Folge. 1936 (3–4): 81–112.
  3. ^ a b c Duckhouse, D.A. (1990). "The Australasian genera of pericomoid Psychodidae (Diptera) and the status of related Enderlein genera in the Neotropics". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 3: 721–746.
  4. ^ a b Satchell, G.H. (1953). "The Australian Psychodidae (Diptera), Part 1". Australian Journal of Zoology. 1 (3): 357–418. doi:10.1071/ZO9530357.
  5. ^ Quate, Laurence W.; Brown, Brian Victor (2004). "Revision of Neotropical Setomimini (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae)". Contributions in Science. 500: 1–117. doi:10.5962/p.210558. S2CID 198237099. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e Enderlein, Günther (1935). "Zur Klassifikation der Psychodinen". Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1935: 246–249.

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