Psychodinae

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]

Psychodinae
Psychoda grisescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Psychodinae
Newman, 1834

Tribes and genera

Maruinini Enderlein, 1937[2]
Setomimini Vaillant, 1982
  • Arisemus Satchell, 1955
  • Australopericoma Vaillant, 1975
  • Balbagathis Quate, 1996
  • Lobulosa Szabo, 1960
  • Neoarisemus Botosaneanu & Vaillant, 1970
  • Parasetomima Duckhouse, 1968
  • Platyplastinx Duckhouse, 1968 [5]
  • Setomima Enderlein, 1937[2]
  • Tonnoiriella Vaillant, 1982
Mormiini Enderlein, 1937[2]
  • Atrichobrunettia Satchell, 1953[4]
  • Brunettia Annandale, 1910
  • Gerobrunettia Quate & Quate, 1967
  • Mormia Enderlein, 1935[6]
Paramormiini Enderlein, 1937[2]
Pericomaini Enderlein, 1935[6]
Psychodini Quate, 1959

References

  1. Bugguide.net. Subfamily Psychodinae - Moth Flies
  2. Enderlein, Günther (1937). "Klassifikation der Psychodiden (Dipt.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Neue Folge. 1936 (3–4): 81–112.
  3. 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. 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. Enderlein, Günther (1935). "Zur Klassifikation der Psychodinen". Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1935: 246–249.


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