Psychodidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Psychodomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Psychodomorpha

Familia: Psychodidae
Subfamiliae (6): Bruchomyiinae – Horaiellinae – Phlebotominae – Psychodinae – Sycoracinae – Trichomyiinae –

Overview of genera (121)

Alepia – Alloeodidicrum – Arisemus – Armillipora – Atrichobrunettia – Australopericoma – Balbagathis – Bazarella – Beasomia – Berdeniella – Bibio – Breviscapus – Bruchomyia – Brumptomyia – Brunettia – Bryopharsos – Caenobrunettia – Chinia – Chinius – Chirolepia – Clogmia – Clytocerus – Crenopanimerus – Cretapsychoda – Dictyocampsa – Didimioza – Dracomyia – Edentomyia – Elsahowia – Epacretron – Eremolobulosa – Eugenys – Eurygarka – Eutonnoiria – Evandromyia – Falsologima – Feuerborniella – Gerobrunettia – Gondwanoscurus – Horaiella – Hyrcanoressliella – Iranotelmatoscopus – Joostiella – Jungiella – Katamormia – Krivosheinoscopus – Kupara – Kvazbamormia – Lepidiella – Lepimormia – Lepipneumia – Libanophlebotomus – Libanopsychoda – Limomormia – Lobulosa – Logima – Lutzomyia – Lyoneura – Maruina – Mesophlebotomites – Micrommatos – Migonemyia – Mormia – Mormopericomiella – Mystropsychoda – Nemoneura – Nemopalpus – Neoarisemus – Neomaruina – Neotelmatoscopus – Nielseniella – Notiocharis – Nototelmatoscopus – Orgaoclogmia – Oscoreopus – Paleopsychoda – Pangeogladiella – Panimerus – Parajungiella – Paramormia – Parasetomima – Parasycorax – Paratelmatoscopus – Perakomyia – Pericoma – Peripsychoda – Philosepedon – Phlebotomus – Phyllotelmatoscopus – Platyplastinx – Pneumia – Promormia – Protopsychoda – Psychoda – Psychodocha – Queenslandomyia – Rotundopteryx – Saraiella – Satchelliella – Sergentomyia – Setomima – Stupkaiella – Sycorax – Szaboiella – Taramormia – Telmatoscopus – Theischingerus – Thornburghiella – Threticus – Thrysocanthus – Tonnoira – Tonnoiriella – Tonnoria – Trichomyia – Trichopsychoda – Ulomyia – Vagmania – Vaillantodes – Valerianna – Warileya – Yomormia

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus (4) Clogmia – Nototelmatoscopus – Oscoreopus – Perakomyia
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Check (5): Dampfomyia – Didicrum – Psychodula – Quatiella – Satchellomyia

Name

Psychodidae Newman, 1834

References

Newman, E. 1834. Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. Entomological Magazine 2: 379–431. BHL Reference page.
Bravo, F. & Araújo, M.X. 2013. Two new species of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the semi-arid region of Brazil. Zootaxa 3693(1): 85–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.1.6 Reference page.
Bravo, F. & Araújo, M.X. 2019. Three new species of Bryopharsos Quate, 1996 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa 4619(2): 364–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.2.10 Reference page.
Ibañez-Bernal, S., Muñoz, J., Rebollar-Téllez, E., Pech-May, A. & Marina, C.F. 2015. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name. Zootaxa 3994(2): 151–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Kvifte, G.M. 2012: Catalogue and bibliography of Afrotropical Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae, Psychodinae, Sycoracinae and Trichomyiinae. Zootaxa, 3231: 29–52. Preview
Solórzano Kraemer, M.M. & Wagner, R. 2009. The first psychodid (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India. Zootaxa 2152: 63–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF. Reference page.
Oliveira, A.F.J. de, Teles, C.B.G.T., Medeiros, J.F., Camargo, L.M.A. & Pessoa, F.A.C. 2015. Description of Trichophoromyia ruifreitasi, a new phlebotomine species (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Acre State, Brazilian Amazon. ZooKeys 526: 65–73. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.526.6128 Full article Reference page.
Omelková, M. & Ježek, J. 2017. Two new species of Jungiella (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the Palaearctic Region. Zootaxa 4250(6): 560–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.6.4. Reference page.
Tkoč, M., Pecharová, M. & Ježek, J., 2014. Catalogue of the type specimens of Diptera deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Moth flies (Psychodidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54(2): 789–837. PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Afzan, H. & Belqat 2016. Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of the Psychodinae moth-flies of North Africa (Diptera, Psychodidae). ZooKeys 558: 119–145. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.558.6593. Reference page.
Bejarano, E.E. & Estrada, L.G. 2016. FAMILY PSYCHODIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 187–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.20. Reference page.
Bravo-Barriga, D., Ruiz-Arrondo, I., Peña, R.E., Lucientes, J. & Delacour-Estrella, S. 2022. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Spain: an updated checklist and extended distributions. Zookeys 1106ː 81–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1106.81432 Reference page.
Ježek, J., Chvojka, P., Manko, P. & Oboňa, J. 2017. Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of moth flies from Ukraine (Diptera, Psychodidae). ZooKeys 693: 109—128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.693.13652 . Reference page.
Ježek, J., Manko, P. & Oboňa, J. 2018. Checklist of known moth flies and sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Armenia and Azerbaijan. ZooKeys 798: 109–133. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.798.26543 . Reference page.
Ježek, J., Manko, P. & Oboňa, J. 2021. Psychodidae (Diptera) of Azerbaijan and Georgia – faunistics with biodiversity notes. Zookeys 1049: 15–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1049.66063 Reference page.
Vivero, R.J., Bejarano, E.E., Estrada, L.G., Flórez, F., Ortega-Gómez, E., Aparicio, Y., Torres-Gutierrez, C., Uribe-Soto, S.I. & Muskus-López, C. 2017. DNA barcode for identification of immature stages of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) collected from natural breeding sites. Zootaxa 4277(2): 228–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.3. Reference page.
Wagner, R. 2018. Remarkable new Australian mothflies (Diptera, Psychodidae). Zootaxa 4457(2): 285–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.4 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Moth Flies and Sand Flies
suomi: Perhossääsket
日本語: チョウバエ科
norsk nynorsk: Sommarfuglmygg
中文: 蛾蚋科

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