Psychoda | |
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Psychoda grisescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Psychodidae |
Subfamily: | Psychodinae |
Tribe: | Psychodini |
Genus: | Psychoda Latreille, 1796 |
Diversity | |
at least 370 species |
Psychoda is a genus of moth flies in the family Psychodidae. There are more than 400 described species in Psychoda. [1] [2] [3]
The genus Cathartes includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. The three extant species currently classified in this genus occur widely in the Americas. There is one extinct species known from the Quaternary of Cuba.
Exechia is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are more than 180 described species in Exechia.
Stilobezzia is a genus of predaceous midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are more than 330 described species in Stilobezzia.
Hadrotettix is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Hadrotettix.
Prochyliza is a genus of waltzing flies in the family Piophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Prochyliza.
Esselenia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Esselenia, E. vanduzeei.
Cistalia is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are about eight described species in Cistalia.
Axymyia is a genus of nematoceran flies in the family Axymyiidae. It contains only one described species, Axymyia furcata, from eastern North America. A second species, Axymyia japonicaIshida, 1953, is sometimes listed, but this species is now generally placed in the related genus Protaxymyia.
Ectrepesthoneura is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are more than 20 described species in Ectrepesthoneura.
Acericecis is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least three described species in Acericecis.
Stephomyia is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about seven described species in Stephomyia.
Coelopa is a genus of kelp flies in the family Coelopidae. There are about 14 described species in Coelopa.
Miastor is a genus of gall midges and wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about seven described species in Miastor.
Conoplectus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about five described species in Conoplectus.
Paurocoris is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are at least two described species in Paurocoris.
Protodufourea is a genus of sweat bees in the family Halictidae. There are about five described species in Protodufourea.
Psychoda alternata is a species of moth fly in the family Psychodidae, commonly known as the trickling filter fly or drain fly. The larva is semiaquatic and lives in the gelatinous ooze associated with leaks of sewage effluent, drains, and in trickling filter systems.
Gnoriste is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are about 13 described species in Gnoriste.
Psychoda sigma, the moth fly, is a species of moth fly in the family Psychodidae.