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Psychodidae

                      

 

 

De larvale habitats van de vijf Europese subfamilies zijn nogal divers en soms onvoldoende bekend. Phlebotominae larven zijn bekend van grond uit holen van knaagdieren. Sycoracinae larvaen leven (semi) aquatisch in mos, watervallen en bronbeken. Trichomyiinae en waarschijnlijk ook Bruchomyiinae larven in rottend en dood hout. Larvale habitats van Psychodinae zijn zeer divers: aquatisch, semi-aquatisch, in met water gevulde boomholtes, bladoksels, zwanenhalzen, of meer terrestrisch in humus en bladafval, minerend in bladeren, in uitwerpselen, urinoirs, toiletten, zand, modder, etc. Adulten veelal in beboste gebieden bij water of in moerasachtige streken. Hoofdzakelijk 's nachts actief en overdag rustend op donkere plekken. Jung 1958 (Lindner: Bruchomyiinae; Lane 1993 (phlebotominea);Perfil'ev 1989(Europees Rusland); Szábo 1983 (Centraal Europa); Tanasijtshuk 1989a (Europees Rusland); Theodor 1958 (Lindner: Phlebotominae); Valillant 1971-1983 (Lindner: Psychodinae); Wagner 1982 (Trichomyiinae), 1997d (subfamilies, genera Psychodinae); CMPD: Wagner 1997a

The larval habitats of the five European subfamilies are rather diverse (and in some cases insufficiently known) but truly aquatic species are lacking. Ther larvae of the Phlebotominae are known from soil dug up from rodent burrows. Those of the Sycoracinae are semi aquatic in mosses, spring brooks, or waterfalls and fast streams where they live on rocks near the surface or in the splash zone. Those of the Trichomyiinae and probably the Bruchomyiinae live in rotting and dead wood of deciduous trees. The larvae of the Psychodinae occur in a wide range of habitats: semi aquatic, water filled tree holes, leaf axils, kitchen sink deposit catchers, water purification plants, or more terrestrially in humus and leaf litter, as miners in leaves, in excrement, in public lavatories and toilets, in sand an mud alongside water, in moss, mushrooms and bracket fungi, in dead wood, etc. The adults have a short and erratic flight and are largely found in woodland areas near water, in marshland, or near larval habitats. They are predominantly nocturnal and by day they rest in dark places. Jung 1958 (Lindner: Bruchomyiinae; Lane 1993 (phlebotominea);Perfil'ev 1989(Europees Rusland); Szábo 1983 (Centraal Europa); Tanasijtshuk 1989a (Europees Rusland); Theodor 1958 (Lindner: Phlebotominae); Valillant 1971-1983 (Lindner: Psychodinae); Wagner 1982 (Trichomyiinae), 1997d (subfamilies, genera Psychodinae); CMPD: Wagner 1997a.

Psychodidae sp.	Psychodidae sp.
Psychodidae sp.	Psychodidae sp.
Psychodidae sp.	Psychodidae sp.
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Sycorax sp.