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Welcome to Subfamily Psychodinae!

Psychodinae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Nematocera > Suborder Psychodomorpha > Family Psychodidae > Subfamily Psychodinae

(From Wikipedia) 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.

FACT: A scarce few species of drain fly are capable of causing myiasis, or the growth of a fly larva inside the human body!

Currently discovered: 1/6 Tribes, 0/3 Genera

Tribe

  1. Paramormiini