Psychodidae

Thesaurus

Noun

Psychodidae - very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand fliesfamily Psychodidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsNematocera, suborder Nematocera - mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand fliespsychodid - a fly of the family Psychodidaegenus Phlebotomus, Phlebotomus - small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths

Psychodidae

[sī′käd·ə‚dē] (invertebrate zoology) The moth flies, a family of orthorrhaphous dipteran insects in the series Nematocera.

Psychodidae

a family of insects of the order Diptera. Tiny gnats (1–4 mm long). About 450 species.

Psychodidae are widespread throughout the world; in the USSR there are several dozen species, mostly in the south. The larvae live in rotting plant residues, sometimes in water. Larvae of blood-sucking species (mosquitoes) live in cracks in the soil, clay walls, rodent holes, and so on. Some species (for example, Phlebotomus papatasii) transmit the causative agents of diseases—phlebotomus fever and skin leishmaniasis.

REFERENCES

Fauna SSSR [2nd ed.], vol. 3, issue 2. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.
Pavlovskii E. N. Rukovodstvo po parazitologii cheloveka . . ., vol. 2. Moscow, 1948.

Psychodidae

Psy·chod·i·dae

(sī-kod'i-dē), A family of small flies or gnats characterized by hairy mothlike body and the presence of 7-11 long parallel wing veins lacking cross-veins; includes the sandflies, Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, vectors of all known forms of leishmaniasis. [G. Psychē, a Greek nymph, sometimes represented as a butterfly]

Psychodidae

(si?kod'i-de) A family of the order Diptera, characterized by minute size, long legs, and hairy bodies and wings. It includes moth flies, owl midges, and sandflies. See: Phlebotomus

Psychodidae

noun

Synonyms for Psychodidae

noun very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies

Synonyms

family Psychodidae

Related Words

arthropod family
Nematocera
suborder Nematocera
psychodid
genus Phlebotomus
Phlebotomus

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