Uncharted territory: the arrival of Psychoda albipennis (Zetterstedt, 1850) (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Maritime Antarctica [PDF]
Frontiers in Insect ScienceDespite increasing awareness of the threats they pose, exotic species continue to arrive in Antarctica with anthropogenic assistance, some of which inevitably have the potential to become aggressively invasive.
Sanghee Kim +2 more
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New records of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) for the Dutch Fauna [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Prior to this study, the moth flies in The Netherlands were represented by 61 species. Our findings derive from a citizen-science expedition in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, one of the oldest public parks and best known parks in The Netherlands.
Santiago Jaume-Schinkel +3 more
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First Record of Human Urogenital Myiasis Caused by Psychoda albipennis Larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Miandoab, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2021 Background: Myiasis is a disease caused by infections of tissues and organs of human and vertebrates body by the larvae of real flies of Diptera which feeding on living or dead tissues of host for a period of time. This report aims to present a case of
Teimour Hazratian +4 more
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Local Insect Availability Partly Explains Geographical Differences in Floral Visitor Assemblages of Arum maculatum L. (Araceae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Geographical variation in abundance and composition of pollinator assemblages may result in variable selection pressures among plant populations and drive plant diversification.
Danae Laina +10 more
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Antennae of psychodid and sphaerocerid flies respond to a high variety of floral scent compounds of deceptive Arum maculatum L. [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Insect-pollinated plants often release complex mixtures of floral scents to attract their pollinators. Yet scent compounds eliciting physiological or behavioural responses in pollinators have only been identified in few plant species.
Eva Gfrerer +6 more
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Urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis [PDF]
Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics, 2016 Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of vertebrate animals caused by the eggs and larvae of flies within the Diptera species. Psychoda albipennis is a rare cause of urogenital myiasis in humans. We present the case of a 42-year-old male diagnosed with urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis.
Ege Can Serefoglu
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Revisionary notes on Feuerborniella Vaillant, 1971, with the first record of the genus from the Afrotropical region (Diptera, Psychodidae) [PDF]
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2023 We establish a diagnosis for Feuerborniella Vaillant, 1971, based on a re-description of its type species, Feuerborniella obscura (Tonnoir, 1919) and comment on earlier diagnoses. Feuerborniella sinefurcata Kvifte & Jaume-Schinkel, sp. nov.
Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte +1 more
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Urogenital Myiasis Caused by Psychoda albipennis in a Female Child in Libya [PDF]
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2019 Urogenital myiasis is a parasitic infestation caused by larvae of Psychoda spp. and it is very rare in humans. A 10- year old female was presented with urogenital myiasis and 4th stage Larvae of Psychoda albipennis (Diptera: Psychodidae) were found in ...
Aisha Gashout +3 more
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New records, and the first description of a female, for Psychoda simillima (Diptera, Psychodidae) in southern South America [PDF]
Iheringia - Serie Zoologia, 2013 Based on male and female, Psychoda simillima Tonnoir, 1929 is redescribed, with a discussion of generic and subgeneric classifications. This is the first record for Chile as well as the first description of a female for this speciesCom base em machos e ...
Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro +2 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2023 Psychoda Latreille is one of the largest genera of Psychodidae, with around 450 species, from which more than 130 are known from only one of the sexes. This is a result of the high diversity, sympatry of close related species and scarcity of diagnostic ...
Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro +2 more
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