Genus Psychoda

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Unknown worm/larvae like bug found in bathtub - Psychoda alternata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Psychodomorpha

Family Psychodidae (Moth Flies and Sand Flies)

Subfamily Psychodinae (Moth Flies)

Genus Psychoda

Numbers

21 sp. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Neactic Diptera Volume 2 By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 7 February, 2008 - 10:50am
Last updated 28 March, 2008 - 4:26pm

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