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Definition of Family Psychodidae
1. Noun. Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Nematocera, Suborder Nematocera
Member holonyms: Psychodid, Genus Phlebotomus, Phlebotomus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Psychodidae
Literary usage of Family Psychodidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fauna of Mayfield's Cave by Arthur Mangun Banta (1907)
"It may have been carried into the cave with débris during the freshet of a few
days before. Family PSYCHODIDAE. Moth-like Flies. ..."
2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"These are the flies of the family Psychodidae. They are so small and so fragile
that they are difficult to preserve, and though there are probably very many ..."
3. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Family. Psychodidae (Owl Midges). This family of diptera is of considerable
importance, not only on account of the blood-sucking habits of some species, ..."
4. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"The insects we have especially to deal with in this lecture are the sand flies
of the genus Phlebotomus, in the family Psychodidae; the horse flies of the ..."
5. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family Psychodidae.—Body with long coarse hairs; wings very short and broad.
Very small flies seen flying and leaping on windows, etc. ..."
6. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"They belong to the family Psychodidae, which includes a large number of species
of flies found all over the world, nearly all of which resemble tiny moths ..."
7. Spolia Zeylanica by Colombo Museum, National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"... while Phlebotomus, although it undoubtedly belongs to a family (Psychodidae)
of which some species have densely scaled wings, has actually fewer scales ..."
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