| Psychoda surcoufi (Tonnoir, 1922) |
|
|
|
Scientific name: Psychoda surcoufi (Tonnoir, 1922) Common name: French name: Order: Diptera Family: Psychodidae Wingspan : About 2mm. Biotope: Larvae grow in decaying plant materials and in cow dungs. Imagos are observed in the vicinity. Geographic area: Europe, southern Australia, New Zeeland, Chile. Observation period : All year round. |
Psychoda surcoufi is a tiny diptera with whitish wings, covered with elongated scales giving a hairy look. The wings are crossed by a zigzag-shaped blackish stripe which is more or less visible. The head is dark. The antennae are thick and have 15 articles. The Psychodidae of the Clogmia genus are used to landing with hteir wings held flat over the body, that's to say parallel to the support. The Psychodidae of the Pericoma genus often show very hairy wings with dark and contrasted colours. The tip of the wings is rounded. The articles of the antennae are barrel-shaped, that's to say without any neck. |
| [To know more about the Psychoda surcoufi] [Top] |
|
I have mounted a 24 mm lens in reverse on my DSLR camera to get a high magnification. This was done to take pictures of springtails of the Poduromorpha order which are observed in large number in my compost tank. Psychoda surcoufi was flying in the vicinity. So I took this opportunity to shoot a picture. |
André Bon January 2018