Psychoda sigma Kincaid, 1899
(a moth fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsychoda sigma (a moth fly)
GenusPsychoda (a genus of moth flies)
FamilyPSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, moth flies)
SuperfamilyPSYCHODOIDEA (owl midges, moth flies)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Psychoda sigma (a moth fly) :
1: Psychoda sigma (a moth fly)
25 Apr 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
larvae in shallow water in plastic container in bathroom
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Larva - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Larva - tail segments - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Larva - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Larva - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Psychoda sigma (a moth fly)
28 Mar 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female moth-fly bearing parasitic(?) mite inside rim of lid of plastic compost bin
Image 1: Parasitised - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Parasitised - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Parasitised - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - dark backgroundImage 5: Specimen - lateral view - magnified - black backgroundImage 6: Antenna - microscope low magnificationImage 7: Antenna - tip - focussed on ascoids - microscope low magnificationImage 8: Antenna - tip - focussed on segments - microscope low magnificationImage 9: Female genitalia - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Female subgenital plate - microscope low magnificationImage 11: Head and antennae - magnifiedImage 12: Head and mouthparts - microscope low magnificationImage 13: Head - microscope low magnificationImage 14: Wing - magnifiedImage 15: Wing - magnified (2)
3: Psychoda sigma (a moth fly)
28 Mar 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Moth-fly inside rim of lid of plastic compost bin
Image 1: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - dark backgroundImage 2: Female genitalia - microscope low magnification
4: Psychoda sigma (a moth fly)
24 Nov 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on plastic compost bins
Image 1: Whole animal - magnifiedImage 2: Wing - magnifiedImage 3: Antenna - magnifiedImage 4: Antenna - magnified (2)Image 5: Antenna - segment 4 - magnifiedImage 6: Antenna - segments 1-4 - magnifiedImage 7: Female genitalia from second specimen - magnifiedImage 8: Female genitalia - magnifiedImage 9: Female subgenital plate from second specimen - magnifiedImage 10: Female subgenital plate - magnifiedImage 11: Head - anterior view showing eye bridge - magnifiedImage 12: Wing - right - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 13: Wing - right - dorsal view - magnified (2)
5: Psychoda sigma (a moth fly)
24 Nov 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on plastic compost bins
Image 1: Antenna - tip - magnifiedImage 2: Male genitalia - focused on swollen base of enlarged tip of gonostylus - magnifiedImage 3: Male genitalia - focused on swollen tip of gonostylus - magnifiedImage 4: Male genitalia - focussed on retinacula and gonostyli - magnified

Psychoda sigma (a moth fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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