Theyre weak fliers, thus they usually spend most of their time on walls. Clinically myiasis may be classified according to part of the body tissue invaded. Clogmia albipunctata commonly known as the moth fly, drain fly, or filter fly is a longantennaed fly that falls under the larger order of flies and mosquitoes. Case report of human urinary myiasis caused by clogmia. Drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, or sewer gnats psychodidae are small true flies diptera with short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a furry mothlike appearance, hence one of their common names, moth flies. Clogmia albipunctata is nematocera of the family psychodidae, subfamily psychodinae. A staging scheme for the development of the moth midge clogmia albipunctata. Moth flies psychoda and telmastoscopus formerly clogmia of. Noncanonical dorsoventral patterning in the moth midge clogmia albipunctata karl r. Noncanonical dorsoventral patterning in the moth midge clogmia. Thats the reason why they can be caught much easier than house flies.
Pdf first records of the bathroom mothmidge clogmia. Human urinary myiasis due to larvae of clogmia telmatoscopus. Human myiasis is defined as the infestation of the tissue of living human with dipterous larvae 1. Human urinary myiasis due to larvae of clogmia telmatoscopus albipunctata williston diptera. Pdf case report of human urinary myiasis caused by clogmia. Pdf the bathroom fly clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 diptera. Psychodidae the bathroom fly clogmia albipunctata, a conspicuous but overlooked moth fly in the netherlands diptera. Parasitologically myiasis could be classified as obligatory, facultative or accidental. Clogmia albipunctata mothfly psychodidae bathroom fly. There are more than 4,700 known species worldwide, most of them native to the humid tropics. Bathroom moth midge clogmia albipunctata inaturalist. Larvae live in and feed on decaying organic matter. Case report of human urinary myiasis caused by clogmia albipunctata diptera. Pdf a quantitative atlas of evenskipped and hunchback.
Learn how to get rid of drain flies and about drain fly products and control measures. Pdf telmatoscopus albipunctatus, is a medically important insect, distributed throughout. This page was last edited on 15 november 2019, at 07. Larvae of clogmia albipunctata were reported before as cause of human nasopharyngeal myiasis 14, 20, intestinal myiasis 2122 and urinary myiasis 9, 10. Clogmia albipunctata a common species of drain fly has also got some small white spots on the edges of the wings hence the name. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. This makes them one of the most diverse families of their order. A quantitative atlas of evenskipped and hunchback expression in clogmia albipunctata diptera. Clogmia guianica wikispecies wikispecies, free species. Clogmia albipunctata, psychodidae, psychodinae, slovakia, inva sive species. Psychodidae is a cosmopolitan species that is commonly found in bathrooms. Comparative transcriptomics of early dipteran development. Psychodidae with morphological description of larva and pupa. First records of the bathroom mothmidge clogmia albipunctata, a conspicuous element of the belgian fauna that went unnoticed diptera.