Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sycorax sp. (Psychodidae)ID Phil Withers
Posted by javanerkelens on 08-02-2009 14:22
#1
Found 10 may 2008 Dwarsgracht Neth.
Is it possible that it is an old one that lost his hairs..?
Ore not Psychodidae at all..?
Joke van Erkelens
Edited by javanerkelens on 08-02-2009 17:15
Posted by phil withers on 08-02-2009 16:11
#2
Sycorax sp
Posted by javanerkelens on 08-02-2009 17:01
#3
At first..thanks!!
Second..Sycorax is not mentioned in the Checklist of the Netherlands....and is it a bloodsucking genus..?
Joke van Erkelens
Posted by phil withers on 08-02-2009 18:21
#4
These are quite rare in collections, so I am not surprised if they are not recorded from Netherlands. They are reputed to suck amphibian blood.
Posted by javanerkelens on 08-02-2009 18:59
#5
Than it is time, to try to catch them this year.
Frogs enough...:D
Joke van Erkelens
Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-01-2014 16:46
#6
I got some specimens from a Dutch Malaise trap today, including a male. :)