Sycoracinae

Sycoracinae
Adult female of Parasycorax simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Sycoracinae
Jung, 1954
Genera
  • Aposycorax
  • Parasycorax
  • Sycorax

Sycoracinae is a subfamily of moth flies in the family Psychodidae. Unlike most moth flies, which have reduced mouthparts and cryptic habits, females of Sycoracinae are equipped to feed on vertebrate blood.

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