Pdf a staging scheme for the development of the moth midge. Pages in category psychodidae the following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. Psychodidae the bathroom fly clogmia albipunctata, a conspicuous but overlooked moth fly in the netherlands diptera. The species was first described by johann siegfried hufnagel in 1767. The drain flies which are commonly found in bathrooms, clogmia albipunctata, are not known to carry any human diseases, but have been known to be an opportunistic agent of myiasis. Clogmia albipunctata which belongs to the same family, subfamily. Urogenital myiasis is a rare type of myiasis that occurs primarily in poor people with low socioeconomic levels. Kingdom animalia phylum arthropoda class insecta order diptera family psychodidae genus clogmia. Flies of the genus psychoda are nonbiting fair 1934 and are not capable of transmitting any known pathogens. Hribar et al diptera from containers in florida keys 199 mosquito larvae culicidae and other diptera associated with containers, storm drains, and sewage treatment. Characteristic morphology of a female adult clogmia albipunctata moth fly collected from an infested hospital in hamburg, germany. Map showing records of clogmia albipunctata from slovakia.
Clogmia albipunctata, also known as the bathroom fly is a nearcosmopolitan and synanthropic species of tropical origin boumans et al. Cyclophora albipunctata, the birch mocha, is a moth of the family geometridae. I have just modified 1 external links on clogmia albipunctata. Nov, 2017 in this paper, we characterise the expression patterns of the principal components of the dv patterning system and its downstream targets in clogmia albipunctata diptera. It is commonly found in bathrooms, kitchens, sewers, and sewage treatment plants and in waterfilled tree. The southern boundary runs westward along the french atlantic coast and to the british isles and north of the alps. A 36yearold male patient presented to the outpatient clinic of internal medicine in benisuef university hospital complaining of abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea intermittent with constipation. Clogmia albipunctata, and compare them to equivalent reverseengineered circuits from our reference species, the vinegar. Psychodinae as a mechanical vector of bacterial pathogens in german hospitals.
Pdf the bathroom fly clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 diptera. Portal to information on the insect order diptera flies and midges and a forum for researchers on the insect group. This makes them one of the most diverse families of their order. Uvadare digital academic repository first records of the. Maryland biodiversity project filter fly clogmia albipunctata. Strikingly, we also find ventral sog and posteriorly restricted tkv expression, as well as expanded polar activity. Clogmia albipunctata wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Psychodidae is now present in germany, where it has become a common, yearround pest in hospital buildings. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Clogmia albipunctata was first described in 1893 by williston, under the name psychoda albipunctata. Wikimedia commons has media related to clogmia this article relates to members of the fly infraorder psychodomorpha is a. There are more than 4,700 known species worldwide, most of them native to the humid tropics. Clogmia albipunctata which belongs to the same family, subfamily psychodinae, has also been reported to cause myiasis in humans e. A staging scheme for the development of the moth midge clogmia. 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. The moth fly clogmia albipunctata, formerly a mediterranean species, is now present in germany, at latitudes exceeding 53n. Accurate diagnosis of this rare form of myiasis is sometimes difficult and requires a detailed study of unfamiliar morphological patterns of the larvae. Clogmia albipunctata is cosmopolitan in distribution. These emerging models for comparative developmental studies close an important phylogenetic gap between drosophila melanogaster and other insect model systems. This species became the type species of the genus clogmia enderlein 1937, but for a long time specialists considered clogmia to be a synonym of telmatoscopus eaton 1904. The site enables, for example, link submission and identification queries.
Reverseengineering methods can be used to computationally reconstitute and analyze the function and. Over recent years, there has been a shift of focus from the comparative study of particular regulatory genes to the level of whole gene networks. There are more than 2,600 described species worldwide, most of them native to the humid tropics. Segmentation gene expression in the mothmidge clogmia albipunctata diptera, psychodidae and other primitive. Vaillant placed most clogmia species, including this one, in a newly defined. At about half the length of the wing there is a second row of white. Raw read sequences are available from the european nucleotide archive ena under accession number erp001635. Human intestinal myiasis caused by clogmia albipunctata. Clogmia albipunctata, nondrosophilid diptera, nonmodel organism, pattern formation, comparative. Myiasis is an infestation of living and necrotic vertebrate tissue by fly larvae that feed in living or dead tissue, liquid substance of ingested food. Clogmia albipunctatus, family psychodidae, is one of the most medically important insects that cause human myiasis. Larvae are commonly found in bathroom drains and pipes where organic materials build up. Myiasis is the infestation of human tissues by dipterous fly larvae of the class insecta. Research open access a quantitative atlas of evenskipped and.
Clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 clogmia latipennis sara, 1953 clogmia tristis meigen, 1830. A quantitative atlas of evenskipped and hunchback expression in clogmia albipunctata diptera. The wings have conspicuous white spots and the ends of the longitudinal veins fig. Pdf human urinary myiasis due to larvae of clogmia. Clogmia albipunctata can reach a length of 35 millimetres 0.
This descriptive evidence reveals a region of the c. Psychodidae is a cosmopolitan species that is commonly found in bathrooms, kitchens. Author summary myiasis is an infestation of human tissues and other vertebrates by dipterous fly larvae. Clogmia telmatoscopus albipunctata is a primitive nematocera of the family psychodidae, subfamily psychodinae which are nonbiting moth flies known as drain, and bathroom or filter flies. Research open access a quantitative atlas of evenskipped. The moth midge clogmia albipunctata williston diptera. Male flies are about onethird smaller than females and.
A staging scheme for the development of the moth midge. The resulting models will serve as a starting point for our evolutionary simulations. Jimenezguri e, wotton kr, gavilan b, jaeger j a staging scheme for the development of the moth midge clogmia albipunctata eva jime nezguri. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf a quantitative atlas of evenskipped and hunchback expression in clogmia albipunctata diptera.
Bathroom moth midge clogmia albipunctata inaturalist. Clogmia albipunctata mothfly psychodidae bathroom fly. Article pdf available december 2012 with 314 reads. Psychodidae is a cosmopolitan species that is commonly. Research article open access comparative transcriptomics of. Segmentation gene expression in the mothmidge clogmia albipunctata diptera, psychodidae and other primitive dipterans. Obtaining such data in nonmodel organisms remains a major technical challenge, impeding the wider application of datadriven mathematical modeling to evodevo. First records of the bathroom mothmidge clogmia albipunctata, a conspicuous element of the belgian fauna that went unnoticed diptera. Clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 the diptera site. Both the body and the wings are covered with thick graybrown hair. Morphological and initial molecular characterization of clogmia. Larvae live in and feed on decaying organic matter. In this paper, we report on an important stage of this project. Comparative studies of developmental processes are one of the main approaches to evolutionary developmental biology evodevo.
Moth fly clogmia albipunctata integrated pest management. This species has features of both short and longgerm mode of embryogenesis. The resulting staging scheme serves as a framework for molecular studies, and allows us to homologise developmental processes between species. Adults live in dark and moist areas and can be frequently found in drains or sewers. We have raised antibodies against four segmentation gene products in the moth midge clogmia albipunctata, a nondrosophilid dipteran species. Clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 e um pequeno insecto diptero pertencente a familia psychodidae. Apr 08, 2015 moth fly larvae dipterapsychodidae verwende salz fur abflusse in deinem haus in nur wenigen tagen passiert etwas unglaubliches. Noncanonical dorsoventral patterning in the moth midge.
A quantitative atlas of evenskipped and hunchback expression. The wings are pointed, and have some white spots hence the latin species name. Media in category clogmia albipunctatathe following 41 files are in this category, out of 41 total. Human intestinal myiasis caused by clogmia albipunctata larvae. Psychodidae are small to mediumsized nonbiting midges comprising around 3000 species worldwide. In the east, the species ranges to the pacific ocean russian far east.
The formerly mediterranean moth fly species clogmia albipunctata diptera. Its synanthropic behaviour allows frequent, yearround infestations in hospital buildings. Pdf first records of the bathroom mothmidge clogmia. Pdf telmatoscopus albipunctatus, is a medically important insect, distributed.
Our analysis includes a third, published, transcriptome for the hoverfly episyrphus balteatus. Psychodidae, commonly known as the drain fly or sewer fly, is considered a household pest because its infestations pose serious health risks to humans. Uvadare digital academic repository first records of. Male flies are about onethird smaller than females and may appear as a distinct species. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Psychodidae article pdf available december 2012 with 314 reads how we measure reads. Pdf first report of drain fly, telmatoscopus albipunctata vaillant. Dearden, university of otago, new zealand 0 emblcrg research unit in systems biology, centre for genomic regulation crg, universitat pompeu fabra upf, barcelona, spain. Clogmia albipunctata is a species of drain fly, a member of the family psychodidae commonly known as the bathroom moth midge, bathroom moth fly or drain fly.
Clogmia albipunctatus is a synonym of clogmia albipunctata retrieved on 21 october 20. A staging scheme for the development of the moth midge clogmia albipunctata. Human urinary myiasis due to larvae of clogmia telmatoscopus. Reverseengineering the gap gene network in the moth midge clogmia albipunctata psychodidae. The larvae can be found feeding on the film of wet organic material that can accumulate in drains. Fortyfive bacterial species representing 40 genera were found to be colonizing c. Range expansion of the invasive moth midge clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 in slovakia diptera.
Neoarisemus laosensis jezek, 2004 are recorded from thailand for the first time. Clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893, psychoda cinerea banks, 1894, psychoda gemina eaton, 1904. According to the international code of zoological nomenclature chapter 34. 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. In particular, the focus of this study lies on a comparative analysis of gap gene regulation between c.
This very common species has a worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate areas and is often associated with humans. Noncanonical dorsoventral patterning in the moth midge clogmia. The aim of the present study is the morphological identification and the molecular characterization of moth flies causing many cases of urinary myiasis in egypt, based on sequencing. Pdf a staging scheme for the development of the moth.
Pdf range expansion of the invasive moth midge clogmia. Clogmia albipunctata mothfly psychodidae bathroom fly youtube. The adult flies inhabit semiaquatic habitats like drains or sewers of bathrooms and kitchens, feeding on bacteria in organic deposits. Segmentation gene expression in the mothmidge clogmia. Human intestinal myiasis caused by clogmia albipunctata larvae diptera. Larvae are found in aquaticsemiaquatic habitats, where they feed on decaying matter and microorganisms. This region lies between the abdominal domain of the c. The bathroom fly clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 diptera.
This is the first case report in egypt and middle east region of human intestinal myiasis caused by clogmia albipunctata larvae. In this paper, we characterise the expression patterns of the principal components of the dv patterning system and its downstream targets in clogmia albipunctata diptera. An apposition compound eye adapted for nocturnal vision in. Filter fly clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893 synonyms. Hospital infestations by the moth fly, clogmia albipunctata. Morphological and initial molecular characterization of. Unnoticed arrival of two dipteran species in austria. In clogmiahb expression deviates from that known in drosophila in. Clogmia albipunctata williston, 1893, pneumia mitsuhiroi jezek, 2004 and. Clogmia is a genus of drain flies in the subfamily psychodinae.
Psychodidae is a cosmopolitan species that is commonly found in bathrooms, kitchens, sewage treatment plants and compost heaps. Hospital infestations have been most common in shower and rest rooms in patient wards, followed by cellar storage rooms, and then. Pdf a quantitative atlas of evenskipped and hunchback. In this paper, we have characterised the life cycle and development of an emerging nondrosophilid dipteran model system. Abstract to obtain a clearer understanding of the evolutionary transition between short and longgerm modes of embryogenesis in insects, we studied the expression of two gap genes hunchback hb and kruppel kr as well as the pairrule gene evenskipped eve in the dipteran clogmia albipunctata nematocera, psychodidae. However, the subfamily of phlebotominae does feed on blood with the ability to transmit tropical diseases, and sycorax silacea can transmit microfilaria. Puvodne tropicky a subtropicky druh clogmia albipunctata diptera.