Psychodocha gemina (Eaton, 1904)

Jezek, Jan, Manko, Peter & Obona, Jozef, 2021, Psychodidae (Diptera) of Azerbaijan and Georgia - faunistics with biodiversity notes, ZooKeys 1049, pp. 15-42 : 15

Psychodocha gemina (Eaton, 1904)

Material examined.

Azerbaijan: A 05, 1.10.2019, 1♀, slide Inv. No. 25579, leg. PM; A 23 , 6.5.2019, 1♀, slide Inv. No. 25685, leg. JO. Georgia: G 09, 2.5.2019, 1♀, slide Inv. No. 25733, leg. JO; G 19 , 30.4.2019, 1♀, slide Inv. No. 25651, leg. JO; G 24, 29.4.2019, 1♂, 1♀, slide Inv. No. 25735 and 25748, leg. JO.

Distribution.

A common European species, it occurs commonly from lowlands to mountains. The larvae are saprobiotic and often develop in nests of water birds. Recorded from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Georgia: Abkhazia ( Ježek and Goutner 1995; Krek 1999; Ježek 2002; Kvifte et al. 2011, 2013; Ježek and Omelková 2012; Salmela et al. 2014; Ježek et al. 2017; Oboňa et al. 2019a).

Note.

First record for Azerbaijan.