Nine species of moth flies have been recorded for the first time from Turkey: These include Copropsychoda brevicornis (Tonnoir), Logima albipennis (Zetterstedt), L. satchelli (Quate), L. zetterstedti Jezek, Pscyha grisescens (Tonnoir), Psychoda uniformata Haseman, Psychomora trinodulosa (Tonnoir), Tinearia alternata (Say) and T. lativentris (Berden). Paramormia (Duckhousiella) ustulata (Walker)...

Myiasis cases are often encountered in humans, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Urogenital myiasis is one of the facultative myiasis cases that may be seen in humans. Psychoda albipennis is an insect species that causes urogential myiasis in humans Adults of this species, belongs to the Psychodidae subfamily, lives especially in humid toilets and domestic bathrooms. This case, pr...

All published records for the 49 species of moth flies known from North Africa are reviewed and discussed: Morocco (27 species), Algeria (33 species), Tunisia (18 species) and Egypt (five species). In addition, records of seven species of Psychodinae new to the fauna of Morocco are added, of which three are new mentions for North Africa (Table 1) and one is a new record for Egypt. Telmatoscopus...

Dipteran ovaries consist of structural-functional units termed egg chambers. Each egg chamber is composed of a cluster of germ cells enveloped by a simple somatic follicular epithelium. With the progress of oogenesis, initially an almost uniform population of follicular cells (FCs) becomes diversified into a few subgroups, which significantly differ in their function and behaviour. From the ext...