Peripsychoda auriculata (Haliday, 1839)

Omelková, Markéta & Ježek, Jan, 2012, A new species of the genus Trichomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) and new faunistic data on non-phlebotomine moth flies from the Podyjí NP and its surroundings (Czech Republic), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 505-533 : 521

Peripsychoda auriculata (Haliday, 1839)

Published records. Horní Břečkov, Čížovský rybník pond, Braitava letohrádek country seat, Faltýskův Mlýn ( JEŽEK et al. 2005).

Material examined. Mašovice, Andělský Mlýn (1), J, vi., Inv. No. 7598; Vranov nad Dyjí, Braitava (4), J, vi., Inv. No. 6802; Vranov nad Dyjí, Rybníky U Jekala (5), J, vi., Inv. No. 6808; Chvalovice, Daníž brook (6), J, vi., Inv. No. 8364; Olbramkostel, Černá Hlína (10), J, vi., Inv. No. 8323; Čížov, pond (13), J, v., Inv. No. 6827; Čížov, rills (15), J, v., Inv. No. 6049; Nesachleby (17), J, vi., Inv. No. 7563; Hnanice, Gruberův pramen spring (19), J, vi., Inv. No. 7611; Plenkovice, Plenkovický rybník pond (33), J, vi., Inv. No. 8331; Podmolí, very small lake (35), J, v., Inv. No. 6036; Popice, pond (38), J, v., Inv. No. 6012; Olbramkostel, Vranovská Ves, Jankovec pond (57), J, vi., Inv. No. 7571; Znojmo – Bohumilice, meanders (61), J, vi., Inv. No. 8315.

Comment. A well-known and conspicuous European and Transcaucasian species; it occurs from lowlands to hilly regions, being very common in habitats with decaying organic matter, e.g. ponds, bottomlands of brooks, forest water reservoirs, wet pastures, and eutrophic spring areas.