Appearance
This species was first recognized and described in 1991 after being intercepted in cargo arriving at an Australian airport. It's most striking feature setting off from the other Doryteryx known at the time is the venation of the wings with two unbranched veins separating directly at the base and running almost the entire length of the wing. In D. domestica the veins are branched and in D. pallida one of the veins is much shorter and both veins are fused together for a short run at the base of the wing. Later a fourth species of Dorypteryx (Dorypteryx yunnanica Li & Liu, 2009) was described from China, with branched veins in the wing showing subtle differences vs. D. domestica.
Distribution
The origin of this species is unknown. As with other Psyllipscocidae it is assumed to originally be a cave dwelling species that has found new fitting habitats in human buildings. Every time a new Dorypteryx is described it casts new doubt on identification of older records of other species and hence on the distribution of all. It is fair to assume that all four species currently known are (potentially?) much more cosmopolitan than current known record may suggest.Habitat
Assumed original cave dweller that can be found in human buildings.Food
Probably grazing fungi on moist paper or wood, or minute organic waste particles.References:
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