Leptomorphus

Leptomorphus is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are about 8 described species in Leptomorphus.[2][3][4]

Leptomorphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Mycetophilidae
Subfamily:
Sciophilinae
Genus:
Leptomorphus

Curtis, 1831[1]
Type species
Leptomorphus walkeri
Curtis, 1831[1]

Species
  • L. africanus Matile, 1977[5]
  • L. aliciae Matile, 1977[5]
  • L. alienus Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. ascutellatus Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. baramensis Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. bifasciatus (Say, 1824)[7]
  • L. carnevalei Matile, 1977[5]
  • L. couturieri Matile, 1997[8]
  • L. crosskeyi Matile, 1997[8]
  • L. elegans Matile, 1997[8]
  • L. gracilis Matile, 1977[5]
  • L. grjebinei Matile, 1977[5]
  • L. gunungmuluensis Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. gurneyi Shaw, 1947
  • L. hyalinus Coquillett, 1901[9]
  • L. lepidus Matile, 1997[8]
  • L. longipes Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. magnificus (Johannsen, 1910)
  • L. matilei Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. medleri Matile, 1977[5]
  • L. nebulosus (Walker, 1848)[10]
  • L. papua Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. subcaeruleus (Coquillett, 1901)
  • L. utarensis Papp & Sevcik, 2011[6]
  • L. walkeri Curtis, 1831[1]
  • L. ypsilon Johannsen, 1912

References
  1. Curtis, John (1831). British entomology. Vol. 8. London: Privately published. pp. 338–383.
  2. "Leptomorphus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Leptomorphus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. Kerr P (2014). "The Megophthalmidia (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) of North America including eight new species". ZooKeys 386: 29-83.
  5. Matile, L. (1977). "Notes sur le genre Leptomorphus et description de taxa nouveaux de la region ethiopienne (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)". Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Serie B. 38: 141–155.
  6. Papp, L.; Sevcik, J. (2011). "Eight new Oriental and Australasian species of Leptomorphus (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)" (PDF). Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 57 (2): 139–159. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. Say, T. (1824). "Appendix. Part I.-Natural History. 1. Zoology. E. Class Insecta. Pp. 268-378. In Keating, W. H., Major Long's second expedition". 2. Philadelphia: 459 pp., pls. 6–15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Matile, L. (1997). "Nouvelles donnees sur les Leptomorphus afrotropicaux [Diptera, Mycetophilidae]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 18: 143–150.
  9. Coquillett, Daniel William (1901). "New Diptera in the U.S. National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23 (1225): 593–618. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.23-1225.593. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  10. Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229.

Further reading
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.


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