Mycetophila fungorum

Mycetophila fungorum is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnats' in the family Mycetophilidae. Mycetophila fungorum is found in forest or wooded areas where the larvae develop in Agaricales and also obtained with emergence traps over dead wood, soil and ground flora.[2]

Mycetophila fungorum
Mycetophila fungorum North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Mycetophila
Species:
M. fungorum
Binomial name
Mycetophila fungorum
(De Geer, 1776)

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Jakovlev, J. 2011: Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead wood and wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia and general analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomol. Fennica 22: 157–189. pdf


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