Mycetophila formosa | |
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Mycetophila formosa North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Mycetophilidae |
Genus: | Mycetophila |
Species: | M. formosa |
Binomial name | |
Mycetophila formosa Lundstrom, 1911 |
Mycetophila formosa is a Palearctic species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. Mycetophila formosa is found in forest or wooded areas where the larvae develop in Phlebia radiata and moist, strongly decayed wood of birch and spruce log bearing Trechispora hymenocystis.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- 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
External links
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mycetophila formosa |
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