Allodia

Specimen of Allodia, from here.


Belongs within: Mycetophilidae.

Allodia is a cosmopolitan genus of fungus gnats.

Characters (from Tonnoir & Edwards 1927): Anepisternal and pteropleural bristles absent; hind coxae with a fairly strong bristle at the base; empodia absent or rudimentary; hind tibial comb indefinite or absent; fork of Cu below or before fork of M.

<==Allodia [incl. Brevicornu Marshall 1896] TE27
    |--A. barbata P76
    |--A. fasciculata P76
    |--A. fennica P76
    |--A. flava (Marshall 1896) [=Brevicornu flava] TE27
    |--A. fragilis (Marshall 1896) [=Brevicornu fragilis] TE27
    |--A. maculata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--A. mendli Plassmann 1977 P77
    |--A. obscura P76
    |--A. ornaticollis P76
    |--A. pistillata P76
    |--A. quadriseta Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--A. rara Plassmann 1977 P77
    |--A. rufithorax Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--A. septentrionalis P76
    `--A. sericoma JP76

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[JP76] Joost, W., & E. Plassmann. 1976. Mycetophiliden aus dem Zentralkaukasus (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (1-3): 67-68.

[P76] Plassmann, E. 1976. Vierter Nachtrag zu der Mycetophiliden-Sammlung des Senckenberg-Museums Frankfurt am Main (Diptera; Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (1-3): 77-79.

[P77] Plassmann, E. 1977. Drei neue Mycetophiliden aus dem Allgäu (Insecta: Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (4-6): 285-287.

[TE27] Tonnoir, A. L., & F. W. Edwards. 1927. New Zealand fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 747-878.

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