Mycetophila

Mycetophila fungorum, from here.

Belongs within: Mycetophilidae.

Mycetophila is a genus of fungus gnats in which the costa of the wing is not distinctly produced beyond R_S, and the two branches of the cubitus are parallel or slightly converging (Tonnoir & Edwards 1927). As currently recognised, the genus is cosmopolitan though its boundaries with closely related genera are not always clear (Vockeroth 1981).

Characters (from Tonnoir & Edwards 1927): Anepisternal and pteropleural bristles present; hind coxae without basal bristle; empodia and hind tibial comb present; costa not or scarcely produced over the tip of R_S; cubitus branched, Cu₁ slightly divergent from M₃ but parallel with or slightly convergent towards Cu₂.

<==Mycetophila Meigen 1803 P86 [incl. Mycothera SS51]
    |--M. alea V81
    |--M. clara Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. colorata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. conica Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. consobrina Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. crassitarsis Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. curtisi Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. diffusa Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. dilatata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. elegans Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. elongata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. fagi Marshall 1896 [incl. M. robusta Marshall 1896, M. variabilis Marshall 1896] TE27
    |--M. filicornis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. fisherae V81
    |--M. flava P76b
    |--M. fumosa Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. fungorum [incl. M. punctata] TE27
    |--M. furtiva Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. gibbula P76b
    |--M. grandis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. griseofusca Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 (see below for synonymy) TE27
    |--M. grisescens Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. harrisi Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. howletti Marshall 1896 TE27
    |--M. impunctata Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. integra Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. intermedia Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. lapponica P76b
    |--M. latifascia Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. lineola G20
    |--M. lomondensis Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. luteolateralis Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. marginepunctata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 (see below for synonymy) TE27
    |--M. marshalli Enderlein 1911 [=M. maculata Marshall 1896 (preoc.)] TE27
    |--M. media Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. minima Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. nigricans Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. nigripalpis Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. nitens Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. nitidula Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. ornatissima Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. phyllura Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. pollicata Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. propria CM91
    |--M. pseudomarshalli Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. semifusca Meigen 1818 P86
    |--M. sequestra Plassmann 1976 P76a
    |--M. similis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. solitaria Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. spinigera Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. submarshalli Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. subnitens Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. subspinigera Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. subtenebrosa Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. subtilis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. sylvatica Marshall 1896 TE27
    |--M. tapleyi Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. tenebrosa Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. thaleri Plassmann 1986 P86
    |--M. trispinosa Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. unipunctata V81
    |--M. unispinosa Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. virgata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. viridis Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    `--M. vulgaris Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27

Mycetophila griseofusca Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 [incl. M. griseofusca var. nigriclava Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927] TE27

Mycetophila marginepunctata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 [incl. M. marginepunctata var. rotundipennis Tonnoir & Edwards 1927, M. marginepunctata var. ruapehuensis Tonnoir & Edwards 1927] TE27

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CM91] Colless, D. H., & D. K. McAlpine. 1991. Diptera (flies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 717–786. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[P76a] Plassmann, E. 1976a. Mycetophila sequestra, eine neue Pilzmücke aus Schweden (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (1-3): 71–72.

[P76b] Plassmann, E. 1976b. Vierter Nachtrag zu der Mycetophiliden-Sammlung des Senckenberg-Museums Frankfurt am Main (Diptera; Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (1–3): 77–79.

[P86] Plassmann, E. 1986. Neun neue Pilzmücken aus der Westpaläarktis (Diptera, Nematocera, Mycetophilidae). Spixiana 9 (2): 143–150.

[SS51] Shaw, F. R., & M. M. Shaw. 1951. Relationships of certain genera of fungus gnats of the family Mycetophilidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (3): 1–23.

[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.

[V81] Vockeroth, J. R. 1981. Mycetophilidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 223–246. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

Last updated: 4 February 2021.