Mycomya

Mycomya sp., photographed by Stephen Cresswell.


Belongs within: Mycetophilidae.

Mycomya is a cosmopolitan genus of fungus gnats.

Characters (from Tonnoir & Edwards 1927): Two ocelli placed together; fine tibial setae arranged in regular longitudinal row; wings without macrotrichia on the membrane.

<==Mycomya Rondani 1856 [Mycomyiini] P86
    |--M. aequa Plassmann 1986 P86
    |--M. brunnea P76
    |--M. clavigera P76
    |--M. danielae P76
    |--M. exigua P76
    |--M. fasciata JP76
    |--M. flavicollis JP76
    |--M. flavilatera Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. fulva P76
    |--M. furcata Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--M. hiisi Väisänen 1979 P86
    |--M. maculata P76
    |--M. ornata P86
    `--M. plagiata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27

*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.

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

[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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