Zygomyia

Male Zygomyia, photographed by M. J. Hatfield.


Belongs within: Mycetophilidae.

Zygomyia is a widespread genus of fungus gnats known from Eurasia, North America and Australasia.

Characters (from Tonnoir & Edwards 1927): Anepisternal and pteropleural bristles present; hind coxae without basal bristle; empodia and hind tibial comb present; cubitus unbranched.

<==Zygomyia
    |--Z. acuta Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. albinotata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. angusta Plassmann 1977 P77
    |--Z. apicalis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. bifasciata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. bivittata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. brunnea Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. costata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. crassicauda Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. crassipyga Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. distincta Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. eluta Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. filigera Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. flavicoxa Marshall 1896 TE27
    |--Z. fusca Marshall 1896 TE27
    |--Z. grisescens Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. guttata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. humeralis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. immaculata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. longicauda Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. marginata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. nigrita Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. nigriventris Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. nigrohalterata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. obsoleta Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. penicillata Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. ruficollis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. rufithorax Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. similis Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. trifasciata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. truncata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. unispinosa Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927 TE27
    |--Z. vara JP76
    `--Z. varipes Edwards 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.

[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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