Biology:Boletina trispinosa

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Short description: Species of fly

Boletina trispinosa
Boletina trispinosa, Trawscoed, North Wales, Sept 2014 (17343344335).jpg
Boletina trispinosa North Wales
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Boletina
Species:
B. trispinosa
Binomial name
Boletina trispinosa
(Edwards, 1913)

Boletina trispinosa is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. Members of this genus are found in a wider variety of habitats from wooded streams to wetlands and open moorland. They make use of diverse breeding sites from the more normal habitat of rotting wood to mosses and liverworts. The breeding biology of most species is largely unknown.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. A. M. Hutson, D. M. Ackland and L. N. Kidd (1980) Diptera - Nematocera. Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae).Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 9 Part 3. Royal Entomological Society. http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part03.pdf

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14090009 entry