Biology:Macrocera parva

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Short description: Species of fly

Macrocera parva
Macrocera parva, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2015 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Isoneuromyia semirufa North Wales
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Genus: Macrocera
Species:
M. parva
Binomial name
Macrocera parva
Lundstrom, 1914

Macrocera parva is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Keroplatidae.Larvae of species in this genus have been reared from a range of situations including clumps of turf, rotting wood and cave walls and are thought to be predaceous.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Jakovlev, J. 2011: Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead wood and wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia and general analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomol. Fennica 22: 157–189. pdf

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14034331 entry