Biology:Mycetophila luctuosa

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Short description: Species of fly

Mycetophila luctuosa
Mycetophila luctuosa, Ganllwyd, North Wales, Oct 2015 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Mycetophila luctuosa North Wales
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Mycetophila
Species:
M. luctuosa
Binomial name
Mycetophila luctuosa
Meigen, 1830

Mycetophila luctuosa is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnats' in the family Mycetophilidae. Mycetophila luctuosa is found in forest or wooded areas where the larvae develop in Neolentinus lepideus, Kretzschmaria deusta, Chondrostereum purpureum, Sebacina incrustans, Neolentinus tigrinus, Pleurotus spp., Trametes versicolor and a wide range of epigeic fungi, mostly Russulaceae.[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 ☰ Q14092234 entry