Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Synonym: Mycothera Winnertz 1863
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Mycetophilini according to E. Rindal et al. 2009
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Johannsen 1909, Matile 1989, Oliveira and Amorim 2021 and Scudder 1877
Sister taxa: Dynatosoma, Epicypta, Phronia, Pseudalysiinia, Trichonta
Subtaxa: Mycetophila agilis Mycetophila amoena Mycetophila antennata Mycetophila antiqua Mycetophila bradenae Mycetophila compressa Mycetophila confusa Mycetophila cordyliformis Mycetophila frequens Mycetophila hispidula Mycetophila latipennis Mycetophila leptocera Mycetophila longipennis Mycetophila macrostyla Mycetophila morio Mycetophila nana Mycetophila occultata Mycetophila orci Mycetophila phalax Mycetophila pulchella Mycetophila pulicaria Mycetophila pulvillata Mycetophila pumiliformis Mycetophila pumilio Mycetophila pusillima Mycetophila spinosa Mycetophila vectensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Miocene of Croatia (3), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (6)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Bulgaria (1)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 17 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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