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Mycetophila

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy

Mycetophila was named by Meigen (1803). It is extant. It is the type genus of Mycetophilidae, Mycetophilinae, Mycetophilini.

It was assigned to Mycetophilidae by Scudder (1877), Aldrich (1905), Carpenter (1992); to Mycetophilini by Matile (1989), Rindal et al. (2009); and to Mycetophilinae by Johannsen (1909), Oliveira and Amorim (2021).

Synonyms

Mycothera was named by Winnertz (1863). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mycetophila by Evenhuis (1994).

It was assigned to Mycetophilidae by Aldrich (1905); and to Mycetophilinae by Johannsen (1909).
Mycetophila phalax was named by Meunier (1899).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Meunier (1899).
Mycetophila frequens was named by Meunier (1899).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Meunier (1899).
Mycetophila hispidula was named by Meunier (1899).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Meunier (1899).
Mycetophila pulicaria was named by Meunier (1899).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Meunier (1899).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1803	Mycetophila Meigen p. 263
1863	Mycothera Winnertz p. 913
1877	Mycetophila Scudder p. 753
1899	Mycetophila frequens Meunier p. 164
1899	Mycetophila hispidula Meunier p. 164
1899	Mycetophila phalax Meunier p. 164
1899	Mycetophila pulicaria Meunier p. 164
1905	Mycothera Aldrich p. 145
1905	Mycetophila Aldrich p. 146
1909	Mycothera Johannsen p. 110
1909	Mycetophila Johannsen p. 115
1989	Mycetophila Matile p. 143
1992	Mycetophila Carpenter
2009	Mycetophila Rindal et al.
2021	Mycetophila Oliveira and Amorim p. 105

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
infraorder	Bibionomorpha
superfamily	Sciaroidea
family	Mycetophilidae
subfamily	Mycetophilinae
tribe	Mycetophilini
genus	Mycetophila

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Mycetophila Meigen 1803

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†Mycetophila agilis Meunier 1904

†Mycetophila amoena Heer 1849

†Mycetophila antennata Meunier 1899

†Mycetophila antiqua Heer 1849

†Mycetophila bradenae Cockerell 1915

†Mycetophila compressa Loew 1850

†Mycetophila confusa Theobald 1937

†Mycetophila cordyliformis Meunier 1904

†Mycetophila latipennis Heer 1849

†Mycetophila leptocera Loew 1850

†Mycetophila longipennis Theobald 1937

†Mycetophila macrostyla Loew 1850

†Mycetophila morio Heer 1856

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Invalid names: Mycetophila dubia Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]

†Mycetophila nana Heer 1849

†Mycetophila occultata Scudder 1877

†Mycetophila orci Heer 1864

†Mycetophila pulchella Heer 1849

†Mycetophila pulvillata Loew 1850

†Mycetophila pumiliformis Piton 1935

†Mycetophila pumilio Heer 1849

†Mycetophila pusillima Heer 1864

†Mycetophila spinosa Jentzsch 1892

†Mycetophila vectensis Cockerell 1915

Invalid names: Mycetophila frequens Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycetophila hispidula Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycetophila phalax Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycetophila pulicaria Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Mycothera Winnertz 1863 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Gelasian or 50.50000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	M. occultata (121146)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	M. compressa, M. leptocera (109625)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	M. vectensis (123959)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Mycothera cordyliformis, Mycothera agilis, M. spinosa, M. macrostyla, M. pulvillata, M. antennata (123927)
Priabonian - Rupelian	37.71 - 27.3	Bulgaria	M. pulchella (181733)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	M. bradenae (127617)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	France (Auvergne)	M. sp. (152491)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	M. confusa (122488) M. confusa, M. longipennis (122487)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France (Bouches-Du-Rhone)	M. confusa, M. morio (122501) M. morio (113712) M. sp. (122877)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	M. orci, M. pusillima (117252)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Croatia	Exechia pulchella (156759) M. antiqua, M. latipennis, M. pumilio (117250) M. pulchella, M. nana, M. amoena (117761)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	France	M. pumiliformis (113994)