Boletina griphoides is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. The larvae of B. griphoides are thought to be mycetophagous in the ground litter. Adults sometimes appear in enormous numbers in spring in a wide variety of habitats.[2]
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Habitat.Ireland.
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| Boletina griphoides North Wales wing length 2.5-3 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Mycetophilidae |
| Genus: | Boletina |
| Species: | B. griphoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Boletina griphoides (Edwards, 1925)
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References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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 Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
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