Mycetophila edwardsi is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. Mycetophila edwardsi is found in forest or wooded areas where the larvae develop in fruiting bodies of large fungi.[2]
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Habitat.Ireland.
Mycetophila edwardsi | |
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Mycetophila edwardsi North Wales | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Mycetophilidae |
Genus: | Mycetophila |
Species: | M. edwardsi
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Binomial name | |
Mycetophila edwardsi Lundstrom, 1913
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References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Jakovlev, J. 2011: Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead woodand wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia andgeneral analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomol. Fennica 22: 157–189. pdf
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