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]

Mycetophila edwardsi
Mycetophila edwardsi North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Mycetophila
Species:
M. edwardsi
Binomial name
Mycetophila edwardsi
Lundstrom, 1913

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ 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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