@article {60295, title = {Revision of the Exechia parva group (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {9}, year = {2021}, pages = {e67134}, abstract = {

Exechia is a diverse genus of small fungus gnats, widespread in the Holarctic Region, while the fauna is largely unknown elsewhere, such as in the Afrotropical and Oriental Region. Members of Exechia can be arranged into several species groups, based on homologies in the male and female terminalia. The Exechia parva group is delimited, based on male terminalia possessing a pair of gonocoxal lobes on the apicoventral gonocoxal margin. Eight previously-described species can be placed in this group, of which six are from the Holarctic Region, while one is recorded each from the Oriental and the Afrotropical Regions.The Exechia parva group was reviewed and found to include 33 species, of which 24 were described as new to science and six were re-described. Identification keys to 32 species for males and nine species for females are provided together with illustrations and photos of male and female terminalia. Species delimitations were based on morphological examination of 94 male and female specimens, as well as DNA barcodes obtained from 124 specimens. Molecular and morphological species delimitations were mostly congruent, except in two cases where two species were delimited within a single Barcode Index Number (BIN). We found that each species is only known from a single zoogeographical region and that several species complexes are largely congruent with zoogeographical divisions, indicating that intercontinental barriers may have a strong impact on the species diversity of the group.

}, keywords = {DNA barcodes, Exechia, fungus gnats, parva, repanda, Taxonomy}, issn = {1314-2836}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.9.e67134}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e67134}, author = {Jon Peder Lindemann and Geir S{\o}li and Jostein Kj{\ae}randsen} } @article {57427, title = {Focusing on Keroplatus nipponicus Okada, 1938 (Diptera: Mycetophiloidea: Keroplatidae) and Its Adults}, year = {2018}, abstract = {

Of the 27 Keroplatus species described worldwide only fi ve are known to possess luminescent larvae. The role of their blue lights, the biochemistry of the reaction and its control as well as the phylogeny of keroplatids are all aspects that are still largely incompletely understood, a consequence no doubt of the rarity of those species with luminescent larvae. Some larvae of the luminescent fungus gnat Keroplatus nipponicus were collected on the Japanese Pacific island Hachijojima and at a length of around 17 mm three turned into pupae. Physical damage to the cocoon during its construction was not repaired by the larva. At an environmental temperature of around 28 \°C two adults eclosed after a pupal phase that lasted only 3 days. The male was slightly shorter and slimmer than the female (7.06 versus 7.36 mm), had larger eyes and signifi cantly more plumose antennae. It was also noticeably more active than the female that it was attempting to copulate with. Both male and female died three days after eclosion, but the female laid 306 black spherical eggs of a diameter of 0.4 mm on her last day.

}, keywords = {Bioluminescence, fungus gnats, glowworms, Hachijojima}, author = {Hua-Te Fang and Yuichi Oba and Meyer-Rochow, Victor Benno} } @article {56402, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) of Vrachanska Planina Mountains}, journal = {ZooNotes Supplement}, volume = {3}, year = {2016}, pages = {169-179}, chapter = {169}, abstract = {

Till\  now,\  162\  species\  of\  fungus\  gnats\  are\  found\  in\  Vrachanska\  Planina\  Mts.. Three new to the fauna of Bulgaria and to the mountain species are reported here: Docosia lastovkai, D. muranica and D. nigra.

}, keywords = {Bulgaria, fungus gnats, Western Stara Planina}, url = {http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/bechev/Bechev_pdfs/Mycettopohiloidea\%20Vrachanski\%20Balkan.pdf}, author = {Bechev, Dimitar and Pavlova, Anelia} } @article {55247, title = {The Mycetophila ruficollis Meigen (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) group in Europe: elucidating species delimitation with COI and ITS2 sequence data}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {508}, year = {2015}, month = {06/2015}, pages = {51}, chapter = {15}, abstract = {

European species of the Mycetophila ruficollis group are compared on the basis of morphology and sequences
of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit one (COI) and the ITS2 region of nuclear ribosomal
DNA. The study represents the first evaluation of morphology-based species delimitation of closely
related fungus gnat species by applying molecular information. Detailed descriptions and illustrations
of the male terminalia are presented along with a key for the identification of all nine European species
of the group. Phylogenetic analyses of molecular data generally supported the morphological species
discrimination. The barcoding region of COI superseded ITS2 rDNA in resolving species. In the COI
barcoding region interspecific differences ranged from 2.9 to 10.6\% and the intraspecific distance from
0.08 to 0.8\%. Only COI data distinguished between the similar and closely related M. ichneumonea and
M. uninotata of which the latter was observed to include cryptic species. The host range of some species is
suggested to be narrower than previously considered and to depend on the forest type. Presented evidence
indicates the importance of analysing sequence data of morphologically very similar mycetophages reared
from identified host fungi for elucidating species delimitation as well as their geographic and host ranges.
New country records, viz. Estonia for M. evanida, Georgia for M. ichneumonea, M. idonea and M. ruficollis,
and Norway for M. strobli, widen the known distribution ranges of these species.

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, fungus gnats, morphology, mycetophages, Mycetophilini, phylogenetic analysis, Taxonomy}, issn = {1313-2970 }, doi = {doi: 10.3897/zookeys.508.9814}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/browse_journal_issue_documents.php?issue_id=-1}, author = {Siiri J{\"u}rgenstein and Olavi Kurina and Kadri P{\~o}ldmaa} } @article {50568, title = {Notes on Docosia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with description of six new species from Central Asia and the first generic record from the Afrotropical region}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3570}, year = {2012}, pages = {25-40}, abstract = {Six new species of Docosia Winnertz are described from Central Asia and their terminalia illustrated, viz. Docosia bartaki sp. nov. (Uzbekistan), D. blagoderovi sp. nov. (Uzbekistan), D. chimganica sp. nov. (Uzbekistan), D. distributa sp. nov. (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan), D. koyentagi sp. nov. (Turkmenistan) and D. turkmenica sp. nov. (Turkmenistan). A new record of D. selini Kurina from Uzbekistan and a key to Docosia species in Central Asia are provided. The number of Docosia species in Central Asia now totals 10. Docosia gilvipes (Haliday in Walker) is newly found in South Africa representing the first record of the genus from the Afrotropical region.}, keywords = {Afrotropical region, Central Asia, Diptera, Docosia, fungus gnats, key, Mycetophilidae, new species, Sciaroidea}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {50527, title = {Systematics and Phylogeny of Leptomorphus Curtis (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3549}, year = {2012}, month = {11/2012}, pages = {1-117}, abstract = {

The world fauna of the genus Leptomorphus Curtis, 1831 is revised and a phylogeny of species relationships, based on morphological characters, is presented. An updated genus diagnosis and description are given. Species descriptions, diagnoses, illustrations of general habitus, wings, male genitalia and distributions are provided for 37 valid species, along with a key to adults. Twelve new species are described; L. amorimi Borkent, n. sp., L. brandiae Borkent, n. sp., L. crassipilus Borkent, n. sp., L. eberhardi Borkent, n. sp., and L. waodani Borkent, n. sp., from the Neotropical realm, L. furcatus Borkent, n. sp.,and L. perplexus Borkent, n. sp., from the Nearctic realm, L. mandelai Borkent, n. sp., and L. stigmatus Borkent, n. sp., from the Afrotropical realm, and L. tabatius Borkent, n. sp., L. tagbanua Borkent, n. sp., and L. titiwangsensis Borkent, n. sp., from the Oriental realm. Type specimens were studied for all but three species (L. ornatus, L. subforcipatus and L. talyshensis). Leptomorphus elegans Matile and L. lepidus Matile are considered junior synonyms of L. gracilis Matile, n. syns., and L. ypsilon Johannsen is a junior synonym of L. hyalinus Coquillett, n. syn. Lectotypes are designated for L. magnificus (Johannsen), L. neivai Edwards, and L. walkeri Curtis and a neotype is selected for L. bifasciatus (Say). This study brings the total number of extant Leptomorphus species to 45, including eight, unique (based on figures and descriptions), recently described Oriental and northwestern Australasian species (Papp \& \Šev{\v c}\ík 2011), for which material was unavailable for this study. The phylogenetic analysis in this study supports the monophyly of Leptomorphus. The western Nearctic species, L. perplexus, is the sister group to the remaining species, which fell into four major monophyletic species groups (L. ornatus Brunetti group, L. grjebinei Matile group, L. walkeri group, L. furcatus group). The monophyletic relationships within each group are also discussed. The clades found in this study do not support the arrangement of species in to the Leptomorphus subgenera recognized by previous classifications.

}, keywords = {distribution, fungus gnats, genus revision, morphology, new species, Sciophilinae, Sciophilini, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5334 (online edition)}, author = {Borkent, Christopher J. and Wheeler, Terry A.} } @article {50477, title = {First record of fungus gnats Exechiopsis pulchella and Rymosia cottii (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Slovakia}, journal = {Folia faunistica Slovaca}, volume = {17}, year = {2012}, pages = {139{\textendash}141}, abstract = {Two species of fungus gnats, Exechiopsis pulchella (Winnertz, 1863) and Rymosia cottii Tollet, 1959 were recorded in Slovakia for the first time. Both species were found in the P{\'\i}la cave in Tr{\'\i}be{\v c} Mts.}, keywords = {Cave fauna, Diptera, Exechiopsis pulchella, fungus gnats, Mycetophilidae, Rymosia cottii, Slovakia}, issn = {1336-4529}, url = {http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/ffs/}, author = {Kosejova, Zuzana} } @article {48316, title = {New Afrotropical and Oriental species of Micrepimera Matile (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3128}, year = {2011}, pages = {58-66}, abstract = {Two new species of Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae), Micrepimera berentiana sp. n. and M. pandastica sp. n., are described from southern Madagascar and northern Vietnam, respectively. This is the first record of this tribe in the Afrotropical region and from mainland Asia. Both the new species differ from M. punctipennis Matile (described from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean) mainly in wing coloration, structure of antennae, and details of the male terminalia. }, keywords = {Afrotropical region, fungus gnats, Macrocerinae, Oriental region, Robsonomyiini, Sciaroidea}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Papp, Laszlo} } @article {48314, title = {New Oriental species of Gnoristinae with pectinate antennae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae}, volume = {51}, year = {2011}, pages = {687{\textendash}69}, abstract = {Two new species of Mycetophilidae (Diptera), tentatively placed in Dziedzickia Johannsen, 1909, are described {\textendash} D. bifida sp. nov. (India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia) and D. pectinata sp. nov. (Thailand). A brief discussion of the relationships among some genera of Gnoristinae is also presented.}, keywords = {Diptera, Dziedzickia, fungus gnats, new records, new species, Oriental region, Sciaroidea, Taxonomy}, issn = {0374-1036}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Bechev, Dimitar and Hippa, Heikki} } @article {48309, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Pasvik strict nature reserve}, journal = {Transactions of Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science. Series Biogeography}, year = {2010}, pages = {95-104}, publisher = {KarRC RAS}, address = {Petrozavodsk}, abstract = {330 species of fungus gnats of the families Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae were collected in Pasvik nature reserve. The list of species with indication of collection sites and comments on most interesting findings is presented. Biogeographical peculiarities of the local fauna are briefly discussed.}, keywords = {Fauna, fungus gnats, Murmansk Region}, url = {http://www.krc.karelia.ru/doc_download.php?id=2740\&table_name=publ\&table_ident=5638}, author = {Polevoi, A.} } @article {48296, title = {A review of the European species of the genus Tetragoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3062}, year = {2011}, month = {19/10/2011}, pages = {1-12}, abstract = {Five European species of the genus Tetragoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) are reviewed. Male terminalia of all species as well as female terminalia of T. ambigua Grzegorzek, T. sylvatica Curtis and T. ruuhijarvi sp. n. are illustrated on the base of type and newly collected material. Two species: T. ruuhijarvi sp. n. and T. pudogensis sp. n. are described based on specimens collected in Finland and Russian Karelia. T. sibirica Maximova is found to be a junior synonym of T. obirata Plassmann. Key to European species is provided.}, keywords = {Europe, fungus gnats, new species, new synonym}, author = {Polevoi, Alexei V. and Jakovlev, Jevgeni B.} } @article {46706, title = {Eight new Oriental and Australasian species of Leptomorphus (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae}, volume = {57}, year = {2011}, pages = {139{\textendash}159}, keywords = {Australasian region, fungus gnats, Leptomorphus, new species, Oriental region, Sciaroidea, Taxonomy}, author = {Papp, Laszlo and Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {kurina_review_2011, title = {Review of the European Greenomyia Brunetti (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) with new descriptions of females}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {77}, year = {2011}, pages = {31-50}, abstract = {The females of the four continental Greenomyia Brunetti species in Europe are associated with the males, diagnosed and keyed, providing the first association and description of the females of Greenomyia baikalica Zaitzev, 1994 and Greenomyia stackelbergi Zaitzev, 1982. Colour photographs of their habitus and line drawings of their female terminalia are provided. Greenomyia mongolica La{\v s}tovka \& Matile, 1974 is found to be a senior synonym of Greenomyia theresae Matile, 2002. syn. n. The diagnostic characters used to distinguish between Greenomyia and Neoclastobasis Ostroverkhova in keys did not hold up to a closer scrutiny and leave the status of Neoclastobasis as separate genus questionable.}, keywords = {Europe, fungus gnats, Greenomyia, identifi cation key, Mycetophilidae, Neoclastobasis, Synonymy, Systematics}, issn = {1313-2970}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.77.936}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/936/936-G-1-layout.htm}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Hedmark, Kjell and Karstr{\"o}m, Mats and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} } @article {45221, title = {Tarnania fenestralis (Meigen, 1818) (D{\'\i}ptera: Micetophilidae) associated with the fungus Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Qu{\'e}l.}, journal = {Forest Systems}, volume = {19}, year = {2010}, pages = {299-305}, abstract = {Extensive natural mushroom cultivations of Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Qu{\'e}l. were studied in their main productive area, the northwest of Segovia province, Spain, identifying a new parasite for this fungus, Tarnania fenestralis (Meigen, 1818) (Diptera: Micetophilidae). The prevalence of parasitization reaches 20.4\% of the yield, the main damage being in the destruction of internal tissues of the carpophores, resulting in crop depreciation. Due to the high incidence of parasitization by the dipteran in the mushroom, as well as its abundance, the nematocerous fungivore T. fenestralis may be considered the main and most important parasite of extensive P. eryngii productions of all the zone in which the investigation is made.}, keywords = {Diptera, Fungivoridae, fungus gnats, King Oyster mushrooms, Micetophilidae}, url = {http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IA/article/view/6843}, author = {Tobar, V and Notario, A and Castresana, L} } @article {44237, title = {New Azana species from Western North America (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2397}, year = {2010}, pages = {1-14}, abstract = {Two new species of fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Azana malinamoena and Azana frizzelli, spp. nov., are described and figured from California. These species represent the first records of Azana for western North America. A diagnosis of the genus Azana Walker is presented and a provisional key for the New World species of the genus is given. The discovery of A. malinamoena and A. frizzelli in California and their apparently close relationship to A. nigricoxa Strobl from south-western Europe (rather than to the only other Azana species known from North America, A. sinusa Coher) implies a more complicated biogeographic history of this genus in North America, one that probably includes multiple, independent dispersal events.}, keywords = {California, fungus gnats, new species, Systematics}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Kerr_2010_Azana_zt02397p014.pdf}, author = {Kerr, Peter} } @article {43919, title = {The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) of Turkey: published data and new records}, journal = {Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia}, volume = {42}, year = {2006}, pages = {85-89}, abstract = {All published data about 32 fungus gnats species of Turkey are summarized and 9 new species are recorded.}, keywords = {Bolitophilidae, fungus gnats, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciaroidea, Turkey}, url = {http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/bechev/Bechev_pdfs/Bechev_\%20Koch_2006\%20Turkey.pdf}, author = {Bechev, D. and Ko{\c c}, H.} } @inbook {43909, title = {The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species}, booktitle = {Research on the Terrestrial Arthropods of Sardinia (Italy)}, series = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2318}, year = {2009}, pages = {450-506}, publisher = {Magnolia Press}, organization = {Magnolia Press}, address = {Auckland}, abstract = {The fungus gnat fauna of Sardinia is reviewed and data presented for all species recorded. Altogether one species of Bolitophilidae, 16 species of Keroplatidae and 105 species of Mycetophilidae are recognised as occurring in Sardinia. As the bolitophilid and two of the mycetophilid species are represented only by females and are not determined to species level, the total confirmed Sardinian list stands at 119 species. Four species of Keroplatidae and 19 species of Mycetophilidae are new to the total Italian fauna, whereas three species of Keroplatidae and 32 species of Mycetophilidae are newly recorded for the island of Sardinia. Six species are described as new to science: two Keroplatidae (Urytalpa juliae sp. nov., Macrocera nuragica sp. nov.) and four Mycetophilidae (Boletina ichnusa sp. nov., Trichonta sandalyon sp. nov., Sciophila benjaminbottomi sp. nov., Sciophila immodesta sp. nov.). The new synonymy Zygomyia valida Winnertz, 1863 = Zygomyia simplex Strobl, 1895 syn. nov. is established. Macrocera penicillata Costa, 1857 is tentatively considered as a synonym of M. phalerata Meigen, 1818. Label data are provided for 5 and 17 species recorded without further detail in the Fauna Europaea online database, respectively from Italian mainland and Sicily; one species, Mycetophila alea Laffoon, 1965 is newly recorded for Sicily. Three species based on unconfirmed 19th century records cited by Hellrigl from South Tyrol should be deleted from the Italian list: Exechiopsis indecisa (Walker, 1856), Mycetophila signata Meigen, 1830 and Mycomya storai V{\"a}is{\"a}nen, 1979.}, keywords = {Bolitophilidae, distribution, fungus gnats, Italy (mainland), Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, new records, new species, Sardinia, Sicily, Taxonomy}, url = {http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02318p506.pdf}, author = {Chandler, Peter J.}, editor = {Cerretti, P. and Mason, F. and Minelli, A. and Nardi, G. and Whitmore, D.} } @article {43885, title = {Grzegorzekia hungarica sp. n. and new records of European Mycetophilidae and Bolitophilidae (Diptera)}, journal = {Acta Zoologica Universitatis Comenianae}, volume = {47}, year = {2007}, pages = {187-193}, abstract = {The second Palaearctic species of the genus Grzegorzekia Edwards, 1941, G. hungarica sp. n. is described. Six species of Mycetophilidae are reported as new for the fauna of Hungary, seven species as new to Slovakia, three species new to the Czech Republic, two species new to Italy, and one species each new to Austria, France and Serbia. Two species of Bolitophilidae are recorded for the first time from Hungary.}, keywords = {distribution, Europe, fungus gnats, new records, new species, Taxonomy}, url = {http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/acta/interface/09260-Papp-Sevcik-2007.pdf}, author = {Papp, Lazlo and Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {43878, title = {Langkawiana maculata gen. et sp. n. from Malaysia and its systematic position in the tribe Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2221}, year = {2009}, pages = {58-66}, abstract = {A new genus and species of Keroplatidae (Diptera), Langkawiana maculata gen. et sp.n., is described and its systematic position is discussed. The description is based on a male collected at Langkawi Island (Malaysia). Diagnostic characters of the new genus are as follows: the absence of ocelli, membraneous area around cerebral sclerite continues behind compound eyes, both orbital sclerite and frons well developed, short palpomeres, wings with dark bands, relatively long radio-median fusion, tibial trichia arranged in regular rows, reduced spurs on mid and hind tibia, and details on male terminalia. A new phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Robsonomyiini is proposed and a key to genera is presented.}, keywords = {fungus gnats, Keroplatidae, Macrocerinae, Oriental region, Robsonomyiini, Sciaroidea}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Sevcik_2009_Langkawiana.pdf}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {28800, title = {Acomopterella martinovskyi sp. n., the first Palaearctic record of the genus Acomopterella Zaitzev (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1968}, year = {2008}, pages = {58-64}, abstract = {A new species of Mycetophilidae (Diptera), Acomopterella martinovskyi sp. n., is described from the Czech Republic and Austria. This is the first record of the genus from the Palaearctic region. Its relationships with other genera and variation in wing characters are briefly discussed. A new combination and synonymy is proposed: Acomopterella fallax (Sherman, 1921) comb.n. = Acomopterella arnaudi Zaitzev, 1989 syn.n.}, keywords = {Austria, Czech Republic, Europe, fungus gnats, new species, Sciaroidea}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Sevcik\&Chandler2008.pdf}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Chandler, Peter J.} }