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Studies of some fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) including nine additions to the British list
Author(s) -
CHANDLER PETER J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1977.tb00362.x
Subject(s) - biology , key (lock) , zoology , botany , ecology
A key is provided to the eight species of Anatella recorded in Britain, including three species newly recorded ( A.dampfi Landrock; A.gibba Winnertz; A.lenis Dziedzicki). A further six species are newly recorded from Britain ( Exechia sororcula Lackschewitz; Exechiopsis dumitrescae (Burghele‐Balacesco); Allodia ( Brachycampta ) angulata Lundström; Mycetophila autumnalis Lundström; M.lubomirskii Dziedzicki; M.lunata Meigen); these and several other species are redescribed. The following nomenclatural changes are proposed. Exechia bicincta (Staeger) (= spinosa Bukowski, syn.n.); Mycetophila confusa Dziedzicki (= affluctata Edwards, syn.n.); Mycetophila dziedzickii nom.n. (= obscura Dziedzicki nec Walker). Female characters of seventeen of the twenty‐two British species of Exechia and eight species of Mycetophila are discussed and illustrations provided.