Mycomya

Mycomya sp., photographed by Stephen Cresswell.

Belongs within: Mycetophilidae.

Mycomya is a cosmopolitan genus of fungus gnats.

Characters (from Tonnoir & Edwards 1927): Two ocelli placed together; fine tibial setae arranged in regular longitudinal row; wings without macrotrichia on the membrane.

<==Mycomya Rondani 1856P86
    |--M. aequa Plassmann 1986P86
    |--M. brunneaP76
    |--M. clavigeraP76
    |--M. danielaeP76
    |--M. exiguaP76
    |--M. fasciataJP76
    |--M. flavicollisJP76
    |--M. flavilatera Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927TE27
    |--M. fulvaP76
    |--M. furcata Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927TE27
    |--M. hiisi Väisänen 1979P86
    |--M. maculataP76
    |--M. ornataP86
    |--M. plagiata Tonnoir in Tonnoir & Edwards 1927TE27
    `--M. vulgarisV81

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[JP76] Joost, W., & E. Plassmann. 1976. Mycetophiliden aus dem Zentralkaukasus (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (1–3): 67–68.

[P76] Plassmann, E. 1976. Vierter Nachtrag zu der Mycetophiliden-Sammlung des Senckenberg-Museums Frankfurt am Main (Diptera; Mycetophilidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57 (1–3): 77–79.

[P86] Plassmann, E. 1986. Neun neue Pilzmücken aus der Westpaläarktis (Diptera, Nematocera, Mycetophilidae). Spixiana 9 (2): 143–150.

[TE27] Tonnoir, A. L., & F. W. Edwards. 1927. New Zealand fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 747–878.

[V81] Vockeroth, J. R. 1981. Mycetophilidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 223–246. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

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