-
Mycetophilidae is a
family of
small flies,
forming the bulk of
those species known as
fungus gnats.
About 3000
described species are
placed in 150 genera...
- Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and
Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they
comprise six of the
seven families placed in the...
- the
dipterid suborder Nematocera,
especially those in the
families Mycetophilidae,
Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. Most
often they fly in
large numbers, called...
- the
species name
Bolitiphila luminosa and was ****igned to the
family Mycetophilidae. In 1924, it was
placed within a new
genus of its own, Arachnocampa...
- aquatic; for
instance the
Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the
Mycetophilidae feed on
fungi such as mushrooms.
Unlike most of the Brachycera, the...
-
emissions of bats,
which helps them
avoid predation. A few insects, such as
Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the
beetle families Lampyridae, Phengodidae, Elateridae...
-
Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae,
Cecidomyiidae and
Scatopsidae (Diptera)".
Revista Chilena de Entomología. 3: 23–40. Freeman, P. (1951). "
Mycetophilidae"....
- are
mycophagous or
fungus feeding.
These include the cave
dwelling Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats)
whose larvae are the only
diptera with bioluminescence...
-
Neotropical Mycetophilidae (IV) (Diptera)".
Revista de Entomologia. 11: 440–465, pls. 18–19. Lane, J. (1946). "A new
genus of
Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera...
- flies,
particularly those within the
superfamily Sciaroidea such as the
Mycetophilidae and some
Keroplatidae feed on
fungal fruiting bodies and
sterile mycorrhizae...
