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Fungus Gnats
Mycetophilidae
The Mycetophilidae are a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. About 3000 described species are placed in 150 genera, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. They are generally found in the damp habitats favoured by their host fungi and sometimes form dense swarms.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first
Mycetophilinae
subfamilyMycetophilinae
Leiinae
subfamilyLeiinae
Mycomyinae
subfamilyMycomyinae
Sciophilinae
subfamilySciophilinae
Gnoristinae
subfamilyGnoristinae
Tetragoneurinae
subfamilyTetragoneurinae
Neoaphelomera
genusNeoaphelomera
Parvicellula
genusParvicellula
Phthinia
genusPhthinia
Pseudexechia
genusPseudexechia
Taxicnemis
genusTaxicnemis
Stigmatomeria
genusStigmatomeria
Neotrizygia
genusNeotrizygia
Polylepta
genusPolylepta
Neuratelia
genusNeuratelia
Mycomyiella
genusMycomyiella
Paracerotelion
genusParacerotelion
Ralytupa
genusRalytupa
Schizocyttara
genusSchizocyttara
Synplasta
genusSynplasta
Creagdhubhia
genusCreagdhubhia
Impleta
genusImpleta
Garrettella
genusGarrettella
Megalopelma
genusMegalopelma
Myrosia
genusMyrosia
Platyprosthiogyne
genusPlatyprosthiogyne
Manotinae
subfamilyManotinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83736.