Fungus gnats of the genera Anatella, Allodia and Cordyla in Japan (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)

Authors: Mitsuhiro SASAKAWA; Hironori ISHIZAKI

Source: Entomological Science, Volume 6, Number 2, June 2003 , pp. 97-109(13)

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Abstract:

Six new mycetophilid species from three genera belonging to the tribe Exechiini are described: Anatella prominens on a fungus of the Polyporaceae, Allodia bipexa and Allodia conifera on fungi of the Russulaceae, Allodia quadrata on fungi of the Hygrophoraceae, Tricholomataceae, Rhodophyllaceae, Russulaceae and Fistulinaceae, Allodia laccariae on a fungus of the Tricholomataceae, and Cordyla bidenticulata on a fungus of the Boletaceae. Their characteristic male genitalia are illustrated. Cordyla flaviceps Staeger, Cordyla fusca Meigen and Cordyla pusilla Edwards are newly recorded from Japan.

Keywords: host fungus; Mycetophilinae; new record; new species

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1343-8786.2003.00013.x

Affiliations: 1: 21-1 Teranomae-cho, Shishigatani, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Publication date: 2003-06-01